EDIT: I'd like to retract the 'comfy to wear' comment below - I am once again getting the bottom of the cups digging into my ribcage and get very deep, painful, welt-like marks there when I take these bras off. I think these bras just run way too shallow for me now, and the projection I have at the bottom of my breasts is forcing the bra lower and lower over the course of a day. This also explains the overspill I get late in the day, in a bra that has slight gaping when I put it on in the morning. If I keep these it'll be as bedroom bras. I'd only recommend them for those with extremely shallow breasts. Otherwise, give the Showgirl line a miss.

Finally got the sizing right with this bra! I have two 30J Tease Mes, one in Black/Scarlet and the other in Cherry/Blush. For reference, I usually wear 32H in Curvy Kate and Panache, but I have a full-on-bottom shape and was warned that the band on the Tease Me can be quite stretchy. I sized down once in the band (to 30HH - I tried this size and it was the tiniest bit too small after a minor weight gain) and then up in the cup to 30J. I'll point out that the Cherry/Blush colourway seems to run very slightly smaller, but not enough that I feel I'd need a bigger size.

The detailing on this bra is gorgeous, and it's very comfortable to wear despite having lacy trim - Curvy Kate have very cleverly constructed this bra so that the lace doesn't come into contact with the skin at all. The only comfort issue I sometimes had in the 30HH before it stopped fitting me was that occasionally the band under the cups would flip up and dig into my ribcage, but this doesn't appear to happen with my 30Js, oddly enough. The ribbon on the centre gore in my Black/Scarlet Tease Me is slightly angled, so occasionally (and annoyingly) the ribbon end flips up to peek out the top of my shirt. However, I think it'd be quite easy to fix this by stitching the ribbon back into position. The straps of this bra are also very smooth and stretchy, so someone who needs to wear their straps tightened all the way might have issues.

I do have a bit of a bone to pick about the sizing. This bra is labelled as a 30J, but someone with the same shape as me who was a true 30J would most likely find it unwearable due to quadboobing. I recognise that the shallowness in the bottom is what gives the Tease Me the ability to provide 'cakes on a plate' cleavage, and I know that this is what is causing me to have to size up. Somebody more FOT would probably be able to wear this without sizing up. I do feel though that Curvy Kate marketing this as coming in D-J can be a bit misleading since there are so many people that, like me, have to size up, and this makes the size range more limited than it first appears. I know a lot of people are also quite irritated about the band being stretchy. Once I got my 30J, I found that occasionally the band did feel a little tight over the course of a day, so I could probably wear a 32HH or a 30J in this bra - I think that sizing down in the band will only be an issue for those who need very firm bands or those who need a 28 band or below. But again, this annoys me on behalf of the people who do need these things, particularly since the market for 28 bands is as limited as it is.

I like this bra - I'm comfortable in it, I don't feel like I'm going to pop out the top, it's very good at preventing visible nipples etc. through shirts and I get a nice round shape under clothing - but I feel there are a lot of women who need larger cups and smaller bands who'll have trouble fitting into it.

Black/Scarlet colorway

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