Not sure if I'm too FOT or it runs small, either way, not quite for me! Rather firm band, average width wires, fairly deep cups. However though the cups measure deep, in action the bra seems to be trying to push up/flatten my boobs in the Marie Antoinette style- not a good look in an unpadded bra. The lace doesn't seem to know what to do with itself.

I'm thinking if the wires were narrower it would be a lot better (or if I had wider roots). If you have a narrow root as well, I figure this 30GG would fit a very even-roundness or somewhat FOB 30G ... / 28GG / small 30GG.

Even with all that strangeness, as another reviewer said, this is a maximizer. The construction is such that my boobs look a lot bigger for some reason. Perhaps it is just that Cleo enhancement, drawing forth the breast tissue from the sides and making it round/perky. I'm almost curious enough to try this in a 30H but I don't need my boobs to look any bigger and I'm not enamoured with the pink. Maybe if they release in another colorway. However I've been having so many strange encounters with bras that claim to Marcie cuts that I'm not sure.
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Glad to receive from allifrack ! It has that classic wayyy too deep cup Ewa/Effuniak look like I'm offering my boobs out for dinner, which is why I'm surprised Ewa bras don't run closer to people's leaning measurements. But it does fit quite nicely despite my thoughts about style! I think I will be quite happy to wear it under clothes, after getting used to the feel - I have recently lost some weight and apparently some padding right where it matters on the ribs. But I walked around the house a bit before even noticing that so I think I'll be good https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> It reminds me of my Cleo Ellie in 28H. A 28 in this style though would certainly be falling off a narrower person's shoulders.

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Similar to the 28HH though I think I could definitely use a cup down. Unless there is a very dramatic difference between the GG and H it will still fit wayy too wide. But the longer, stretchier band in the 30 allowed the cups less tension so I got a nicer shape.

Straps are not fully adjustable (padded/lined halfway with a soft material)

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I am 30GG and start to fall in between sizes as the band goes up. So I have one in an almost-sister size and I adore it. I would say it runs pretty true to size. With shockingly narrow wires! There is some magic in it haha, the Starlet is way supportive and flattering though I would expect less in 34F. I could use a size up to make the gore tack as it hovers a teeny bit. If it tacked tightly I might have quadboob, but it doesn't & I don't! The "proper" size band may get rid of my slight orange-in-a-glass too if smaller ... bands have more projection in CK, but it is still sooo comfortable. Doesn't compress me like Deco but more subtle yet similar cleavage.

It doesn't ride up and is so darn beautiful - I got Starlet in Petrol, and now I understand the name. It is a jewel-like deep cobalt blue, with some kind of glowing-from-within jewel purple that shows through like a hologram! Or like petrol, haha.

It is surprisingly firm for a 34, however mine is brand spanking new (just got it straight from CK to my local boutique) so I don't know how that will hold up. It does stretch to past 34 (from 27) if I let the wires distort, without distortion it may only go to 31. I will have to measure again, but it just has a nice firm feeling. Must be good elastic. EDIT 1 month later - Yes It does seem to have stretched out a bit.

Anyway much better for everyday wearing than my 32G Decos, which feel quite loose in band and somewhat gape yet feels compressed/uncomfortable in the boobs anyway. I will have to get the Starlet in 32G some time, or 30GG, I think I will be wearing this one to death.
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The Curvy Kate Smoothie! I have one in an almost-sister size (34F, I am 30GG) and I adore it. I would say it runs pretty true to size. With shockingly narrow wires! There is some magic in it haha, the...

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I wish the pattern from the majority of the cup continued in the top 'decoration.' I would possibly try to make this work if it did.
Wires are HILARIOUSLY wide, so wide that I lose support - yet it is not because of the cup width itself, just the way the wires are shaped/the bra is constructed. It's very strange. Possibly it would be better in a cupsize down.

Also, straps are not fully adjustable (padded/lined halfway with a soft material). & The band starts out very tight but even one try-on was enough to loosen it a bit.

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