Mireth

Sister-sized down from a 32H, which seemed to fit in the cups but was too big in the band. But now that the band fits and the cups are CLEARLY too big. I love this bra but I cannot get the size to work.

Updated on Apr 15, 2014 Flag this

I've been wearing a 30H but the cups on this are miles too big. Returning it.

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Updated on May 07, 2014 Flag this

I've found The Bra for me.

My shape is projected, full on bottom, and fairly narrow roots. This is the first bra that felt like it checked all my boxes.

Pros:

-Enough projection without the pointier Freya look. Holy cow.
-Lovely rounded shape.
-Somehow I manage to fill out both the bottom and the top of the cup entirely. It is like magic.
-I love the narrower straps. Love.
-In general it just looks more feminine/small/delicate than any of my other bras. Maybe it's just that it's pink and has narrower straps and bands, but when I took it out of the package I had a moment of fear ... that it would be too small because it didn't look big enough to be a big bra. But it fit!
-Until now the best bras for my shape have been Freyas, which all have an extra bit of boning on the side seam. The way it's attached to the band always digs in for me. This bra doesn't have that. Yay!

Cons:

-Only two hooks. Initially I was excited about this because I've always been just a little jealous of people who could wear two-hook bras. But it's true it makes it dig in just a little.
-The available colors don't thrill me. I'd love to have the option of plainer colors.

I've heard some bashing of this bra but it really seems to be a holy grail of sorts for my shape. I'm in love.

The one thing I will say is: there's something about the shape that makes me look HUGE. It's a great shape, it's lifted, my waist looks great ... but there's no denying the sheer size of my breasts in this bra!
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Updated on May 04, 2014 Flag this

Love this! I like that it's bright without any fuss or frills. The cut gives me a much more rounded shape than a lot of Freyas. The cups have a little wrinkling at the bottom -- not sure if that's a shape issue or a size issue (I think they're just a bit shallow for me), but whichever, it's super comfy. I think I also have slightly too much center fullness.

Shape-wise the gore seems quite a bit lower than some of my other Freyas, and the cups also don't come as high (despite what I've noticed from some other reviews -- must be a shape thing). Band is much firmer than Freyas I'm used to -- I probably could have gone with 32GG. But it's not uncomfortably tight, just more than I'm used to.

Updated on May 08, 2014 Flag this

I bought this bra in "nude" to wear under a wide-neck, low-cut dress at a wedding, and it did pretty well for that.

PROS:
Well-made.
The cut is perfect for wide-neck dresses -- I have quite broad shoulders and I really liked how wide-set the straps were.
Very feminine. Doesn't feel like a 'big' bra.

CONS:
I ordered at least 2 cup sizes too small, a newbie mistake on my part -- but having never worn a bra that fit before, I didn't seriously believe it was possible that I needed a cup size as big as I did. A scoop and swoop brought me spilling out of the top, and I have ... bottom-heavy breasts!
The band was a little looser than I expected -- I think if I were to reorder larger cups I would also downsize to a 30.
Bottom-heavy as I am, the cut just wasn't good on me. I like something with a little more lift. I think that's a function of the typical Curvy Kate style, not a fault of this bra.

I ordered a bland color because that's what I was looking for, but I'd definitely go more colorful if I did it again!
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Updated on Jul 14, 2013 Flag this

This bra is not what I expected nor would I have guessed it would fit with my shape but I actually quite like it! I would normally consider it too shallow for my shape -- and it *is* a bit shallow -- but I'm smooshy enough that it seems to work for me. I could probably stand to go up a cup size--I'm not quadding, but I spill to the center a bit and there's quite an impressive expanse of exposed skin out the top, not what I'm used to in the balconettes I usually wear. I think that would put the wires far too wide, though.

It's super comfy! Only 2 hooks, and I could probably use 3, but I confess I like how small and dainty it looks.

Edit: After a bit of wear decided the spillover was more than I was comfortable with. Returning it.

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Updated on Apr 26, 2014 Flag this