Lol, nope. The foam in the cup was very stiff, and did not work with the shape of my boobs. I had quadboob. The band ran quite tight, subjectively a full size. I'm an H/HH right now, and don't think you can get away with your smaller cup size in this bra.
For what it's worth, though, the detailing on the bra/band/straps was really nice.
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Updated on Apr 04, 2014 Flag this
Ew ew ew. This bra technically fit okay, but my boobs were sooooo east west in it, wide and a terrible shape - sort of upside-down sevenish, only the top of that wasn't a smooth line up my chest, either. It felt pretty supportive, but I couldn't stand the look enough to keep it on.
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Updated on Jan 21, 2013 Flag this
I got this in the seafoam and pink colourway, which is really ohhhh so cute on. Unfortunately though, it was a miss. This was my first try with curvy kate unpadded in anything resembling my size, and we had issues.
The front view is pretty good looking as far as I can tell, but once I turn sideways it's that pointy in an odd way shape CK can give. I appreciate that the center gore is, if not low, much lower than I've been used to with superbras.
The wires, though, seem to be both too short and too narrow for me, especially in the bottom, which runs sorta ... counter to what I've read elsewhere. I'm definitely getting Orange in a glass, and not filling the bottoms of the cups. I'm not sure if sizing up would help, and might put up a fit request later.
On the plus side, the cups of this bra felt SO SOFT to me, just fingering the material. My main point of comparison is Panache's mesh, and this feels way way nicer to me. The band is also hugging my back much more nicely, without the tendency to curl panache has had, though I can't say how it holds up over time since I won't be keeping this.
EDIT: When I took it off at the end of the day, there were weird little puckered holes in the mesh part of the band near the cup. I'm not sure if they were there before I put the bra on and I didn't notice them, or if they happened in one day's wear, but either way they seem like a serious quality issue. I've worn much tighter bands without anything like this, and this was probably the least noticeable band while wearing I've had in a while.
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Updated on Feb 05, 2013 Flag this
This was a pretty cute suit, and I loved the pattern. Unfortunately, it has the most ridiculously weak plastic wires I have ever encountered in something full bust. They distorted so much just putting it on,I might as well have not been wearing wires. There was basically no bounce elimination, either. That said, aesthetically the shape wasn't bad. The length of the top was shorter than I'd like from a tankini, but I do have a large stomach.
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Updated on Jun 24, 2013 Flag this
This bra was obviously way too small in the cup for me. I really loved the look of it once it was on, though, and it felt very sturdy. (though how much of that was due to massive compression is anyone's guess.) the materials felt really quality, and I absolutely loved the comfort of the straps. The band felt tighter to me than the same sized pinkish rococo charm, but that could also be a difference in cups, not sure.
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Updated on Jan 04, 2013 Flag this
I'm loving this bra. On the downside for me, the wires are too low and narrow for me, but that's almost always true. The material is VERY soft and comfy though. I kind of can't stop groping myself in it. It's seamless but still an unlined bra, although there seems to be a very subtle internal side support panel?I didn't notice it at first, but it's there. BEWARE, people that struggle with and are bothered by nipple show through, that's a quite likely possibility in this bra. It's thin abd there are no seams to hide behind. My nips are kind of lazy though, so it's not too ... often a problem for me.
It is very, very much a purple shape (http://brasihate.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-exactly-is-good-shape.html). That is, it's incredibly rounded from the side, but in a bit of a lower, maybe slightly minimized way. But not like minimized flat, just hugged closer.
The cup fabric is somewhat stretchy - not like on the level of stretch lace, but I'm juuuuust barely quadding a little on my larger boob when I scoop into this, but if I sort of tug on the fabric I can get it to settle.
The straps have a comfy slight padding to them, and the bottom of the elastic band shares a similar fabric backing. The band is also nice and thick most of the way across. The gore is refreshingly short for a non plunge bra in these sizes, and unadorned for once.
The color is much darker than my skin tone, like a slightly lighter clay, but vanishes nicely under clothes.
Over all, short wire side spillage aside, this is an awesome basic bra and I expect will be a new go-to. <3
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Updated on Apr 03, 2014 Flag this
This bra is suuuper gorgeous - makes my boobs look amazing and nicely rounded from the side. When I put it on in the fitting room, it seemed perfect. With a little wear, I've discovered that it can get fairly painful during the day, especially sitting down at work. The underwire tends to painfully poke into the fat above it on my arm. (Sidebar - how on earth is a plus size girl supposed to figure out what's fat and what's breast tissue when scooping into cups?) Likewise, by the end of the day I'd have fairly painful pressure points at the top of the gore in front ... of my chest. However, there was spare room in the channel, and I've been able to push the wire down in front, and squoosh it in flush with the elastic in the channel on the sides, which actually mostly fixes both problems- having that elastic there helps to cushion it instead of it just being wire stabbing through mesh. I'm also hoping with wear it'll chill out a little.
I do also wish the wings were a little larger or firmer, because on a fatter body, it does tend to squoosh in, but not in a painful way.
On the plus side, this is the most secure I've ever felt in a bra - they're not going anywhere! It's also my first non-moulded cup, so I can't really compare that well to others of its ilk, other than that I seem to have a like 1/11 hit rate in the dressing room, and this is the best so far!
EDIT: okay, I've since realized I was totally in the wrong size when I wrote this, an remigrated a lot, so take it with a grain of salt.
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Updated on Mar 08, 2013 Flag this
I got this bra primarily because it was recommended as having a similar fit to the Caitlyn, which I do well in, but with a lower gore, which is always a plus. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way for me. The biggest issue, I think, was how weak the wires were -way to flexible and easily distorted for my taste. In terms of sizing,I would also say this ran smaller than the Caitlyn, as I'm sort of between a 34hh bordering on j in the Caitlyn and a 36h was definitely too small in this.
The biggest downer was probably the shape for me - very wide, east/west, and low; I wasn't really getting lift.
On the plus side, the bra was pretty - I felt sort of like a black and white movie star in it, and the fabric felt lovely and silky.
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