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Very soft, but not terribly supportive, and it utterly fails at nipple concealment. Full cups also just aren't suited to my close-set, high-set breasts.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2014 Flag this

TL;DR: Decos are slightly too wide and shallow for me when they fit well. This one is just a train wreck and may be shorter in the band than the average 30.

I have a number of Deco models in 30G and 30GG, reflecting both my weight fluctuations over the past year and the weird size differences between colors--well beyond, and quite different from, the universal "black bras are tighter" axiom.

Currently, my 30Gs in black and nude are both good enough with an extender but quadding slightly. My Deco Taylor in 30G fit perfectly when I bought it but now doesn't work with or without an ... extender. My Deco Flamingo in 30GG, though technically a bit wide on me, is one of the best-fitting bras I own, and now that I've moved in the straps, the most comfortable, too.

But this nude 30GG, purchased on the same day as the Flamingo, is a hot mess and always has been. Too tight at the bottom of the band, yet gaping at the armpits. Too tall and too wide at the gore, which twists or digs. Seems to fit in the cups one day, gape like hell the next.

I give up, Deco. At least until I'm safely back in 30G land.
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Updated on Nov 08, 2014 Flag this

This bra leaves me puzzled. I know what's wrong (the fabric, mainly), but I'm wondering where to go.

The band is perfectly comfortable--snug, but more "extender for aesthetics" snug than "size up" snug.

The cup fit is about a half-cup smaller than my 32FF Jasmine--currently my best-fitting bra. The wire width and consequently the strap placement is perfect, an improvement on the too-wide Jasmine. It's quite friendly to center projection (although, like the Lily and like ALL THE BRAS, the gore is too tall for me.) However, the all-over stretch lace is giving me some significant in-cup quadboob. There's just not enough tension to smooth me out. The Jasmine ... at least has the stiff lower cup, so the slight in-cup quadding from the stretch upper portion is barely noticeable. Also, the stretchier material is just not supportive enough overall.

But the shape of the cup is dead on, which points me in the direction of Marcie...

But do I go by wire width and go 32FF, or do I try a 32G and hope it doesn't saw my arms off? Or do I try a 34FF or even a 34F and compromise band longevity in search of the perfect wire?

Damn you, Nordstrom, for dumping the Marcie. Doing this in store would be a hell of a lot easier than waiting on Amazon.

Yes, I realize that's a first-world problem.

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Updated on Sep 24, 2016 Flag this

This bra confuses me. The band is itchy-tight, yet the band on the 32FF is super loose. I get the faintest hint of the shadow of quad boob, too--nothing you can see under clothing, but it's there. It's a nice, functional basic bra, though, and very supportive. I know many people say it's usable as a t-shirt bra and basically invisible under medium-weight knits. That is NOT the case for me. Seams and texture very visible under everything but heavy sweaters for me. Still, nice, comfy, supportive. Going to add an extender until the band eases up.

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Updated on Mar 02, 2013 Flag this

I DID IT! I HAVE CONQUERED MOUNT MICHALAK!

This bra's cups fit me perfectly without the asymmetry pads and give me the teeniest bit of (pretty appealing) overspill with them in place. Wire width is good, gore height and width work, and--MIRACLE OF MIRACLES--the straps aren't cutting my arms off!

How? How, you may ask, did I achieve this nigh-impossible feat?

By ordering a band size too small and wearing an extender.

BAM! Take that, stupid straps.

But seriously, I have tried the SM in a 70G before and it was a hot mess. Why an S in 65GG with an extender works not just better but infinitely better is beyond me. And since I'm at the top of my weight fluctuations and the bra is brand new, I should be able to ditch the extender soon, and this little beauty and I will live happily, perkily ever after.

Updated on Oct 10, 2014 Flag this

This is a surprisingly comfy bra considering it does not fit me at all. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

Far too wide and shallow (and one sister size off; should've gone with the 32GG), there's still something so sturdy and and cushy about the construction that I really want this to work. It's also just so sexy, in a House of the Rising Sun sort of way...

But alas, I know better. And I the set of the straps means I can't reach forward to drive or type, the two things I spend most of my time doing. This is a no go.

Updated on Oct 04, 2014 Flag this

This was close but not quite right. Like my Wellfitting Irish Coffee bra, the cup proportions were pretty good, but the short wires (too short for the channels) left me spilling out into my armpits. This bra was also too tight in the band, but I expected that. I don't think I'd really *need* a reduced cup if the wings were taller, but it couldn't hurt. Overall, up to the usual Comexim standard; just doesn't quite work for me.

Updated on Apr 02, 2016 Flag this

Oof, so close. Dat gore, doe.

First, the good. Nice, everyday bra with narrowish wires, go odd immediate projection, and stretch lace upper cups. Not a cleavage bomb, but sometimes you need that. Runs true to size in band, maybe a size big in the cup, depending on your shape. Fabrics are comfy and look okay under a thin shirt. Cups are a touch wide for me (as evidenced by the wrinkling), but the straps are fine, so it's not a dealbreaker.

All of this would be terrific if I had at least a finger's worth of room between my breasts. Since the space between my breasts is more like an air molecule, this height/width combo means owwwwwwwwww and a wee bit of quadboob. (Hits me right on the sternum fibro trigger point, too. The pain lingers!) If this was as narrow as the Lily's gore but still this low, it'd be a keeper.

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Updated on Feb 01, 2015 Flag this

Band a little too tight, cups a little too wide and deep on bottom, but still quadding at center despite the narrowed gore.

Fabric is very scratchy, though I like the color and sheer appearance.

Seems I'm doomed to never find an unlined bra.

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Updated on Oct 04, 2014 Flag this

My second Charlotte. Love the look, but the shape just doesn't work, no matter how much I want it to.

Updated on Oct 04, 2014 Flag this