My particular bra is narrow and immediately projected, with an extremely stretchy and generous band that I've since had to tighten. This one is a good fit on me, but I hear the fit changes every dang season. So, I'm a little hesitant to order another one... but despite slightly too tall cups, I like having this one around! Full review on my blog.

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A brand new swimwear brand has launched from Australia. I don't know who's in charge of updating new brands' size ranges. but they offer UK 28-38 D-HH. The cups are narrow and projected, but they are very very tall and the straps are very wide-set. And the wires are super sturdy. Unfortunately that kills the fit for me, but the full review is on the blog! WHY does Wordpress always pick my backside as the thumbnail picture lololol.... argh.

Lilly and Lime is a brand new Australian swimwear company catering to full busts

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What a strangely shaped little bra. The band is definitely tight for a 30 - for once it's a 30 band I ordered based on reviews saying it runs tight and I don't regret it - it most definitely runs very tight. I personally like having tight bands, and I do feel this is material that will stretch fairly easily. The other Cleos I've tried - Juna and Jude - were not this tight in the band, I needed 28 bands in those.

PROS: Coral color is pretty and the little bow detail on the gore is cute. Material is very soft, cups are ... molded but not overly stiff. Straps are fully adjustable.

CONS: The shape... is so weird... something about the top of the cups doesn't agree with me. It gaps on both sides but it's like they are too tall rather than too big. I feel like this bra is asking for fullness on top that I just don't have, and I'd do better with shorter cups. I could not have gone down a cup size though. If I really scoop & swoop I fill out the top briefly, but my boobs settle back down into the cups and the gapping returns. Also, there's a small bit of empty space down the inside edges of the cups, where it's like the bra material floats away from my breast. I believe I've stumbled upon a bra that has cups set too close together for my boobs. The wires are hella wide, and it's insanely shallow. Like, I had an inch of wrinkling in the bottoms of these cups.

I'd highly recommend this as THE t-shirt bra to try for those with wide roots, a shallow shape, even or FOT, and close set boobs. I can see why it's called the anti-Deco.
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I really wanted to love this bra & in a lot of ways I do. The lace pattern is beautiful & the color combo is nice. I was hoping it would be more of a very pale yellow but it’s not, it’s beige.

I have 2 major complaints about this bra. I intentionally ordered a 70 band because it’s an M & my Chabarek stretched to 25”. This one stretches to 27”. In fact I’m finding all recent Ewa bands to run tight but this is ridiculous. There’s no earthly reason I, with a 28/26.5 UB, should have to order a 32 band in anything. Not only that, ... but I cannot comfortably clasp this bra so I have a full extender on a +4 band. Thanks for nothing Ewa.

The second is the straps. They’re painfully thin. Like there’s nothing to them. I don’t even need thick straps but these... I hate them.

Otherwise it's gorgeous. The M is just a bit too open for my short roots but the projection & low gore are great. The shape is very up front, very much a “flaunt your assets” bra. If I could combine the immediate projection of the M with the closed cups of the PL I’d have a dream bra.
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This is a gorgeous purple bra by EM! I'm glad I was able to snag this one. The band is pretty stretchy, but the cups are narrow and projected, and open on top so it works for me in this size and would be FOT friendly. Full review on my blog!

Oh, my, goodness. This bra is b-e-a-utiful and I'm so happy I stumbled across i

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So, the much-anticipated arrival of my music pattern bra is here! This lovely bra is made by Kinga, a little known Polish manufacturer and can be found on misterna.pl. I had no idea what to expect, but since I am a pianist, I couldn't turn down a chance to try a bra with music on it. Where else are you going to find a music note bra?? Nowhere, that's where!!!

So, this is obviously very unique. Quality is good - the overall high level of attention to detail is really nice. This is truly gorgeous. It's a 3 part cup, with a ... seam pattern like Comexim's plunges and the top portion of the cup is stretch lace. It's absolutely not shallow at all - definitely allows for plenty of immediate projection. Yay!! I think it would work well with all shapes except maybe extreme FOT or FOBs.

Sizing:
Kinga uses Euro sizing, and 65 bands are the smallest available. 65H should convert to UK 30FF, and I find it runs big. The wires are wider than I need at 5.75" and the cups are deep for what should be an FF, at 10.6. I think this bra is more of a UK 30G than 30FF. So the whole thing is a little big on me, and as a result I lose a bit of lift and shaping. Since the stretch lace is asking for more boob than I have, I wind up with somewhat of a pointy shape. The cups are not stiffly molded at all, so I think this is purely a result of the bra being too big. The band is TTS, so it's also too big. It stretches to 30" - and straight to the tightest hooks it went on me.

The band is what it is. They don't make 60s. I could tighten the band. I cannot, unfortunately, make the cups any smaller. Ideally, I need to size down, and if all Kinga bras run like this one I'd say if you want to try them, it might not hurt to figure out what your UK equivalent size would be and then size down one cup. I'd love to re-order this in a 65G, so this bra will be listed. All you music loving 30G's out there - someone buy it so I can order a smaller one!
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This bra has changed my life. No, really. It's gorgeous, fits perfectly, the width and projection are perfect, and I'm in love.

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My Ewa's finally arrived. Yay!! This bra was the one I was most excited about and, for me, it was a surprise disappointment. I think if I hadn't waited 8 weeks for the order I'd have been even more disappointed but some of the initial excitement had worn off simply due to the long wait.

So the aesthetics of this bra are stunning, with the beige mesh and black and white lace embroidery and on a similar skin tone would give a tattooed effect. Construction quality is high as usual, and the bows are lovely. Out of all 3 of my recent order bras, ... this one is most TTS in the band. However, I find this bra to be more shallow at the bottom of the cup than previous SMs I've tried. As a result, it wants to buckle at the bottom and gives me an oddly pointed shape. I don't know if this is the difference between an all lace SM vs a mesh SM like the ones I've owned before, but this is not the same SM fit and shape I'm used to and to be honest, I'm not a fan. I don't think anything is wrong with the bra itself and I'm sure it would work well on a lot of people, I just think this bra would be lovely on someone who is not as pendulous as me - someone who's projected but somewhat self supporting would likely get a better fit.

The wires are narrow as usual and visually it's stunning, it just doesn't work on me personally. Still, can't say enough about the quality and lovely aesthetics!
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So of course this bra required some minor work, such as taking the band in and taking the wires from 5.5 to 5.25. It's not a "technical fit" but I didn't buy it for power lifting. It's very pretty, and so far seems to be good quality. Subtle shaping and a fairly minimized profile works nicely under my breezy summer clothes, and it allows more room at the wire that I thought it would! Full review on the blog.

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Such a pretty bra, very summery as the name implies. Snug band and narrow wires. Doesn't quite work as a completely nude bra on me, but still lovely. The cups are deep and more accommodating to FOT shapes than the Kusidelko, as it lacks the lace trim on the upper cups. So happy I was able to snag this one secondhand.

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