I was looking for a bra to replace my Curvy Kate Dreamcatchers as I had gained some weight and resized from a 36FF to 38F. I also needed something with a lower gore as I still have some slight tissue migration that has created a little more center fullness that was causing pain with my CK's. This bra is very comfortable with the gore tacking perfectly (no more purple marks). The wires are softer than CK and that has been a bit of an adjustment but overall I'll stick with the Rebel until something doesn't work anymore. I currently have this bra in 5 colors; Petrol, Pink, White, Black, and Khaki. I'm on the look out for more colors to expand my collections.
Underwires are wide but are fairly high at the underarm. Size seems about the same as Curvy Kate's non-padded bras, but I prefer CK's shape. The Rebel seems to flatten my boobs rather than give me cleavage, so there's quite a wide gap between them. It's not as supportive as CK, but I don't jog so that's less of an issue.
This is a weirdly fitting bikini top! It has wires and a very wide gore (at 4.3cm that's the widest I've seen so far!), but then it doesn't have cups. There is a single piece of thinly padded fabric covering both sides. So basically the cups are not connected to the gore. The straps are attached to the top part of the cup, so directly on the mesh, which is very stretchy. The colour is a lovely deep ultramarine blue, and the design with the mesh top is sporty and fresh. The result of this is that there is almost no lift, and the gore becomes visible. To ...be fair the size 38F is at least 1-2 cup sizes too small for me - however, based on measurements alone, the wire width, wing height, cup width would work. And it's such a shame about the fit! I had seen this bra on social media and it looked and fit great! The cup height I measured including the mesh at the top, without it the height would be 15.5cm. I also ordered the bottoms in a size 18, and they run true to size. The elastics on the top and bottom are relatively firm (the mesh is very soft), so I'd expect it to often look as if they're cutting in. The waist measures 47cm flat. Read more 117 more words
This bra is really really pretty, and the quality is pretty good though the material is slightly scratchy. The fit is almost but not quite right. The gore does not lie flat and the top of the cups is not right though I'm not sure why. I quite like the shape it gives though.
I routinely wear a 40F. In this bra I wore a 38F, which is down a cup size and down a band size. I would've gone down 2 cup sizes, but the cups were about 1/2 inch not deep enough (meaning that the F cup was still a little too big, particularly on top).
Very comfortable bra. It has side cup wings that help with structure. It feels solid, and the material feels of good quality.
I was all set to rave about the Imogen Rose Cotton Mix at a whopping $35 (!), but it came out of the VERY FIRST wash with a ...wire poking out of the center gore. So, so sad.
To be fair, the label does call for hand washing, which I did not do. I wash all of my bras in the washing machine, and then hang dry. Generally, my bras last about 2 years. I've never had one go bust on the first go. Will not buy again.
UPDATE: I also bought the 38E at the same time, not knowing which size would fit better, and even after this bra busted, I willingly and happily wore the size down because it remains one of my more comfortable bras. And, I've had no problems with the 38E wires. I've decided the busted wire was user error, or perhaps just a fluke. I will most certainly be buying this again - and in the 38F size. Read more 143 more words
