Oh, Melissa! Nice to meet you dear. You are so cute and spunky and just fun to look at. I really enjoy the way you lift my soft breast much like my good friend Lily does. I feel so comfortable with you on.

So Melissa is a currently tied with Lucy. If you've read my past reviews, I found that Lily fits the best followed by Lucy. She might actually be taking over Lucy's 2nd position but I won't know for sure until I wear her again. I feel like she fits very close to Lily, but the band is a bit snugger than I would like. So ... I do wear an extender, but just to add 1 extra row. So if the bra came with 4 rows instead of three, it would be perfect.
I wore it all day yesterday and I had to adjust a couple of times, scooping and swooping to make sure everything stayed put as they day went on and I played with my toddler. The underwire did slip out from my fold, but only a little bit, and mostly on my higher breast, and that happens with my number 1 favorite Lily, so it's not a deal breaker. I really like this bra.
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Updated on Mar 02, 2015 Flag this

I really like this bra, despite it not being a perfect fit. The fabric is a little stiffer than say, a Marcie, but after wearing it a bit it breaks in and becomes very comfortable. The fabric also seems to offer a little more support. The bra provides great lift and gives more of a "front and center" look than the Marcie as well. This is a good bra if you need a decent amount of projection. The straps are extremely comfortable.

I'm still trying to narrow down my exact size, but this one's close. I think I need a 34 band due to tissue migration and perhaps a cup size larger.

Updated on Sep 04, 2013 Flag this

This bra will always make me think of the time I saw it in public. A girl working at a hip vegan restaurant in New Orleans was wearing it under a sheer shirt. Such a great way to show off such a unique bra https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

I found a good fit in a 30E Lily, and a good fit in the 30F pink Marcie (runs small?). I just happened to get to try this bra. Most of the fit issues were from at first having the straps too tight, but then the cups were still a too open on top for me. I think I'm truly more of a 30E though, and so a 30E would be better. The wires are also too wide on a 30F for me.

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Cup seems too big and too small

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Updated on Apr 23, 2016 Flag this

After a huge failure that 32F - Cleo » Ellis (7211) was (gore digging into my flesh, huge wrinkling) I though I have to give up on Cleo softies, but somehow this bra (altough Ellis and Melissa are supposed to be the sae cut) fits me so much better! Melissa makes my boobs like 2 sizes bigger, they are round like apples and the bra itself is very cute - it reminds me of traditional Slavic embroidery.

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Updated on Jan 15, 2015 Flag this

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I love, love, love the Melissa. It's a perfect fit. It's the most perfect fit in all of my brardrobe. My boobs fit neatly into the cups, it has exactly the right amount of projection, immediately at the wires and at the centre gore, where I need it, there's no tissue escaping anywhere and the top edge lace lies flat on both of my breasts, even on the smaller one. I don't even get angular boob like I do in Marcie in the same size. The band is a perfect length on the loosest hooks and doesn't slip down, ride up or cut in at all. It's also ... unbelieveably comfortable - if it weren't for the support and uplift I wouldn't even know I was wearing a bra. I also did the ultimate test by wearing it to a very rowdy punk rock show and jumped around like there was no tomorrow. And guess what - everything was right in its place at the end of the night, without ever readjusting! It's possible they hired unicorns and fairies to make this bra. It's seriously that good. I also adore the blueberry print and the gorgeous lace at the top of the cups. I'm in bra heaven.
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Updated on Jun 08, 2014 Flag this

Really cute design, and technically it mostly fits, but it gives me the oddest shape. The outer halves of the cups are shallow and quite strong, flattening the sides of my breasts and shoving everything toward the center in an unnaturally streamlined sort of way. Near the center gore, the cups are a bit too close together for me and are much deeper than the outer sides of the cups. Most of my breast tissue ends up there, making me look as if the outer halves of my breasts don't exist. I look down and it's like the bra is trying to push my whole bosom almost into a V-shape. Not at all a natural or attractive look when viewed from the front, although it looks fine in profile.

Band is quite firm. I tried a 32E first, but it was painfully tight.

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Updated on Mar 21, 2013 Flag this

Hello, all! School is back with a vengeance, and it's been snowing like it's nobody's business outside for the last few days. That and the fact that parking lot has transformed into a skating rink ...

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Updated on Apr 07, 2014 Flag this

MEB

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I absolutely love the pattern of this bra; it's so fun and youthful. The fit was fantastic with a nice lifted, rounded shape. I had a little wrinkling in the lace part on my smaller boob, but not enough to be an issue. It fits very similarly to the Cleo Marcie. In fact, I laid this 28FF bra against my 30F marcie and the cup wires and gore were identical. Of course, the band was longer at the hooks on the 30 marcie. This bra's band was nice and tight and secure and comfortable. I had no poking or discomfort with any of the wires or straps. So glad I got it for such a good price from another bratabase user.

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Updated on Jan 17, 2014 Flag this

First thing's first: the band is very tight compared to the other 30 bands I own. I've been using with the extender hooked onto the tightest set of eyes, so it feels like as if the bra came with 4 sets of eyes. In my opinion this feels nice and firm, kind of like the Cleo Meg when I first got it. When the extender is hooked on the second set of eyes, it also feels firm, although I haven't worn the bra all day at this setting so I can't write what it feels like. I will update this review when I get ... the chance to do so.

Would I recommend going up a band size? Probably not, since the stretched band of the 32E is about 5cm bigger than the bands of my well fitted bras. Although if you have a chance to try on both, you'll be able to make a better judgement on which fits you better.

The cups fit nicely. My breasts are fuller on top, and with this bra I don't get any cutting in at the tops of the cups. The shape is also nice and rounded with good lift. I would say compared to the Cleo Lizzie, it feels like there's less breast coverage with the cups. Overall, I feel well supported. I haven't had any problems with pokey underwires, but I'll probably need to bend the centre gore outwards as with my other bras I own.

Stylewise, I like the print a lot, especially the mesh portion. I think the colours go well together, and I agree with cbear that the clouds remind me of Super Mario clouds. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> My only real complaints are:

- I wish the cups were a mesh material like the Cleo Lucy and Lizzie. I just like mesh for some reason.

- The tag on the back is really annoying. The bra itself feels comfortable but the tag does not.

Update: I wore the bra yesterday with the extender hooked on the second set of eyes and I found that the bra was comfortably snug, I would say slightly more comfortable than with the extender hooked on the tightest set of eyes. Just for fun, here's the bra's stretched band measurement with the extender attached.

Tightest setting (like having 4 sets of eyes instead of 3): 76.5cm (approximately 30")
Second set of hooks (like having 5 sets of eyes instead of 3): 78cm (approximately 30 3/4")
Loosest setting (like having 6 sets of eyes instead of 3): 80cm (approximately 31.5")

Update2: I've been wearing the bra with the extender on the loosest setting so I feel that I should have bought the 32E instead.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2013 Flag this

Very tight in the band, as noted elsewhere, and the cup may also run a bit large -- I seem to do best in a 32G in Freya/Fantasie/Fauve. It has lots of room on top but also quite a lot of projection/depth (not too shallow at bottom), and gives a very front and center, lifted, yet very round look. I'm very firm and dense, quite projected with both top and bottom fullness, moderately narrow root, splayed, and wideset; I'm always trying to avoid east-west as well as southerly drag. This is a very pleasing effect, available for a small fraction of the price of Empreinte.

(Note: Bratabase won't let me enter that it fits without doing the whole measurement rigmarole, but it does fit.)

Updated on Jun 16, 2013 Flag this