The Cleo Jude is a weird one to fit. I had to size up to a 28FF as the cup in a 28F cuts into my upper breast tissue even though I am bottom heavy. The bra itself is very basic looking, though it does have a ribbon detail.
The bra is very comfortable and works well under shirts without showing through (I have it in Nude). The straps are fully adjustable and the plunge goes very low.
ETA: I've worn this bra for about a month and have decided that it doesn't really work for me. Having to size up to avoid quadboob has meant that the top of the cup is really too wide and pokes me in the arm. The wires are still fine but the bra seems too wide set now at the top.
This bra SHOULD fit, but it is way too tight for my comfort. I'm hoping to stretch the band a bit, because it is so pretty. I just don't know if I can get comfortable with 28" bands. The center gore also is high, which irritates my sternum.
This bra is really tight for a 28-band so you might not want to rule out 28-bands just yet. and, it does take time to get used to tighter bands, I know it myself. :)
About the wires, if you're keeping the bra consider to bend the tips outwards. It might not be the height that hurts you, but the fact that your ribcage isn't flat like the wires are. I need to bend all my wires there. :)
Thank you! I think I'll try an extended with this one as well-- it's too pretty to give up on it. I'll try the wire trick for sure.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. I was trying out Cleo, having had problems with Panache bras (cups too far apart, too wide, too shallow). This was just terrible for me. Because the cups are moulded they keep their shape, size and position come what may, regardless of what's going on with your boobs. The cups were so far apart, that if I settled one boob in the cup as well as it would go, the other cup literally stuck out beyond my rib cage for about an inch! There was simply no way of getting both boobs into the cups at the same time. So not for people like me who really need cups close together, narrow and deep. But if it fits you, should give a lovely smooth outline.
I've tried Panache bras before without success but hadn't tried Cleo. Basically they have the same problem: the centre gores are too wide so the cups are too far apart and the cups themselves are too wide and shallow for me. But the Lucy is so beautiful that I kept it. It looks lovely on to the untrained eye, but the wires at the centre are slightly on my breast tissue because of the too-wide-gore issue.
Overall this bra is very pretty. I have the pink colour and the lace is very nice with lots of little details. This bra seems to fit okay, but not perfect. It is not padded, and creates a kind of pointy shape because of this. It also seems to fit me a bit weird in certain places. It feels a bit tight and pushes me upwards in the cups, but at the same time is almost too loose in other places, creating wrinkles in the lace. I think I may have too much upper pole fullness for this style.
Very good support for such a delicate looking bra! The band sits nice and snug and the straps are very comfortable. I found some cutting in in the top of the cups so I modified the center gore and now it fits perfectly. It also gives a nice and rounded shape which I like.
Recently refitted into a 28FF in this bra and I love it. Great round shape and nice cleavage (though doesn't show much in the pics). The shape is a bit like Freya's Deco though this comes up smaller so order one cup size up.
The only thing that I hope stops in time is that the centre front chafs after a couple of days wear and I have red marks and the skin is sore! Really hope this stops but overall great padded bra in this size range and good value too.
Update: in the end I did have to return this as the centre gore digs and marks me too much, making it very sore to wear. Shame but the perfect bra for me is Freya's Deco 28F.
I really like this bra, it was one of my first bras in (or at least close to) the right size. It doesn't quite agree with my shape, but it's still comfortable and is a bra I like to wear. Also, it's super cute! It comes in a lot of fun colors and the lace is a happy medium between a sheer bra and a padded one. A few issues I have:
-Not a great choice for full-on-top/wide and flat boobs, but it works better than most. The quadraboob is hardly noticable, and the bottom of the cups are filled fine. I also have some slight puckering in the ...middle, as it is slightly too deep for me.
-It's a balconette, so it's not great for close together boobs either, but if you bend the wires out a bit it'll work okay.
-The band is very tight, more true to a 28 band (or maybe smaller). I suspect this would work well for people who need 26 bands. I haven't totally figured out how certain brands size up to each other, as other 30s I've tried on/owned (including the Cleo Jude and some Freya bras) are too big for me but this Cleo 28 is too small. I have to wear an extender on the last hook, even though most 30s ride up and don't support me even on the tightest hook. It could be the color/fabric, too: this one is in the Bravissimo exclusive 'Lime" color (which truthfully is more like highlighter yellow). I'm not sure, but I think a 30F would work better for me!
-As I said above, the "Lime" color does not look at all like the pictures, which show it as a dainty light green. It looks highlighter yellow, or maybe spring green. I still think it's cute, but I imagine it would put some people off, who expected a pastel rather than a neon.
That all being said, I still like it a lot and plan on keeping it for a while, although I don't think I'll buy this style again at least until I grow out of this one! Read more 243 more words
Sadly this bra was too small in the cups for me and a bit loose in the band. The material is very soft and has the potential to be very comfortable in the correct size.
I have this bra in the swan print. I want to love it. It has the potential to be perfect. The band is nice and snug, which I like. For reference I have a wide root, low set, full on the bottom breasts that herroom defines as "settled." This bra I think has cups that are designed for a more forward projecting narrow root. After several "swoop and scoop"s I can get it to work and have everything stay in place, but it just isn't really designed in my opinion for wide rooted girls who don't have a tremendous amount of forward projection. If I altered it a tad, it ...could potentially be a wonderful fit, but I think my root is just too wide and I have too much auxiliary tissue trying to get stuffed in a bra not made for that purpose. As said, though, the band is nice and snug, the wires will stay in place, the shape is just wrong for me. I will probably keep it though, because it is adorable and maybe it will be kinder to my roots when "broken in."
EDIT: The cups are entirely to close and high for me. I am swooping and sxooping ALL DAY and its a shame because it's darling. Cleo just probably isn't the brand for my type of breasts. Read more 113 more words
This bra is really tight for a 28-band so you might not want to rule out 28-bands just yet. and, it does take time to get used to tighter bands, I know it myself. :)
About the wires, if you're keeping the bra consider to bend the tips outwards. It might not be the height that hurts you, but the fact that your ribcage isn't flat like the wires are. I need to bend all my wires there. :)