This bra has very shallow, wide and high cups. Not a perfect fit for me. But the color is so vibrant! So I altered the cups ( cut about 0.5cm at the armpit area, and moved the straps in). The band is not very snug, but it is comfy.
My shape: even-to-slightly FOB teardrop with very tall shallow roots, loads of immediate depth but moderate overall projection at the apex, close-set in the middle, side boob for days, center-height and self-supporting, with very firm tissue that does not take kindly to being pushed around by wires and pads. Also starting to suspect that I have a low apex, between the lower projection and upper shallowness and the problems I have with bras that should otherwise work.
This review is for a gently used bra in the navy colorway I received in a swap from r/braswap. It's a beautiful purple-y blue that I like a lot, and it's wonderfully ...thin and sheer and probably perfect for summer. If only it worked!
Ok, so if there was a correct size for me in the Lucy, this is not it, but it's probably close. I'm not sure the style works for me anyway, though, and mostly because I'm starting to wonder whether the bra I appear to be wearing and the bra it feels like I'm wearing are the same one! I did only wear it for about half an hour to get a good read on it, and take photos, but still.
For one, I can't remember the last time I had so much of a problem with the straps moving the top of the cup. They didn't FEEL uncomfortable or chafe-y in my armpits or anything, but they are apparently in just the wrong spot. The top edge buckles as badly as if the cup was 2-3 sizes too big unless my arms are perfectly straight by my sides.
Speaking of mysterious problems that don't feel like problems, let's talk about the gore. It's pretty tall and while it did feel a little firm and... tight against my chest, I guess (maybe a bit of shallowness at the inner cups?), it certainly didn't feel as bad as the red marks it left look. They're not really the welts I usually get from mean gores; they're not bruises from pressure or friction marks from the height, just angry-looking marks that don't feel like anything. Full disclosure: I mark easily. It's a thing. Apparently it has to do with water retention and possibly inflammation like with allergies or hormones or other conditions. However, there is a difference between these hormonal marks and the marks that bad bras give me, which are usually tender and angry-looking. Kind of like these marks, except with more pain. This time, none? So good, I guess. Still weird.
The wires at the sides also left angry red marks under my arms, but again, I felt none of it. Still weird. In the photos you can tell that they are a bit narrow for my Super Side Boob™roots, and maybe a bit short. They do take up the whole channel, though, so there is no room to shift or adjust them in or out. There's also a bit of gapping just behind the wire at the wing under my arm, but this happens a lot on me and doesn't seem to affect wearability.
On to the actual obvious noticeable problems! First, I'd just like to say that I think the immediate depth on these cups might be pretty close to just right, or at least getting there. In all the wiggling I did, the wires never once came out of my IMF. The shame about that is if I did size down a cup or so to solve the wrinkles in the outer cup and upper lace panel, I'd lose even more underwire, AND the upper cup would probably start that faux-quadboob thing and cut in. Right now, the upper edge is comfy (when it stays down), and instead I just have extra space in the sheer panel. Such is the nature of the tall/shallow rooted, though: These upper panels are so closed on top, and they anticipate roots that stop shorter and upper fullness with a more projected angle up here, but that just ain't me. I also think the apex is just about right, or I'm a hair below it; any higher and I'd be right at the seam, which is always scratchy and terrible, so this is nice.
The band is nice and comfy! No itching or scratching, and it seems to fit nicely enough even though it's been loved before. I have tried very few Cleos ever, though, so I don't know what that indicates about stretchiness. My 28G - Freya » Patsy Padded Half Cup Bra (1223) is currently my best band, if that helps.
Gonna try and get this one listed ASAP! Read more 656 more words
This bra suits a projected, full on bottom shape. It also suits a V-shaped ribcage - which mine isn't. Sadly it doesn't fit me but I think it's so cute.
I was never a fan of this bra so I didn't wear it much. I'm very full on the sides and the vertical seaming did nothing to help pull the tissue forward and center. Instead, I appeared to splay out. Did not care for the molded cups either. I felt it ran a bit small in the cup. If you are FOB or your nipples are lower it might not be an issue for you.
Lovely bra! Blake is reminiscent of both Cleo Lily and Marcie as far as having a nice amount of room for bottom projection and a decently open cup edge. It gives a pretty and uplifted round shape, which I love. The fabric is super soft and comfortable, as well as fairly seamless under shirts. The band isn't necessarily too big, so much that it's just very very stretchy, as are the straps and other components of the bra. Like most Cleo bras, I'm not bowled over by the design and color scheme (though I do love the tiny leopard print bow) but Blake makes up for it with her fantastic shaping power https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> Overall I'm extremely happy with this bra considering the fact that I purchased it at a steep discount.
I love this bra. My boobs have, over the last few years, taken on that 'saggy' appearance that they often do after they properly fill out from wearing the right size bra. This bra takes care of that. My boobs are full on bottom and really projected so I usually go for a balconnet anyway but I was surprised by how well this rounds out my breasts. Moreover, even though this bra is unlined, it's a non-elastic unlined, so my nipples don't pop out all over the place. This poor bra needs some love since I wear it so much. I'm only rating it below an 'excellent' on comfort and appearance because as of right now, my breasts grew a tiny bit and I get some quadboob, and also the bra is getting to that stage of "I need to retire you but I still need you".
Hot pink colorway
This bra's measurements have been altered
This bra is way stretched out at this point, it did not come this stretchy, its elastic just sort of gave up after all the use I've had of it.
Along with it's sister model Marcie, this is the best fit I've gotten so far in Cleos. However, despite being the same cut as Marcie, the fabric on Minnie is different (the polka dots are a thicker, sturdier fabric than the transparent mesh on Marcie) and I think this causes my boobs to become a very strange shape. They are projected forward and centered, but the outer side become totally flat, resulting in a very bizzare shape. I tried to photograph this, because its hard to describe, but it was also hard to photograph.
This bra does not quite fit, though it is close. It is too deep and full at the top of the cup, but if I take a large inhaling breath...it fits perfectly. In addition, I really wanted it to fit - it's a great quality bra, and looks seamless underneath clothes.
This bra makes my breasts look quite good and fits pretty well, but from the side the cup looks a little bit empty on the nipple area, although it doesn't show while wearing clothes. The right underwire started to dig under my breast after a few days, but bending it slightly outwards fixed it. The band felt really tight at first, but after a few days days it stretched a bit and now it fits perfectly on the loosest hook. The style is very pretty and I love the ribbons although they show a little under thin clothes. The straps are fully adjustable and don't slip off my shoulders. I've been wearing it for a month, so if possible I will update this review to write down any changes.
DISCLAIMER: This review applies to the fit of the bra after I took the lace in a little on the right cup. My right breast is slightly smaller and is less FoT, so the lace was fluttering a little, but the rest of the cup fit perfectly, and it was also perfect on my left breast. It was a very easy alteration to make.
REVIEW: I absolutely love this bra. It's my first ever bra to really, properly fit! And the first ever non moulded/padded bra that I've actually used. I always thought non padded bras wouldn't give me a nice shape, but the side profile of this is ...so uplifted and round. I do, however, prefer plunge bras if I'm wearing anything a bit lower cut, because I prefer the boobs together kind of cleavage, even if I feel that's a bit looked down upon as being a poor fit. That brings me to one slight downfall of this - I don't think my boobs are any more close set than average, but they are definitely trying to press together in this bra, despite the gore lying flat. I think I have moe centre fullness than average so maybe that's it. The bow in the middle gets a bit lost in the squish. But then, as I said, I'm not a huge fan of the very separated look anyway. I'm a little worried though that after a few hours of wear it'll start to rub, but it's been ok so far. As for the band, the 28 fits me well on the loosest hook, but I'm more of a 26 band really, so it probably runs a bit tight. All in all: very happy. So much so that I'm actually going to invest in the matching thong (I never match my underwear so this is a big deal!) Read more 197 more words
I was soooooo disappointed with this bra. It's absolutely gorgeous in person (I got the Navy blue and yellow colorway), but it's a complete shape mismatch for me. Since the size I got refitted as is a 28G, that's the first size I tried this in. Everything fit perfectly except for the lace at the top of the cups, which was so wrinkly and loose that I couldn't even imagine wearing it, even as an at-home bra. Thinking I might need to go down a cup size, I tried the 28FF; the lace was still wrinkled and loose, but the actual cups were too small to the point that the underwires were cutting into my breast tissue towards the center and I was quadding right above the center gore (I didn't even know that was possible). As much as I love the look of this bra, I'm going to have to return it.
Like the shape, lift, and firmness (stiffer fabric). Not a lot of projection, not pointing a little up or down - basically a round shape. Like the look under clothes, good for buttoned work shirts as well as t-shirts. New favorite bra for sure.
Not a lot of projection. Firm feel to all the components, comfortable. The shape is VERY round, good under button up shirts but not a very natural look - depends on your preferences.
This was kind of an unplanned deal, since I thought it might be too closed off on top, but then I heard it's more open on top than the CK Bardot, which is only a teeny bit too closed for me, so when I found it half off on eBay I snagged it, despite it being pink... again....
Overall, not too bad! I think it's a bit too deep overall - despite thoroughly scooping & swooping & the wires feeling firmly planted in my IMF there are tiny wrinkles at the bottom, apex, and quite a bit of extra space on my smaller boob. It's not as ...bad on my bigger boob. A 28FF would be too closed off I think, or too small. Plus my boobs are pretty sore and full right now, so it might only be good for one week a month haha.
Band is good, wires are good. Shape is Cleo-Apple, which I love. The mesh/lace is wearable, it kind of itches at the gore. I've worn it all day and nothing is digging or making me want to claw it off, yet. I love love love the shape, and am glad I at least tried it so I could experience the much-hyped roundness and lift Cleo unlineds are supposedly known for. I have 2 unlined bras now, my Bardot and this Lucy, and they both give that perky, held up and in and out shape. I doubt I try any other unlined bras simply because my skin much prefers softer material, but this is a solid bra. Read more 162 more words
This bra was close but not quite for me. After reading advice on Amazon saying to size up in the cup and seeing that a returnable 28G was on sale, I ordered it.
The good: comfy fabric, "cakes on a plate" cleavage, it fit everywhere except:
The bad: It came up too high on the outer cup/strap region to be comfortable. Also, the band was a little loose and it felt overall less supportive than my 28FF Cleo Lilys. Finally, the wires are too wide on me, but wires are always too wide on me.
If I get the chance to try a cheap, returnable 28FF Juna I probably will, as that might solve both problems. Or it might just replace "cakes on a plate" with megaquad.
FWIW, I am even with center fullness, some projection and narrow roots.
That's interesting, I am 32GG now in my unpadded Cleos and bought the same size in Juna, it is slightly small in the cup and I want to try 32H but I also feel the need to go down a back size as it feels looser than the unpaddeds but then I would need to go up in the cup and would be out of the size range. Shame as its the closest I have come to a nude bra that fits my centre full, narrowish short and projected boobs
Bought this for cheap secondhand off eBay. It's a Juna clone, and I can see that based on construction, but it fits vastly different than my previous Juna did. Of course, it's a cup size larger too, and I'm thinking my previous Juna was a mutant 28FF, because all my measurements for it were significantly smaller than the rest of the 28FF Juna measurements on here.
I hear all the time Juna is a wide and shallow bra with tall cups, and frankly I beg to disagree, at least in the larger end of the size range. At 5.4" wide and 9.5" deep, I actually think ...this is an average width and fairly projected bra. There is no wrinkling at the bottom of the cup and the wires are in my IMF. The 5.4" width is okay, but I couldn't go any wider. Funny, when I first started my adventure for ABTF, 5.4" wide was the absolute minimum I would consider and now it's my maximum. Tissue migration? I'm thinking so.
This bra has obviously been worn, but is in good shape. I can tell the band has stretched with wear. It stretches to 29" and I can close it on the middle set of hooks, and could probably do the tightest but I won't yet unless I need to.
Cups seem filled nicely on my right size. There's quadding on my left side, especially right after I s&s - the lace lays flat there and it shouldn't, and it does not lay flat on my right side. My boobs settle shortly after s&s'ing, which leads me to believe it probably is slightly wide for me. It's very comfortable, soft material, which bodes well for other Juna owners - it doesn't seem to fall apart with time and wear. The watercolor print is pretty and youthful - it's definitely my most colorful and uniquely patterned bra. Read more 219 more words
Love this bra so so much, It is soft, beautiful, light weight, the lace is not scratchy at all, and the color is a very girly pink, which I love!! The band is a little tight on me,and not stretchy at all, i am hoping that after a few more wears will be more comfortable, my "lily"is a 30 band, which fits better, as other reviewers said, the wires are a little wider than the "lily" but for me it hasn't been an issue, the straps are very cute, the cups fit all of my soft, malleable breast tissue fine, but to tell you the truth I ...am a little confused about the shape of my breast, I have read that the "lily" fit better for full on bottom and the "Marcie" fit better for full on top, but I have both bras and both fit fine, the only issue I have with the "lily" is that sometimes I have minor cuadboob inside the cup, but it doesn't bother me that much since it's almost not noticeable, I am so in love with Cleo bras... https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> the fit is amazing, round and lifted!! Read more 93 more words
First day wearing it feels too tight, but afterwards its alright. I'm inbetween sizes 28FF / 28G so I bought the 28G to fit for the larger breast, so the smaller side has a slight gap when I raise my arm (due to the position of the bra straps being too close to my arm/armpit). No quad boob effect this way though, so I'm happy.
Pros: - This bra fabric feels nice/smooth and has round padded cups. - The band fits snug and its fairly comfortable.
Cons: - The balconnet style bra straps are too far apart and feels like it was designed for wider shoulders so then on at 28 band it doesn't fit that great. - The lace lining on the top doesn't lay flat so I ended up sewing part of it to make it more taut to wrap around the top part of breasts (without having to wear the bra with 1 cup size smaller)
If you grow weary of your Lily, I may be interested in adopting her :-) jimineymittenz