AW13 - SS17 - Solid colored molded halfcup
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I loved loved this bra, and all of the Cleo Maddie T-Shirt bras -- I would still love it, but since I've purchased it, I've lost a bit of weight and now the band size no longer fits me and these no longer feel comfortable. I'm here to try to share the love, pass on a great and sturdy bra so I can re-invest in ones that are once again my size!
Updated on Oct 28, 2015 Flag this
Colour: Black I loved this bra. But its old now and isn't fitting right. The Beige always fit weird.
Updated on Oct 04, 2015 Flag this
It's cute! The chartreuse ribbon and hooks and eyes are a little jarring against the raspberry, but not enough to make me want to cut the ribbon off.
Re band fit: the band is tighter than I expected, but I'm pretty sure a 30 band would be way too loose. After a few days of wear, I didn't need an extender anymore.
Re cup fit: there's some overspillage near the center gore and a little empty space at the top of the cups near the straps. I assume this is due to the particular shape of my breasts on my frame (a lot of inner fullness, some side sagging, ... and a bony upper chest).
edit 9/26/15: I've lost a little more weight and this fits more like it's supposed to, I think. There's still some empty space in the very top of the cups near the straps where the bra is just too wide for me, and that causes the tops of the cups to look like the rims of a glass under shirts, doh. I'm getting really tempted to just chop off the top corners of the cups and move the strap anchor an inch goreward.
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raspberry colorway
Updated on Sep 26, 2015 Flag this
With this bra, for the first time in my life, I had grapefruit boobs. It was kind of amazing.
Anyway, I really liked most things about this bra - the band is nice and firm, the straps are supple (though on the short side) and the cups fit just about perfectly. The fabric on the cups and band is luxurious and I keep feeling them (this is, however, a personal problem). The button detail on the gore is absolutely adorable and the gore is high and narrow just the way I like it. The wings are also higher than usual,which is really nice, and the firm, narrow wires feel ... really great against my ribcage.
I'm not a fan of moulding or padding and this bra has both, but it's something I'm willing to live with. The thing I might not be so willing to live with is the gaping at the outer edges of the cups which appear unless I shove my shoulders way back. I've heard other Maddie styles are more closed on top so I'm thinking about looking into those.
I love the feeling of having grapefruit boobs for once, it's very fun, but I prefer having a constant Apparent Boob Size on a day to day basis, so back it goes.
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Black colorway
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Updated on Sep 21, 2015 Flag this
Yeah, I once commented that, while sometimes I mourn that lack of choices in my size, otoh at least I really dont have to spend much time thinking about it!
Used to put on the old beige bra then decide on clothing, now with pretty bra choices, I have to decide what to wear to match the bra I want to wear lol. It's nice to have too many choices now! Although getting dressed takes me longer now...
The raspberry color is absolutely stunning! The band is a bit tight, but because it's a stretchy it feels fine at first, but after a while it's obviously too tight. The gore is a little too high and pokes my breast tissue. If your breasts aren't close set you should not have a problem with the gore. It's super smooth under t-shirts.
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Updated on Sep 14, 2015 Flag this
My shape: teardrop set at average height, with super tall and super wide roots that give me all the shallow-boob fitting problems but with more projection, very close-set tissue in the middle, and firm tissue that fights back when squished or pushed out of shape
This review is for the black colorway.
I got the Maddie in a swap. This could be a really cute Tshirt bra style for me! It's black-on-black, which is great because I wear a lot of black but I don't have an everyday black bra right now, it's pretty soft inside the cups, and the detailing doesn't show through my shirts.
What does show through is ... the gaping at the armpit. The straps are absolutely too far apart for me, and it really pushes the cup away from my breast; plus, they rub and itch. I don't know if a 28 would help the problem at all by bringing in the strap base. It still gives nice lift and shape, and it's pretty open on top while still supporting well.
It is otherwise great in the cups! I think I'll try a 30F to see if it will help at all.
The band is thin but great, the gore tacks and feels pretty good, and the wire under my arm is just about at the edge of my breast root (although the curve is too steep, as is the case with most of my bras, since my root tail is shaped like the Nike symbol). I will say that I'm not sure if it was the underwire or the side seam that was moderately itchy, but that might go away with a wash. Since I'm not keeping it, I'll let someone else figure that part out.
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Updated on Sep 14, 2015 Flag this
This is my best fitting bra right now and I actually own two of it. I desperately want it in my actual size of 30F, but for now the 32E works pretty well.
Updated on Sep 13, 2015 Flag this
I'm really sad this bra doesn't fit me, as I love the shape it gives.
Unfortionately the band was huge on me (it stretched to 31"). But the cup seemed like a good volume. After I altered the band (now stretches to 28.75") the band is good, but the cups are way too small!
Updated on Sep 08, 2015 Flag this
I got this because I had the Maddie 7091 (http://bra.pe/MBvZ/) in a 32F and it was really comfortable, but too small in the cups (lots of quadding, floating gore, and worst of all, tons of back/armpit squidge).
However, much to my surprise, even though this is the same cut, it is SO MUCH less comfortable. The fabric is scratchy and the cups are much, much stiffer. The other felt like a VS bra but this one is pretty miserable. The sizing up didn't help me, either. I still quad slightly in this if I really scoop everything in, but the cups come up so high it ... gapes most of the time. The worst part is the wires. They're so wide that they actually extend to the /back/ edge of my armpits.
I have a narrow root and a lot of projection, so this bra is just not going to work for me. Band also runs on the stretchy side, and I'm at the bottom edge of a 32 so I think a 30 would have suited me better. Might be good for someone with shallow projection and wide roots, and I think it's open enough to suit a tall root as well. It does give a nice round shape, although very little lift.
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aqua colorway
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Updated on Aug 23, 2015 Flag this
This bra is half a cup volume too big, which is a shame because the 28DD Cleo Maddie is half a cup volume too small. The bra is designed for someone with horizontally oriented breasts and mine are vertically oriented. There is empty space at the upper outer edges of the cups. Go for this bra if you are in between 28DD and 28E.
http://funsizedfashionblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/cleo-maddie-in-28dd-and-28e-r...
Beige colorway
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Updated on Aug 12, 2015 Flag this
Love "constant Apparent Boob Size"!!! (can we call it ABS? Because I would also love constant abs... lol). I swear I try on 6 or 8 different bras each morning to find the one that's going to look perfect under whatever shirt I'm wearing. Front and center and rounded? Front and center and natural? A little bit of cleavage? A lot of bit of cleavage? Plunge or low cut? East-westy? Minimized profile? Too many choices!