Fab bra! Went through a whole shop to come away with just two bras, and this was one. Very Moulded cups indeed (so if you don't fill it, it feels a little like body armour), but very comfy and gives great support to soft boobies like mine.
Would prefer a 3 clip strap, but that's just because I like to be corseted if at all possible - very comfy really.
Very pretty in a non-obvious way, the little button on the front is cute without being in your face sexy, but plain enough for an everyday, basic bra.
*This review is for the black and white colourway*
I bought the red/white colourway a few months ago, and absolutely loved the fit. So I was very pleased to receive this as a Christmas gift! As with the red, the fit is perfect for me, and gives great 'front and centre' lift.
This bra is adorable. I love polka dots, and I love the colors. I am FOB/Even and projected. I am also pretty close set. Its very comfortable, and the shape fits me pretty much perfectly. The Fabris wrinkles a TINY bit in the top section, but its not noticeable under clothes. Balconettes always give me a little trouble due to width of gore, but its not uncomfortable. I also find the band to be a tad loose, I would probably sister size down to the 32 band If I were to get it in another color just for longevity purposes, but I still love it.
I loved this bra - at first. I may have had some early tissue migration, or I just wasn't swooping and scooping enough. Regardless, the cup size is too small (quad-boob). It's also very tight. It passes the two fingers test, and when I put in a bra-extender it's clearly too big. But I also can't wear it for very long - a couple hours tops - before it gets massively uncomfortable. It's a combination of tight and itchy I can't really explain - I thought it just needed to be "broken-in", but it seems to have gotten worse. I've only washed it once - in the sink with special detergent. I get seriously deep marks, but I don't bruise. Also it squeaks.
I do like the shape and projection I get from Lucy.
Update: I have discovered that part of the problem is that the wires are too wide for me - I have narrower roots than I realized.
I already own this bra in the navy parrot print (and love it!) so I bought it in another colour. As with the parrot print bra, it's super comfortable, lots of projection and gives great shape.
This bra didn't quite fit me - the lace at the top of the cup gaps slightly (especially on my smaller breast), fortunately this isn't visible through clothing - but other than that it is a lovely bra! Very uplifted and rounded shape, lots of projection. (This is a review of the pink Marcie)
This is probably one of my favourite bras! The construction is great for my FOB, projected boobs - the lace on the top of the cup prevents any gapping. Colours are fun, fit and comfort is great, I will definitely be buying Minnie in the new colours when they're released!
This was my first Cleo bra - I have been converted to this brand! Narrow wires, great projection, and an uplifted rounded shape that I hadn't realised was possible with an unpadded bra! The colours are also great. The only issue I has was the wires at the gore digging in - this was resolved once I'd worn the bra a few times.
I've not had this bra too long (I plan on updating my review as I wear it more), but so far I really like it. It gives me an amazingly round shape without the uncomfortable/restrictive feeling of a molded bra. I also enjoy the color because it's fun and young, but also wearable under lighter colored clothes.
I am not a fan of wide underwires (something I've noticed is common with Panache bras), but the underwires on this bra seem to be fine on me. The gore is comfortable as well.
The cups are every so slightly too big at the top, but it fits better than one cup size smaller (I was getting quadraboob in the 34G).
I've not had this bra too long (I plan on updating my review as I wear it more), but so far I really like it. It gives me an amazingly round shape without the uncomfortable/restrictive feeling of a molded bra. I also enjoy the color because it's fun and young, but also wearable under lighter colored clothes.
I am not a fan of wide underwires (something I've noticed is common with Panache bras), but the underwires on this bra seem to be fine on me. The gore is comfortable as well.
The cups are every so slightly too big at the top, but it fits better than one cup size smaller (I was getting quadraboob in the 34G).
Juna is great for someone that needs the top part of the cup open and not too projected on the bottom. It's a well constructed bra provides great shape. I'm simply too projected for this one.
This is a longline version of the Ellie/Rihanna sister cuts that I bought a while ago when I was on the upper end of a 32H. Unfortunately, since I started wearing my correct size, my migrated breast tissue has gone to my boobs and I am as projected as ever - this bra will never fit me well... even if I had a 32HH/32J. This bra is just too shallow for me now. The band is too big, but I expected that since I sister-sized up hoping the cup would still be okay. The material and band is really comfortable (I tried it on on the tightest set ...of hooks). If you are very narrow and projected like me, this bra won't do very well (I do better in Comexim or Avocado these days).
If the fit was much better, I would wear this bra all the time. Being a longline, it feels so much more secure and smoother than a regular bra. Lightly padded with vertical seams, it has a rounded profile. I wouldn't normally pick an orange and hot pink check print, but I love the print, and combined with the lace along the cups, it is fun in a way that some women could wear it as outerwear pretty easily (or just as part of an outfit)
Not a perfect fit but better than anything else that I have got. I think it fits reasonably well because the cups are deep and the gore is not too wide.
Fairly good projection- not quite polish projection, but pretty good. Nice uplifted and round shape.
Just not right for me. I am fuller in bottom so I do better in Lucy cuts by Cleo. The bottom fits but the lace at the top gapes a bit, especially my smaller side. Not quite projected enough for me (but what is?) so wrinkles at bottom of cup. My hubby says my asymmetry is more pronounced in the Marcie as well.
This bra is definitely for gals who are full on bottom. It wouldn't work sat all if you are fairly full on top in shape. I really liked the smooth line of the cups/upper lace. Very nice and rounded shape. Cute purple.
The bra looks pretty good for immediate projection, but not as much as ewa michalak or freya Arabella. Onmy shape it does get forced down some over the day- I need more room central by the gore as my boobs are very close set.
This bra feels great initially. But for some reason over the course of the day it gets quite pinchy at ...the top of the underwire under my arms...the width and height of the underwires aren't very different from other bras I find comfy, so I don't know why that is. But it does bug. Maybe I should sister size to the 36g and see if that affects the fit.
Interestingly, I have the cleo Bonnie in the same size. It's supposed to be the same cut, but its fabric us more roomy at the top lace, more stretchy in the band, and does not pinch me at all in the armpits. Read more 92 more words
This bra is a sister cut of Cleo Lucy, which works well for FOB breasts with some projection. Hot Pink with colorful Embroidered blossoms (more modern looking blossoms, more like polka dots Shan realistic flowers). The fit is similar to the Lucy, but has some differences. The band is much stretchier. If you are between sizes you can likely size down in this band. The top lace is not as stretchy as the Lucy- so a bit roomier in the top if you quad noob a tiny bit in the Lucy. ...I like the fabric of the lace- even if I slouch enough to cause gaping, the line is not very visible under a shirt.
For some reason, this bra doesn't give me the pinchy armpit feel that I get from my Lucy in the same time. I can wear it all day without discomfort.
My only complaint is projection- it's not bad (like Cleo Lucy), but the bra migrates a bit south on me over the course of the day, which fir me is generally a symptom of not enough projection centered near the gore.). But comfy and cute enough this is going into my everyday rotation for sure! Read more 126 more words
