This bra fits really weird. I felt like there wasn't enough cup height toward the center and I was gonna spill out. This cup and band was also too big for me so I was saggy and my breasts were pretty separate so it was just all around a bad shape. It also poked me slightly. Not gonna bother trying a cup size down as I was mostly testing this bra to see how older CK styles fit. It was really cute and I absolutely love the beautiful straps.

Updated on Apr 19, 2015 Flag this

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  Oh the princess, such a pretty bra. I tried it years ago in probably wrong sizes. I couldn't never get it to work.
  Did you try the Gia? That one I didn't find too bad, I actually wore one for a while when I had nothing else.

• No I haven't tried the Gia, but I have heard good things about it too. On the whole I decided to try one of their old, staple styles again and then buy all of the new ones (temporarily, for bra science) on Brastop and Amazon. I am thinking that the new styles will contain some new improvements and so far that seems true, but I've only tried the two. I am really liking the 36K - Curvy Kate » Jewel Balcony Bra (CK3401) though, I hope I can make it work cuz then I can recommend it.

• CK have definitely been adding progessive improvements to their largest cup sizes (I tried some of their really early stuff in 28JJ and 28K and while I somehow got an okay shape, the scaling was.... not good).

  I've since tried a few models on as it's probably some of the nicer stuff that my bra shop of choice carries in J-K cups (and by that I mean not the Panache Tango II; world's second most unsuitably scaled bra which Panache must push really hard because for some inexplicable reason, lingerie stores seem to frequently carry it in 28-32 J-K despite how unlikely it is to fit well), and each time it's got a little better in terms of wire width and overall shape. Too small cups definitely give that unappealing 'upside-down 7' though.

  I'm definitely keen to see the results of your experiments, though I may run up against the whole thing of 'I really can't alter a bra to be 6-8 inches smaller in the band because it breaks the proportions'.

• I've tried them before but it was 2 or 3 seasons old bras so it was some of their earlier stuff and I got that terrible upside down 7 shape.

  I've got about 4 more CK bras from the current season coming in the mail from overseas, so I will make sure to share my results with you ladies.

  At least they have 28 through 40 bands which is something I respect, though doesn't specifically help you or I but I thought it was a nice sentiment? I'm hoping to see them start breaking the K cup barrier. I'm honestly wondering why they haven't yet. I wonder what they would say if I asked them.

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  There's not a lot of brands who carry 28K or 40K, and the fact that they have maintained this size in several of their bra cuts is quite positive. Perhaps with the winner of Star in a Bra being in such a large cup size this year, they'll get a chance to do some testing and design on their biggest cups. She looked quite nice in the model pics, but even though CK don't heavily retouch their photos, there did look like there was some shuffling to display the bra to best advantage (as you would do for promotional images; it's not a fit check or a review :P).

  It's certainly not going to hurt to tell CK that you'd be interested in an expanded size range! I totally appreciate though that I'm not in a profitable size to mass produce; but expanding their 32-38 bands up to an L cup for instance would definitely generate some increased custom. Alana always seems to sell out fastest in the K-L cups, showing that there's clearly some demand for these sizes. I mean, I'm biased and want as large a cup volume available in a 28 or 30 band in a supportive style with flattering shaping as possible, but I really think at present these sizes can only exist in a business model when bras are made to order for the consumer.

• Yeah I thought the model looked great, even if she was extra firm or it was camera angle tricks, it was enough to pique my interest. I ordered one of the bras she was wearing.

  I am going to contact them I think, they may have something interesting to say. Everytime I email a bra company they have told me something positive, so maybe we'll get lucky again.

  It confuses me that our cup sizes are constantly sold out in various bands but that no one wants to pay attention to us at all. For CK, they could do a limited run. They already figured out the cup size part and their grading seems a LOT better than every other UK brand I've tried (besides possibly Bravissimo but they're very clueless in general) so I don't see why they can't just break that barrier and offer L cups.

  I so appreciate that progress is being made though and I can't help but hope and wish that they wanted the 32JJ to help test as well.

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