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I grabbed this on a whim when loading up for the fitting room at Nordstrom Rack today, hoping it would fit but doubtful as it was a cup-size bigger than what I normally wear. I had no experience with Cleo, though, so I thought I'd give it a try. Much to my surprise, it fit my bigger breast and didn't have too much wrinkling on the other. I had to get it, of course, being unable to resist a bra that fits and costs less than 30 dollars.

I'm not sure if it actually runs a bit small, as I checked my measurements when I got home and my ... breast perimeter is up an inch, overbust up a half inch, so I may have edged into G territory. The lift is good, and the shape is nice - natural, but perky looking. Not pointy at all, but not over-the-top round.
I especially like how narrow the gore is all the way down, so it doesn't shove my boobs apart at all.
The fabric is not the most comfortable, unfortunately, being a little skritchy, but I'm hoping once I break it in it will be fine.
The worst part is how much the high gore digs in, but I'm unused to gores this tall and have this problem a little bit with every bra.
The design and colors are super adorable; I especially love the button in the center of the bow on the gore.
Overall, I would definitely recommend it. It's the first higher coverage bra I've found that doesn't cut in to my shallow breast shape, and it provides a lot of lift even though the cups are below the band.

On some further consideration of the fit, I think that perhaps as the band is a little tight, the stretched cups are distorting the fit. The band does seem to run quite firm, so I think you want to look at how much the cups distort when the band is on and perhaps consider sister sizing to a band size bigger (although I think an extender would be better.) I have a feeling once the band relaxes a little and the cups return to the front where they're supposed to be, they will be too big.

Update 1 month later:
I've gotten this broken in now, so I know a little better about what are fit issues and what are style issues. I think I could have sized down to an FF (perhaps risking a little quadboob, but only after extreme swoop and scoop) just because the cups are so very open on top. If I REAAALLY squeegee all my fat in, I actually fill them perfectly, but only for about 10 seconds. It is hard to say if this is because I'm not so full on top as this bra is shaped for, or if it's size, but I do feel like I'd get a slightly higher/rounded shape if the cups were a size smaller.
The band has slightly relaxed at this point, but the cups haven't changed shape when on as I was expecting. What I was identifying as distortion still happens - the wire is very narrow until about the halfway point between bottom of breast and armpit, at which point it looks as though it is pulled sideways further onto my side than it should be. It technically sticks out past my breast there, but I do prefer that just to keep things contained and I don't think it affects fit in this bra as I don't get any wrinkling.

I really like this bra - the straps are not the most comfortable and sadly the fabric is still not soft like I'd like, but overall it's one of my favorites.


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Updated on Jan 15, 2013 Flag this

Imagine my excitement to find an unheard of bra brand on Bare Necessities, for LESS THAN $20 USD PER BRA (on sale, regularly $38), that is MOLDED and COMES IN MY SIZE (32-40 bands and C-FF cups)!!! Luckily, I saw a review/response from BN that mentioned that the bands run small. I ordered a band size up, sister-sizing appropriately, and was right to do so. This bra... is like a VS bra. For real. (Except IT FITS.) It has slightly padded straps (!!!) and three rows of hooks (!!!!). Note that the bras use US sizing - I fit a 34H when I normally wear a 32FF/G (UK). ... The cups are just a little widely spaced for me, but my breasts are narrow-set so I’m used to that, and it’s not enough of an issue with this to bother me. The cups are also slightly less projected than the Freya Deco, my preferred shape, but still wearable. I hope I keep seeing this brand (on sale lol) because, deep down, I miss the days when I didn’t know my correct size and could easily get molded bras in cute colorways.
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Olive & black colorway

Updated on Jan 29, 2020 Flag this

This bra is absolutely adorable. By far the cutest one I own. I was really excited to have another molded bra but unfortunately this just doesn't fit that well. I have a very projected shape, and I don't think the cups are quite deep enough for me. However, this doesn't get the same crease at the bottom as other too-shallow bras do. Instead, the part of the cup I don't fill is slightly down and toward the outside of the cup from center. Somehow, the spare boob gets forced out to the sides (even though the bra isn't east-westy) leaving me with more armpit squidge than any other bra I've tried (even though the bra isn't much too small in the cups after swoop-n-scoop). The wire is uncomfortable and stabby on the outer edges, and the straps are set extremely wide. I'm mystified by the weird fit issues every time I wear it, but it's sooo cute. Also gives good cleavage though little lift. Lace looks like it would show under shirts but doesn't seem to.

Flame/Fuschia colorway

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Updated on Aug 20, 2015 Flag this

Widest set straps I’ve encountered, and, due to the construction style, they only pull from the edge of the cup, not the seams, so there’s little lift and a pointy shape. Wires also too wide. Gore delightfully narrow - so narrow it wants to twist and overlap - but to little benefit, because the cups are shallow at the gore and don’t allow for central fullness, creating an East-west shape. Very uncomfy fabric and construction, too.

Updated on Mar 31, 2022 Flag this

I love this bra. I thought longline seemed scary and impractical when I saw it, but since it was the only one that was a successful fit at nordstrom, I got it anyway. I'm so happy I did! The longline extension is short, and I can't think of any negatives with it. Postives are the amazing support it offers and a smoother line under tight shirts (instead of a bulge under the bra.) It does take me a while to do up all 6 hooks, but it's worth it. Like all padded Freyas, it seems to be prettystretchy in the band, and I have to hook my 30 on the tightest hook. Perfect fit in the cups. Seams do show through in a tight shirt with nothing under it, but that's to be expected from any 3 part cup like this. I really recommend this bra!

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Updated on Jan 27, 2014 Flag this

Lol I Ebayed this and I should not have. When will I learn?! This bra appears to be designed for a breast shape - one I’m not sure exists - of if someone made two or three pancakes, very large, covering the whole frying pan, and then stuck them to your chest starting at the spot where your side turns into your back. It is the widest shallowest weirdest bra I’ve ever seen. Straps also pull from a weird spot in an odd way that reduces support and makes the fit even worse.

Nude colorway

Updated on Mar 31, 2022 Flag this

Idol and the similarly shaped Fancies and Starlight might be the worst possible thing Freya could have done for my shape. Imagine taking a 32G - Freya » Deco Moulded Plunge Bra (4234) , making the cups bigger and the gore higher as a t-shirt bra (sounds okay, right?), and then spreading the gore out an extra cm so the breasts sit toward the sides of the body, closing off the tops of the cups so it shoves them downwards, and making the apex of the underwire curve not at the midpoint of the breast, but again, off toward the side. I thought molded Freya was ... a safe bet since I get along pretty well with the Deco (though the bottom of the cups is too shallow on me and folds even in those), but this was tragically bad. I finally took the gore in because it felt so much like someone had just rotated the cups wrong, and this made it /tolerable/, but unfortunately it took up space in the band that I needed and this is uncomfortably snug now. Not good for immediate projection, not good for tall roots or full-on-top, not good for narrow roots, not good for close-set breasts, and not good for people with sensitive ribcages - the wire sits hard against the skin.
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Gore taken in

Updated on Mar 19, 2022 Flag this

Nowhere near my size, so hard to review. Seems as though it would offer good support and be comfortable, and the padding at the sides adds nice lift. If it weren't 3 sizes too small and could hold my boobs in I think it would be an amazing sleep bra (but work for daytime as well.)

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Updated on Nov 27, 2012 Flag this

Update now that I'm in a larger size and still have the bra. I am currently between a 32FF/G and a 34F/FF after some weight gain. This comexim bra now fits close to perfectly. My larger breast wants to quad right after swoop and scoop but settles in (I really have too soft of tissue for the comexim plunge cut, but in this case a size down from what I technically measure at means I can get away with it). I would say the bra (after band sproinging, which took a few wears) fits like a loose 32FF. I have narrow roots and even then the wire just ... barely is wide enough to avoid sitting on tissue (on the bigger breast, it does creep onto it just a little).

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I finally got ahold of a Comexim! I was ordering from Well-fitting, and since the size their calculator said I should get was the only size in stock on this clearance bra, I decided to try their recommendation. (I have been wearing 30G - 32FF (UK) with a tiny bit of quadding in both sizes.) This fit spot on perfectly for the first 3 wears or so. Then the back stretched to needing it on the mid or tightest hook, and the cups did a weird stretchy thing where I get gaping on the inner plunge area.

The weirdest problem I have with this is that the top elastic of the band seems too loose, while the bottom elastic cuts in painfully. I love this bra, though - finally wires that fit me! Unfortunately it is a little lumpy under shirts and the gaped edge tends to be very visible. The lace also started pilling about two months in. I will definitely continue trying to find my perfect Comexim fit, though! This gives me hope.
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black lace colorway

Updated on Apr 03, 2021 Flag this

Faaantastic cleavage bra. I also find the pattern cute, although not my style. It is not the most comfortable thing I've had, however. This is one of those bras where the bottom elastic strip on the band is tighter than the rest of the band, leaving a very uncomfortable indent after more than a few hours of wear. The cup runs very small--this fits much more like a 28FF or 30F than its labelled size. Bottom of the cup is a bit shallow for me and I get creasing, but I get that in most if not all padded bras.

"cream mix" (spotted) colorway

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Updated on Feb 28, 2015 Flag this