I'm finally ready to review this one. I have been wearing it for about a month now and have finally made up what I think of it.
What you need to know before reading this is that I prefer unpadded bras and my wardrobe does not require plunges because with full on top, close set and high in chest boobs I get cleavage in everything.
The cups - in 30 K the cups are made from 4 parts. I found the pl shape suits me better than the chp for this reason - the top horisontal pannel adjust better to my full on top boobs and because of it I ... feel more secure and contained, than in open on top halfcuppy chp.
They are cotton lined and feel great against the skin, and outter fabric is great to touch/grope. The padding is light, almost spacerfoam like, which is my favorite material ever. The diamond pattern does not show through shirts, the seams however do, but not too bad.
The band - even though it's very stable and firm, the edging on the band iritated me until I bled. It curled up under wires causing a hideous rash. Finally I had to sew up the band on the cups so it curls to the outside (a fix I learned from Bras I hate review of the Tease me).
It probably was too tight from the start, but after two weeks of wear and that alteration it is now comfortable. I do wish the side wings came higher.
The straps - Oh I hate them so! They are not as bad as the Boudoir Beau straps, but they take a firm second place in my most hated strap list. How could they be so wide and promising and then curl up in such a torture device? Sure, my high on chest boobs require shortening of the straps to the maximum more often than not. But if you make a fully adjustable strap, they shouldn't start to deform when adjusted 2/3 of the way because they can't handle the strain.
They are not only set too far apart for me, so they painfully dig in my arms at the side, they are also positioned in the weirdest of places at the back so they iritate and restrain my shoulderblades while I move around. I have decided to replace them with freya antoinette straps that would be positioned more to the center. I will do so in a couple of months as I can't bring myself to chop up a fairly new bra.
The gore - this is the firs time I kept a plunge and now I'm sure I perfer higher gores. They make me feelmore stable and secure, but the main reason is I do not like boobs touching in the middle. As for this one, as low as it is, it's stll too wide for my boobs because they are close set not only at the top, but at the bottom as well. This could be fixed by taking in the gore, but that would mean taking offthose cute buttons tgat turned a dull nude bra into something worth observing. So this alteration will be done when the bra gets older and the band looser.
I also had to bend the gore inward to make it lay flat, and it did only after I lost a few pounds and some boob weight - the bra was too small to begin with.
The wires - superbendy, easy to adjust to your ribcage and they stay put whole day long. Not pokey under arm either.
The shape - this is the reason I tolerate this bra and ignore all of the issues.
The greean shape - very lifted, very centered. To paint a picture, my boyfriend got so used to my boobs in this bra, he was horified after seing me in the andorra and asked me why are my boobs so low! ( and andorra is a heavy lifter, make no mistake!)
It does project more than my cleos and panaches from the profile, and it adds 2 cm to my overbust measurement in comparison. I don't feel like it ads too much bulk because of the padding though - I was afraid it would be much worse, not being used to padding at all. The profile is also pretty round, but still very "out there" and natural looking. Still prefer cleo profile though.
The look - i love it, that's why I bought it. It shows that nude doesn't have to be boring if you add thoughtful ande tasteful little details. The tone matches my skin purrfectly.
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Updated on Feb 17, 2013 Flag this
I think, based on your pictures, you would get more out of a 36LL. The Karmelki runs ridiculously tight and is smaller in the cup. You could definitely go one or two cups up and have better lift + coverage.