painful!
cuts into my armpits and the straps fall off
it is a cute design

Updated on Sep 15, 2013 Flag this

Really pretty bra, but the band ended up being too loose and the cups too shallow, I am shallow-ish, and small after tissue migration. Felt rather flattened out under clothing, but could be due to shallow cups. Band could easily be a 32 as it is very stretchy

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Updated on Sep 11, 2013 Flag this

Beautiful bra but after tissue migration, cups were too small and band was much too stretchy. It could easily fit as a comfortable 32 on the tightest hooks. The slightly pointy silhouette wasn't very obvious on me under clothing.

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Updated on Sep 11, 2013 Flag this

Too small in the cups for me. I like the edges of the cups, they're zig zagged instead of straight. The crisscross side details are also nice. Comes with inserts to help with asymmetrical boobs.

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Updated on Sep 03, 2013 Flag this

The cups on this bra are oddly shaped. The bottom of the cup, which I sometimes have trouble filling, is very narrow and close to the body. This causes a push-up effect, emphasized by the removable push-up pads. I wear a 30G and if I remove the pads, the cups are too large for me.

I adore the overall look of this bra, especially the lace overlay on the straps near the chest and shoulders on the front. It is a very beautiful and elegant bra.

I do have slight gaping near the top of the cup, in the "corner" closest to my armpit, but the lace mostly covers it up (see upper view photo), and the gore comes away from my chest as well.

Sizing: I typically wear a 30G in Freya, which supposedly runs large in the cup. This might be better suited to a 30GG or 30H -- see measurements.

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Updated on Aug 24, 2013 Flag this

I have the same bra in Sky Blue/Lime 30E which is the new cut. I got this bra in black/gold 32E, old cut, but it fits my boobs very well. The band is a little too stretchy, I need to wear it on the tightest hook, but a simple alteration would do the trick. It's beautiful but it does make my boobs a little too pointy. I'm still very satisfied even though I think the new cut gives a rounder shape.

Updated on Aug 21, 2013 Flag this

This bra is both too big and too small in the cups for me, I guess that is what you call an orange in a glass. The edge of the cup cuts in a bit although the cups aren't filled properly. Apart from that it fits quite well and gives a good shape under a shirt which is what I wanted. The edge of the cup is not visible under clothing.

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Updated on Aug 19, 2013 Flag this

I have a 34D Fiore Balcony that after migration is now too large in the band and small in the cups. I was hoping this bra would be its awesome replacement. I'm very sad to say it is not. Seriously, the cup width really is 6.5" - that's an entire 1" wider than all of the other bras that I own in this size. I've never had quadboob in a 32E before, either (heck, some of my Freyas are 30E, and I don't quad in them). I've been spoiled by Cleo Lucy and Freya Taylor and expect bras to give me a round shape. This bra gives a very pointy east/ west shape. In fact, the apex of these cups point further east/ west than my boobs actually do, so it feels weird and adds to/ causes quadboob. Very sad about this one. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" />

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Updated on Aug 12, 2013 Flag this

I like this bra and bought it because I thought it would look the same as the Fiore unpadded. The material is really soft and the bra is super comfortable. It fits true to size. However, it does not give me the same rounded shape that the Fiore unpadded bras do. I get a bit of a pointy book look. I still wear it because it is very comfortable and soft but it's not the ideal shape I like.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2013 Flag this

This bra did not fit me at all as it was way too deep for my shallow breasts. I couldn't fill the bottom of the cups and the top cuts into my boobs so it looks super weird even with a shirt on. The cups are also too tall and the straps don't adjust short enough for my short torso, the cups are nearly up to my shoulders... I wish the design was a little simpler too, I just want a plain, nude T shirt bra without all the laces and stuff that I can wear under a white T shirt.

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Updated on Aug 04, 2013 Flag this

I got this bra in sky blue/lime which is the new cut. Although a lot of people complained about how the new cut doesn't fit well on shallow boobs, I thought it works fine on me. It comes with removable pads but usually I just wear it without the pads. I was able to see my cleavage for the first time with the pads but that's unnecessary for daily use. The band was tight for me at first as it's my first 30-band bra but after I got used to it it's actually quite comfortable. It's a pretty bra and it fits great on me.

Updated on Aug 04, 2013 Flag this

If awesome was a bra, this would be it. I am in bra love. <3

Update: I got tissue migration, and now the band is too loose and I get quadboob! I never even got a chance to wear it! Noooo!!!!! D:

Updated on Jul 29, 2013 Flag this

I had to double-check the style code on the label to make sure this was actually the Fiore full cup, because it looks and fits like a balconette and it's nowhere near full coverage. (The real Fiore balconette, Lepel Fiore Balcony (93208) , is padded with a vertical seam.) The cups are quite open on top, potentially a good bra for shallow shapes. The band seems to run pretty tight, and I couldn't stretch it past 74cm/29" without distorting the wires.

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Updated on Jul 19, 2013 Flag this

I wanted this bra since I also own it in a 32E which was a wonderful fit until I lost weight. I've shortened the band on the 32E and now it fits fine again.
Unfortunately this bra doesn't fit the same, the wires come up higher on the sides and therefore poke.
Apart from that it's still a good fit, the center gore is low and wide, the cups are quite shallow (I usually wear a 30E) and the wires are wide. The band is also very firm, I'm between band size 28 and 30 and the 30 fits nicely in this bra.

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Updated on Jul 18, 2013 Flag this

The Fiore was one of my first purchases after discovering the existence of sub-32 bands, and is still one of my favourites, despite no longer fitting me properly. It provides a nice, rounded shape with cleavage, is very comfortable, and I love the removable pads as I can take one out to help balance out my shape. After two months of wear, I've gone from the mid hook to the tightest, which I'm now finding loose. The lace at the top can show through thinner tops, and I find I get a lot of nipple show-through (though this may be due to me needing to size up in the cupsize now)

Updated on Jul 15, 2013 Flag this

Is a pretty decent fit. But the wire under arms comes up a bit too high for me.

Updated on Jul 11, 2013 Flag this

I really wanted to like this bra but the fit just isn't good enough for me. The band fits nice and snug and such is the case with any 30 band bras that I've tried, so I'm confident band size is perfect. The cup size was adequate at first but after swooping/scooping, there was some top spillage from the right breast. The appearance was also a little odd (not quite rounded but not quite pointy). The straps sit rather wide but I assume that ensures a better fit for those with wide-rooted breasts. I think my only issue with the straps is that I'm so used to ill-fitting bras that I would have to constantly sit the straps close together to keep them from falling off (too wide a band) and now I'm paranoid. That said, the wide set straps also lessened the side boob effect from my arm pits but I think perhaps another brand may reduce that even more. I will unfortunately have to return this bra.

Updated on Jul 06, 2013 Flag this

This bra rounds and flattens compared to my favorite bras from Gorteks.

Updated on Jul 04, 2013 Flag this

Love the thin straps, but was not expecting rhinestones (bought from bratstop and the image nor the details included them).

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Updated on Jul 02, 2013 Flag this

I got this on accident (someone returned this in a Cleo Marcie bag, I'd laugh at how anyone could miss that this is clearly not turquoise blue but I'm really bummed out that a) wrong bra b) I ordered the wrong size anyway) and I decided for laughs to try it on since plunge bras seem not to work for me a lot of times or maybe I'm doing them all wrong or something. Anyway, the band is tight for me I'm not sure I can even get it to the second hook but it's really comfortable on the first hooks. I'm quadboobing in the center and nearly ... spilling out, like always in plunges, but the sides of the cups are still full. The cup is also wide enough for me on the sides but not too wide. So hmm, that usually doesn't happen. The bra does have padding inserts so maybe that's making the difference, I don't feel like I look bigger with the padding either so I am liking that a lot (not that I look big to begin with). I haven't taken the padding out to see how it fits though. The wings on this seem a little short for me so I'm wondering if I went up to an F or FF... The band is a really comfy material it's not heavy or gauzey like some, it's almost silky or like a thin lycra maybe. Curious how this band would feel over the course of a hot day, sadly I have to return it so I can't find out.

It is really comfy other than the spots where it doesn't fit. I think I might come back to this one in the future if I can find it for less in a bigger cup size, not in my budget for both this and the Marcie.
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Updated on Jun 21, 2013 Flag this