Bra fitting help » Good fit or weird shape?
Cleo » Marcie Balconnet Bra (6831) » 28FF 28:8
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This is a really close fit but it seems like a little more projection would be ideal for me.
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This seems to be a perfect fit, no weird gapping or wrinkling and it feels comfortable. It might be me just being used to molded bras but I feel like my boobs look a little lower and less full than they usually look. I'm not sure if I'm totally crazy about the shape and lift I'm getting despite the seemingly great fit.
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helpfulI am pretty clueless when it comes to assessing a bra, but wow! That looks like a great fit to me. Your breasts look like they completely fill the cups without looking like they're trying to escape. No wrinkles, no distortion. It does, though, look like you're wearing it just a tiny bit low on what appears to be your right side. But I could be completely wrong. I'm the furthest thing from an expert. (smile)
Oh, and the shape? I think it looks good, but that's such a subjective thing. If you're not happy with the shape, then that bra doesn't work for you, regardless of the fit.
--Kristine
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Well, the Marcie to me is not the most supportive bra--I find the construction is not as sturdy as what I like and the straps being so far apart means it just doesn't provide the uplift I want. However, these are subjective issues of personal preference, so it doesn't necessarily mean it's not a wearable fit.
Fit-wise, I do agree with MmeKristine that it looks to be sitting too low on you. It's uncommon for people to deliberately pull the band down too low so it's possible this is creeping down on you of its own accord. When this happens, it can be due to a number of things, but two common causes are the cup lacking enough depth at the bottom (meaning the lower part of your boob is more projected than what this cup provides room for), and the band being too tight, causing it to creep south on a V shaped torso.
Things you can try to troubleshoot this:
- resettle the band at an appropriate height and hoist the underwires upwards, securing them right in your inframammary (underboob) crease and then rescooping and swooping to get everything back into place. Walk around a bit, jump up and down, etc. and see if the bra has migrated south again by itself.
- if it is indeed moving downwards by itself, try an extender and see what happens. If it continues to wander downwards, or if on the contrary it rides up, then band tightness is not to blame--it's the cups that are too shallow for you at the bottom. You will need to look for a bra with more room at the cup base.
Updated on November 10, 2014 Flag this
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In that case yes I agree, it's very likely you need more room at the bottom of the cups.
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Yayayay!!! I got something right!
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I read here that the Marcie is better for women who are full on top, and it looks like this is not the case for you if you need more room at the bottom of the cups. Anyway it looks like you would nicely fit in this brand... Maybe try another Cleo ?
I am full on bottom and I liked the bras I bought, namely the Lucy (but try going up a band size if you want to try it because it is on the smaller side), the Lily and the Lori, for example.Are you sure you have narrow shoulders ? Because it looks like the straps are positioned where they belong on your frame, and the straps in the Cleo brand are known to be set far apart from one another.
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I think I'm fairly even, edging to full on top but somewhat projected. I have no issues filling out the top of this bra even on my smaller breast. I'm not sure exactly what the criteria for narrow shoulders are but I find myself pulling the straps inwards on most bras to keep them where they're supposed to be
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You can be full on top AND projected at the base of the breast... full on top refers to the fullness of curve from the apex (nipple, more or less) to the upper limit of your breast tissue, pretty much. That can be a big full curve, or almost a straight line, or even a concave curve. Obviously people who have a full rounded shape or a near-straight line from top of boob to nipple are considered more FoT, but this doesn't prevent them from also having a breast base that projects straight out almost at 90 degrees from the ribcage. In fact, gravity being what it is, it's quite common!
In addition, I always want to warn people not to rely on descriptions of any particular bra as "good for FoT" or "Good for FoB" because variations in the height of your breast root, your degree of projection, the overall volume of your upper breast tissue, bla bla bla etc. can COMPLETELY change whether or not it is a good fit for your unique shape, even if it is a bra rumored to be, for example, great for FoT and you are considered FoT. These descriptors are just incredibly slippery conceptually... they can easily mislead you if you try to take them in isolation rather than visualizing the shape of your boob in your mind with all its characteristics!
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It would be nice if we had metrics for breast profile and corresponding bras.
--Kristine
I'll have to try out an extender but my guess is it's going to be a depth issue. I've had a lot of problems with cups being too shallow at the bottom. My 28FF freya deco soft cup gets a pretty intense fold at the bottom of the cups where my boobs are pushing the fabric down.