By measurements, this should fit perfect. However there is no measurement in bratabase for strap to strap width and cup height (like at HerRoom). So this bra eats my tail of spence as it gets pinched between strap and cup. Going back down to 30DD as that width is about 1/2-3/4" less between shoulders and 1/2" lower on cup height.
I'm full [ a lot of fullness in the center], projected, close set, pendulous. This bra is a shape mismatch for me.
The bra cuts into my breasts at the top, bottom and the sides of the cup. Even though wires are actually wide for me, the fabric there doesn't allow for my projection. I get weird creasing at the sides, bottom and center of the cup because of it squishing me.
The straps should be a lot wider, it'd make them more comfortable.
Band is firm. I hate polkadots but I thought this would be similar to the Marcie but it's not.
In my quest for a girly pink bra, I happened to come across the Cleo Marcie. I liked that the cups were unlined and the lace was strong while still being soft on my sensitive skin. Straps were not an issue in terms of length and comfort. The gore is a bit high for me and it does dig into my sternum and boob cleave, but I'm ok with that as long as I'm only wearing this bra for a few hours at work anyway. The only thing I'd like to see change is for more hooks in the back.
I bought this in both 28GG and 28H. In comparing the two, I found that the main difference was that the 28H cup was a bit deeper and wire length slightly longer. This made for better coverage on the sides of the bigger size. Furthermore, the band on the 28GG did measure bigger than the 28H, for some reason, but it was reason enough for me to finally decide to return the 28GG.
I am totally in love with this bra. It feels very comfy and gives my boobs a rounded, not too prominent shape. I like the design with the spots and lovely embroidery <3 I own the Green Spot George.
The Ellis was my first Cleo bra (because roses. I love roses), and boy am I glad to have it. It was a turning point for my braducation. After the Ellis, I got Melissa, Marcie, Bella, Lily and Meg, and now Cleo is my most reliable (and affordable) brand.
The fit is quite similar to Marcie, and especially its sister cut Melissa, with the one difference: the upper cup is a little too large/loose and wrinkles. I'm guessing it's more of a shape issue rather than one of size. I think it would work well on someone with a lot of upper fullness and maybe also a high peak. Still, the wrinkles lay flat and don't poke through tops, so it's not really a problem for me.
Weirdly enough, I can comfortably wear this in a 28 band, even though all my other Cleos are nice, snug and fit well in 30.
I grabbed this one on sale because I found the aqua/pink Lily such a perfect fit I wanted a couple more as everyday bras.
Despite not liking the parrot print, I have to admit I don't find it nearly as offensive in person as I expected to, so that's a plus.
Interestingly, the cups of the aqua/pink Lily are two layers of mesh in the lower half of the cup, and only the upper panel is a single layer of mesh. This parrot colourway is a single layer of mesh for the whole cup. Despite this, the fabric is stiffer than the aqua/pink colourway, so I suspect it'll take a couple of wears before this one moulds to me quite so perfectly (and the lack of fit on my smaller breast is therefore a touch more apparent in this colourway).
The band runs a little looser on this one, by about one column of hooks. But other than that, I don't find the fit particularly different between the two colourways.
It fits!! This is the first bra I've gotten that actually fits without any need for alteration! Plus, I really like the rounded shape it gives me, and the color is an awesome electric blue (Malibue Blue).
I love this bra, Marcie is my best fitting bra. I feel the yellow may be a little less stretchy than the purple but for me it's comfortable it doesn't dig in.
It's a personal problem of mine but I wish I could find bras almost exactly the same as the Marcie [unlined and lined] but with a little bit of a higher gore [i have quite a bit of center fullness, the straps slightly closer [I'm petite with broad shoulders] and I wish the wires went a little higher under my arms.
It's a cute, black bra with stitching up the middle of the cup...it doesn't really look good under t-shirts because of the stitching, but it'd work under a sweater or something. Because of the shape of the cup, I think it would work best for a full on top breast.
The Cleo Jude (5846) is a great plunge bra, especially once broken in. When new the cups can feel a little stiff but they aren't thick and have no extraneous padding, which is wonderful! It's impossible to find a plunge bra with this style, in this size range, without bump pads, which I can't stand.
Even with no padding this bra manages to give a really nice rounded and lifted shape. The band is probably true to size. On me, this particular one is very tight but I shouldn't have ordered a 28 -- in Cleo bras I seem to have better luck ...with 30 bands. With this bra I use an extender and I will definitely be purchasing a 30DD in the future if I can find one.
The texture of the lace on the cups doesn't show through shirts but the color of the lace may show through thin or sheer material, as may the contrast-color straps.
All in all, this is actually one of my favorite bras and I'm NOT happy that it's discontinued! (Apparently, I'm the only person in the whole wide world who actually liked it, haha.) Fortunately, it has been succeeded by the Cleo Neve Plunge T-shirt Bra (7196) , which I also love.
*** When I first bought this bra I was nursing and so in the pictures the cups look about 1/2 cup too small. I've since stopped nursing, and the cups fit normally now. Incidentally, this bra has held up amazingly well!! It still looks like it did the day I bought it and the band hasn't even stretched out -- I still need the extender. Great quality from Cleo! Read more 184 more words
The gore was really uncomfortable for me on this bra. I am a shallow 28D, with pretty widely spaced breasts and a pretty bony ribcage. At first when I put this bra on, I thought "oh, the gore doesn't feel too bad", but boy was I wrong! It dug into my ribcage terrible, and I couldn't even bend over without wincing in pain. I'm new to wearing bras with underwire, so I thought I should try toughing it out a bit, but this was clearly beyond anything reasonable. I couldn't wait to take it off at the end of the day.
Other than that, it fit generally fine. My shallow breasts filled the cups well, but the lace at the top of the cups didn't lay flat. While my smaller breast didn't fill the cup as well, the lace actually only showed through my shirt on the larger breast - I guess because it was pushing it up more.
Anyway, I will definitely be looking for bras with lower gores after this one.
From all "George" sister cuts I've tried, Minnie is most similar to Cleo Bella Balconnet Bra (7001) and Cleo Melissa (6991). (I haven't tried the Cleo Zia Balconnet (6851) so far.) It has slightly more projection than the Marcie. If you're shallow, you might experience some wrinkling in the upper part of the cup, but that's usually not visible under clothing. The materials used are very comfy and the band is ever-so-slightly stretchier than the Marcie's. Marcie in 30E felt too tight for me (wires digging in and hurting), but Minnie in 30E is pretty comfortable.
Shape is incompatible with me and the cups are too wide. There's is space out near the armpits while I spill out the center. It's a cute bra but it just plain doesn't work for me.
The band is pretty firm so that's nice, but it would be better with 3 hooks (but I have that opinion for every bra).
I like the fabric pattern and the way it feels. Sorta 'shishy', by which I mean the noise I make in my head when I run my fingers/had across it. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" /> It does pill a bit but I don't care much about that.
This bra is very comfortable. It fits similar to the Lucy, but this one is softer material and the gore isn't quite as wide. Band has stretched a bit. Combined with weight loss, a 32 band would fit better.
The bras that fit me best at this moment are mostly in 30dd (EM Femme Fatale and Cappuccino, Cleo Meg), my Cleo Melissa and Bella are still ok in the cups, but the underwires dig into sternum which means the cup is a little bit too big. I also read some reviews saying that Pixie runs a little big in the cups, so I decided to go for a 30dd and it seems it is the best fit possible.
The cup volume is similar to Cleo Meg, but the shape is slightly different, more rounded and the cup edge isn’t so closed. The only signs of a to small ...cup is a kind of bulging (filled with my soft breast tissue) I get on the horizontal seam, a kind of in-cup quad boob effect, and a little low wings/cups under the armpits, but it’s not enough to go up a size.
As all Cleo bras, Pixie gives a great uplift, the wires are narrow and the band is firm. The only difference are a little wider straps.
My only little complaint is about the cup wrinkling on the smaller breast (visible on the pic). I wouldn’t put it down to a too big cup, but a different breast shape. Read more 98 more words
After reading the reviews here, I opted to go for a bra that would be one cupsize smaller than my usual size - 28H. And it really fits! I get a teeny weeny bit of quadraboob when I breathe in deeply, but otherwise the top of the bra sits flat against the top of my boob and sometimes it even feels a bit empty.
The front-on shape I get from it is splendid - the bra really puts your boobs out there and all of a sudden, I looked much narrower in the chest area than I usually do, which was a definite plus. The side-view is, however, not ...really that awesome. The shape is a but odd, even though I decided I kind of liked it after a while. But I have to choose my shirts carefully, which isn't the case with my favourite bras.
This is also the first-ever bra in which I've experienced a puckering - I just don't fill in the top front part of the bra properly, even though the top ribbon, only a few centimetres further back, sits firmly on my boob-tissue and cuts in when I breathe in deeply.
All in all, the Meg is truly a beautiful, firm and well-made bra, but its shape is (at least for me) so odd that I can't squeeze myself into the cups. I am keeping this one, but will probably not be buying bras of this cut in the future.
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I've had the Meg for a year and I have grown to like it a lot! It makes my boobs look perky and pushes them forward - also, for some odd reason, they actually look smaller.
The puckering hasn't gone away, but I hardly notice it anymore. Also, it must be something about Meg specifically, not the other bras in this shape, because I've recently tried on a Zia, which, in my opinion, is of a similar cut, and there was no puckering at all. Read more 220 more words
The bra's band like everyone says, runs tight. I have the nude one and I can definitely say the 28 is a 26 band. It fits me quite well though.
The cups are a little small, probably about half a cup to a cup. I am shallow, so I think sizing up on the cups will be too big, ideally I'm probably inbetween 28F and 28FF on this style.
The bra gives a nice shape under a shirt. It's not as clevagy as the deco, but I personally find it more comfortable for my wide roots. The gore is also very low and ...close, which works well for me as I'm close set.
The underwires sort of dig into me at the bottom, which I don't like because the underwires has no padding. However, I bent it a bit to my shape and it seems to feel better.
Overall, this is a good bra, especially since it comes in so many different sizes (sub 28's rejoice!). I recommend sizing up in the band from your normal Cleo size if you are considering this, and size up in the cups if you are not shallow. (Shallow boobs can also size up depending on coverage preference) Read more 105 more words
"...this bra eats my tail of spence..."
LOL