Long story short-this bra gives fantastic shape and fits me really well, except the perennial wires are too narrow and short for me. This leads to killer stabbing on my sides, so even though it's definitely my highest and roundest shape under a shirt,I would never reach for it in the morning. The gore also tends to dig in. The band runs tight imo, and is narrow like typical Cleo, making the straps take too much of the weight.
The Marcie is beautiful. It's a great quality and the fabric choices are excellent. However, Marcie didn't quite work for me. I feel that it ran large in the cup, especially the top. I bought it one size too large not knowing my Cleo size, but I feel like it was two sizes too large on me. The band is comfortable and firm but the gore is very tall and pokes me at the top. I will probably end up selling this bra.
I wound up returning this without managing to get measurements or pictures, unfortunately, but I thought I'd throw in my two cents. The bra was gorgeous on, felt probably the most front and center and projected of bras I've tried. The material felt nice and firm, though the transition between the bottom cup and lacy bit was slightly more prominent under a shirt than I'm used to from Cleo.
The band definitely ran the tightest of that batch of bras - for reference, I couldn't close this without an extender, as compared to the 34j marcie that I'm wearing with an extender to break in the bra ...gently but I definitely could have closed and worn.
in the end, I had to send it back because the wires were just too narrow to get away with - I have an extremely wide root, so while almost all wires are too narrow on me, these were definitely on tissue to the point where I didn't want to risk bad migration. (I'm not sure this necessarily means these will be great for people hunting for narrow roots, but they at least felt narrower on me than marcie.) https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" /> Sad times, pretty Melissa. Read more 97 more words
