Gimpyballerina

I bought two of these bras - this one (NWT) and one worn once, and they fit very differently (maybe the other one shrank when the original owner washed it?). This one is noticeably bigger in the cups. I thought at first the shape was bad for me - I mostly fill it out, but there's some extra fabric close to the bottom of the cup on the center edge, as well as some extra fabric close to where the center is, where the three cup construction meets. This one also painfully cuts into the front of my armpits, but that might be as a result of my having to make the straps so short.

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Updated on Mar 31, 2013 Flag this

Had a pretty firm band, so that was a major plus. I was hopeful based on that, but shape was a bit off for me and that was made much worse by the straps being way too wide. Just trying it on for five minutes resulted in pain from it cutting into the front of my armpits. If I pulled my shoulders back and stood with perfect posture, it didn't cut in nearly as much, but every time I relaxed, it cut in a painful amount and the distortion changed the shape of the cup and made the top of it no longer fit. It also gave me a bit up a pointy/torpedo look, which was not ideal.

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Updated on Mar 01, 2013 Flag this

I tried this on in a 28G and had all kinds of issues. I was hoping the 28FF would be the answer to my problems, but it wasn't. The band was firmer than the G was, so that was an improvement, but as soon as I swoop and scooped I had major quad boob. I still had a bit of an issue with the wrinkling of the bottom of the cups, but that wasn't as bad - seems to be a shape issue rather than a size thing. The cups didn't stretch as much as they did on the G, so the width was no longer an issue. The straps were still a bit wide and cut into the front of my armpits. I also got a pointy shape with the bra, which wasn't ideal. Based on this, trying the Princess in a 28G, and trying the CK Lottie, I'm giving up on Curvy Kate.

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Updated on Mar 01, 2013 Flag this

Cute bra! I had some major fitting issues with it though. The 28 band seemed to stretch a lot and I was easily able to hook it on the tightest hook, and pull it away substantially from my back, whereas the 28 I just bought from Freya was a nice, tight fit on the loosest wire but the initial band length was the same. The wires seemed to do a lot of stretching - they expanded to be almost on my back, which then caused the side of the cup to cut into the front of my arm. This was pretty uncomfortable and also changed the shape of ... the cup, make the fit even worse. The gore fit pretty well on my sternum, but sat a little on top of my boob on one side. I only tried it on long enough to evaluate size and take pictures, but it didn't seem to poke into my sternum. I adjusted the straps to try and help fix the fit, but they wound up just hurting my shoulders, though they weren't visibly digging in. Lastly, I experienced a some wrinkling in the very bottom of the cups. This bra might work for me if I go a cupsize down, provided the wires don't stretch as much as this one does. I definitely need something with a firmer band since a 26 isn't available.
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Updated on Feb 17, 2013 Flag this

As I mentioned in my other Lacey review, I bought two of these, one NWT and this one, worn once and washed and sold on ebay, and this one fits much better. The other Lacey has numerous issues, but this fits perfectly! And it's cute, to boot. Couldn't be happier with it.

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Updated on Mar 31, 2013 Flag this