Bra fitting help » Cups too small???
Cleo » Melissa (6991) » 32GG 32:10
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Thanks for help - I'm keeping the bra
Original problem
Hi Girls. My problem: cups seem to be right size but they may be too small, wires on both sides are too narrow and are hurting. Would 32h be better?
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helpfulI think a 32H will be too baggy. Simply put, this bra is too narrow and deep for you. If you get the wires comfortably wide enough, the cups will be too deep, if you fit it so there's no bagginess in the cup, you'll end up with too narrow wires.
Panache Superbra has wider wires than Cleo, so perhaps that will work out better?
Updated on July 11, 2013 Flag this
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Hi :)
I think this is right, a larger size won't work. Just look at 36J Marcie on alisa for comparison. One simply cannot fill out the cups when nothing is there to fill them, and even if they might look as if they fit, which her 36J Marcie kind of does, it still won't fit.
For what it's worth however this bra does *look* terribly good on you so it's sad it's hurtful. Maybe you could save Cleo for special occasions? :) Also if nothing really bad happens once again the Braologie bra will be washed on Friday and then sent away :)
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helpfulI think the cup size is spot on for this style. Unfortunately if the wires aren't wide enough you're going to either have to size up (to a 34GG or 32H) which I think would be a mistake.
Better option would be to find another style with wider underwires (anything from Panache will probably work better). Or if you love this particular bra you might be able to bend the wires by hand so that they angle outwards from the center base of each cup.
Updated on July 13, 2013 Flag this
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Hey CassandraD82 I made a pinch in centre gore which changed the shape of wires. I am wearing this bra all day today and its perfect!
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" made a pinch in centre gore which changed the shape of wires"
Say what? How did you do that? I was just going to say it looks like the center gore is a little wide for you (hard to tell with the Bradatabase watermark in the way). One of my bra has the same issue. I'd love to know how you fixed it.
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helpfulIt looks like this bra fits you very nicely, except for your complaint about the wires. The quadboob is not obvious in your pics. A 32H is deeper in the cup but does have a bit wider cups/wires (less than 1/2"). If your boobs are escaping out the sides/of this size a 32H may work out for you if you scoop them into it. The extra cup depth may be enough to solve the problem. If you really like this bra, I would try it in a size up.
Cleo wires are more narrow than Freya or Panache, so you might want to try one of those. I found the Panache Elsa to give a nice rounded shape. My Jasmine is nice also, but isn't as round so i'm going to alter the cups a tiny bit since I love it so much otherwise.Updated on July 12, 2013 Flag this
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Thank you. I'm going to keep this bra and do what I do with most Cleo/Panache bras - make the centre gore narrow. It will chang the shape of the wires a little bit. I just try to make it work or just keep it as a going out bra.
Btw. Bra and postage was $30. Sending bra back will cost me $15 so it's not worth it.And thanks for Elsa suggestion, I've been thinking about it.
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Yes, it could be the problem. Lucy in the same size fits me OK - even the width of the cups is the same but wires are, I don't know, longer? But IMO Lucy is more Superbra then Cleo in construction.
Funny but when my boobs were tad smaller (32ff/g) Cleo were perfect! But the boob growth was just my boobs coming back to normal after over a year of breastfeeding.
I've got Sienna and few Tangos but I wouldn't call them most comfortable and I'm waiting for Jasmine. At the moment my everyday bras are old Pollyanna and Celia (yes, Freya can have wires wider then Cleo) but the shape isn't so lovely and round like in Cleo.