Greenfuse

This was my first time trying on a 32FF after using the r/ABtF calculator. So far it's the best fitting bra I've tried on over the last month. I didn't buy it because I was sure about it and I don't like lace bras (sensory issues) but the lace is soft and stretchy, not stiff. I may try it again when Nordstrom isn't closing in 10 minutes.

For reference I've been wearing a 34DD Wacoal Smooth Sider and a Dream Tisha in a 36E. Both bands are a little too big, but their bands run tight afaik. The 34 Wacoal band is only a tiny bit too large ... on the smallest hooks, but the DD cups are hilariously small. The Dream Tisha band is too big on the smallest hooks and in general doesn't fit well, but I'm learning I'm the wrong shape for molded bras and am giving up on them.

You can see in photos that my right boob is at least a cup size smaller after two surgeries. I have an insert, but didn't have it the day I tried this 32FF Freya on. There are some wrinkles in the right cup especially at the top edge lace, but the left seems to fit okay. My nipple sits where the seams meet. Now that I'm looking at the side photo, I can't quite tell, but the bottom of the cup near the underwire may have a wrinkle. I can't tell if it's a shadow or not and I'm still confused about root width and if the the underwire is in my IMF correctly. I didn't know to look for that fit issue or to see if the underwire was sitting in my IMF. I'm not sure if the wires are wide enough. I have a lot of migrated soft tissue. I wish I'd had more idea of what to check for and which photos to take, like one from below might have helped.

I'm very full on bottom, inner full, projected, short root height, average root width or possibly a little wide. Boobs are soft, pendulous, and round. Separated by two finger widths.
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Updated on Nov 16, 2019 Flag this

This was in my first batch of bras ordered online trying to find what fits and what styles I can wear. hint: this is not one of them! I went to Nordstrom first but they had very few 32FFs in stock. The only one that came close to fitting was a Freya Fancies Plunge in 32FF. I don't like lace bras. (As I add bras I will add that Freya with photos.) So I turned to HerRoom and ordered the KoKo Spirit Plunge bra in 32FF, 34F, and then later in 32G, and 32H when fit checks on r/ABtF said to try a bigger cups. Like the Cleo ... Lexi this bra did not work for me.

The reason this one doesn't fit is a shape/style issue, but I am new to this and mildly confused at all times. I'm very full on bottom, center full, some separation, projected, with pendulous, soft, round boobs. I think my root width is average, but I have a lot of migrated side tissue. My roots are short. I think the takeaway is that molded bras will be unlikely to fit me.

The 32FF band was fine. The cups didn't fit in a number of ways. When I swooped and scooped even halfheartedly the 32FF the gore wouldn't tack and was sitting on my left breast. If I wiggled/tucked the tissue back so the gore tacked, it gaped at the top. Pretty sure I had orange in a glass issues with 32FF and 34F. the 32G and #32H were way too big in the cups. This bra is so cute and I was sad to send it back. I learned that I should take photos of the actual tags in the bras and will do that from now on.
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Fiesta colorway

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Updated on Nov 16, 2019 Flag this

I really wanted this one to work, but I think molded cups are not going to work for me in general. ABTF calculator says I'm 32 FF. I currently do not have a bra that fits or is even close, but I am determined to find one. I wasn't sure if this one didn't fit due to a size issue or a shape issue. I pretty sure it's a shape issue. I tried the Lexi in several sizes (for science) HerRoom did not have a 32FF so I tried 32G, 34F, 32GG, 32H. The GG and HH were way too big, but confirmed that I was having ... orange in a glass issues with the 32G and the 34F. The cup was much taller than I thought it would be, but my torso has short dimensions. I'm 5'5.5" but with many dresses I have to order petite sizes because the over the shoulder bit is much too long, or I have to have them tailored. I sent all the Lexi's back. It's not a bra that's going to work for me. I suspect that people who are very full on bottom will have trouble with this. The gore sat in the right place for my right breast, but sat on my left breast.

For reference I'm very full on bottom, inner full, projected, average root, short root height, separated by two fingers, pendulous with soft tissue. I also have had two lumpectomies so my right boob is noticeably smaller. I have a little empanada shaped insert that helps and am looking for bras that fit my left one.
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latte colorway

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Updated on Nov 16, 2019 Flag this

I'm still looking for a bra that actually fits. Mimi worked better for me than any of Cleo's molded bras. It's a cute bra. The straps work when fully extended, but I know I'm unusually short in that area. I got quad boob on larger boob and an okay fit on smaller. I had a ton of side tissue I couldn't scoop in with creating extreme quadboob. I don't know what's migrated tissue from wearing bras that are too small for the last 20 years or if my roots are very wide or some combination of both. The band was fine on the loosest setting, but the overspill was bad under my arms and almost to my back. I'm exchanging it for a 32G to see if the larger cup works.

I'm fob and inner full. I didn't seem to have bad orange in a glass with this one. The apex of the cup was filled unlike all the molded Cleos I've tried.

Updated on Nov 20, 2019 Flag this

This is an especially bad fit for me--kind of a train wreck. Still not 100% sure of my size bc I can't find a bra that fits properly. I'm splayed and wide set (3 fingers at top of IMF in a bra and slightly more out. Bottom width is a hand's length where the splay creates that triangle shape.) I'm quite inner full and bottom full. My tissue is very soft so it sort of flows where it can and unfortunately in this bra that means it gets shoved toward my underarm and creates a bulge in the lower outer part of the cup. I have not found ... a bra that fits into my IMF, but this bra shows just how badly it does not fit. My boobs are 2-3 cups different in size. I wear an insert and took a photo with it and without it. I think this is a definite shape mismatch and I can't tell about the size bc it's just so bad. Gonna guess that I need more bottom projection closer to the gore side at the very least.
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Updated on Dec 15, 2019 Flag this