Cups were much too small and as a result everything was poking! Great bra, I might try it in another larger size.

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Updated on Oct 12, 2013 Flag this

I really want to love this bra but it is just too small. I'll try up a band or cup. I seem to have less of a tolerance for tightness than other users on bratabase.

Update: I was in way too small a cup size.

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Updated on Oct 07, 2013 Flag this

This is one of the best quality, most comfortable bras I've ever owned. It's only real problem is that it's not the right size for me - I need a tighter band and a bigger cup, which Chantelle doesn't do.

Updated on Aug 29, 2013 Flag this

The size is decent, but I can't stand the high gore. Very soft cups though. A great bra if it fits. I like how the straps are placed close together.

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Updated on Aug 21, 2013 Flag this

This bra is wonderful! Currently my favorite of all the ones I own. I had the band altered though (shortened by two, three inches), so this may not be the standard experience. They didn't have the 28 band like I needed, so I sister sized up and they altered the band back down.

I've only had the bra for a few days, so there's no way to know yet what it'll be like as it stretches. However, I do have a lot of positive feedback; the underwire completely encloses all the breast tissue, and lays right against my root - which is lovely, since none of my other bras quite fit like that. The gore comes up nice and high, which is surprisingly a good thing. No strange pokes or chafing, and I don't feel like I have to keep adjusting it at my armpits. So far, I don't think it has any cons! I'll update this after I've owned it longer.

Regardless, it's a beautiful bra. It's simple and elegant and lacy all at the same time.

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Updated on Aug 10, 2013 Flag this

I love Rive Gauche but this one is too small in the band and to large in the cups. going to give it to a friend. Got it from a Bratabase user on a bra transfer.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2013 Flag this

DarianaWheeland

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Bought this bra at {intimacy} in Boston, which was a hell of a pilgrimage from my home in NE Wisconsin (to be fair, it was a side trip to a greater mission), but given that I'd only managed to find one bra of approximately the right fit in my home area (and it was really ugly), I'd say it was worth it to finally have a bra that fit well and didn't make my eyes bleed. It makes my boobs look great, even in tshirts, and the bow at the gore and I have come to an uneasy understanding.
But anyway - the underwire doesn't bother me until ... I've been wearing it for many hours, at which point it starts to dig in a little bit. There's this odd little quirk wherein the fabric surrounding the wire itself twists outward on the bottom of the right cup (as I'm wearing it), which is weird but not exactly uncomfortable. The band stretched to the point where I had to switch to the middle set of hooks pretty fast, which annoys me because I've found I like wearing a band that hugs my ribcage.
Overall, I've been very happy with this one, between the band staying where it should and my boobs not falling out when I lean forward, but so far I've got pretty low standards.

Edit, July 2013:
So, when I wrote this back in January, I was speaking mostly of how it had fit when I bought it in August and wasn't ready to admit that my boobs had managed to get even bigger in the intervening time. So yeah, it doesn't technically fit anymore, but I can sort of wiggle things around so the quadboob, at least, is minimal (of course, this pulls the gore away from my sternum...), and it's still super-comfortable. In all, I still quite like this bra, and I've been hunting around to find the same model in a bigger size for not as much money as I spent on this one (there was definitely sticker shock).
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Updated on Jul 08, 2013 Flag this

Update 2013:
The band is far too large, the cups are stretched to the brim and I spill out on my larger side, the gore is too wide and too high, the underwire is too long and jabs the armpits, I have the straps tightened all the way, and could afford to have them even tighter, in order for it to give shape and support.

The pro though is that the wire width (excluding the wideness of the gore) is pretty much exactly what I want and need, just a smidgen wider because it pretty much lands on the exact spot my root ends. It just needs a smaller ... band, bigger cups (and Chantelle 3 parts tend to be pretty forgiving in the cups anyway), and not so long wires.

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This is a really beautiful bra. I'm really sad though that the underwire seems to be too high. I can ignore it for the most part, but it does poke my sternum and, at times, it pokes my arms. I'm also concerned the band might be too big for me. I don't really know for sure, as this is the first bra I've ever worn that was anywhere near the proper size, but I can stretch it out a bit on the loosest and middle set of hooks. I haven't tried the furthest yet. It does seem to be laying evenly across my back though! A huge different from my 36/38 bands. Also, my right breast is at least a cup smaller, so the cup (obviously) doesn't fit all that well without somewhere in there to even it out. (in my case, socks)
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Updated on Jul 08, 2013 Flag this

I tried this bra on but but it did not fit me. It was too big in the cups and the band. But a very nice and well -constructed bra like everything I've seen from Chantelle.

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Updated on Jul 06, 2013 Flag this

DarianaWheeland

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(Tried on in store)

Mostly okay in store, but...
~WIRE probably too narrow
~ BAND perfect
~ CUP quadboob on right, a little too snug in both, but the stretch lace disguises it
~ STRAP not too wideset (shock)

It felt fine in store, but I suspect the wire will start hurting because the cups are slightly too small. I wish they made this in a UK G or GG (US I or J).

I am considering getting it in 36H and shortening the band.

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Updated on Jun 10, 2013 Flag this