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Bra » Cleo » Minnie Balconnet Bra (7431) » 30C » Bras » Owner

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Fits ribcage0.0
B. perimeter0.0
Stretched Band82.0
Band Length64.5
Stretch ratio1.3
Cup width11.5
Cup depth17.8
Depth ratio1.5
Wire length18.0
Cup height0.0
Cup separation2.0
Gore height4.3
Wing height7.0
Strap width1.1
Hooks2
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Labeled as

Index30:3
UK30C

Review

5
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Didn't fit

I like it! I definitely think this fits similarly to Marcie. The cups feel good, no wrinkles or quadboob. Open enough on top not to interfere with my tall-ish roots and upper fullness. It looks a bit small in the side pictures but I think that's because I need to awkwardly push my arm back to get that shot. The gore is low and narrow enough not to sit on my close-set boobs, but not so low that I spill out of the middle. Wires are also a good width; they're not creeping into my armpits where I don't need them.

The band feels loose to me, which makes sense, since it's a used 30C, and I need a 28D/28DD in Cleo. It's fine on the tightest hook, and if I need to, I can always alter it. Based on how the cups fit, I think a 28D Minnie would be perfect, so I'll be looking for the red version in that size.*

Love the cute polka dot pattern -- it has a bit of a pin-uppy feel, without being too over the top. Overall, my first impression is that this one is a keeper.

Edit: After several hours of wear, the back rides up, causing the sides to dig in. I will definitely be altering the band.

*Edit: Acquired 28D Minnie. Band is perfect but cups are more closed on top?! whyyyyyyy ._.

*Edit: altered band. cups now visibly too small.

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Updated on Jul 15, 2017 Flag this


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  • Show all comments (7)
  • 1

    Looks really nice on you! Cute bra :)

  • 1

    Second that! Looks like a good fit indeed. This style looks so different in your size compared to mine! At first I thought yours had no white mesh upper cup part.

  • thanks! yeah they make that part almost nonexistent in the smaller sizes. same with every other Cleo I've tried. -shrug-

  • 1

    I'm curious as to how much of that portion there will be on the Minnie I have coming to me in the mail, and how closed it will be at the top. I feel like the scaling of this 30C is perfect. I hope they didn't decide to get creative and change things in the 28DD. The pictures on here aren't too telling. That lace portion is such a problem for so many of us that I kind of feel like this Minnie is a unicorn.

    I'm so happy it works for you! I have had luck taking in the bands on two bras. I did it at the hooks and eyes. You can either remove them with a seam ripper, chop off some band, and resew them, or just fold the eye section over the band and sew. In either case, you will NEED a metal thimble to push the needle through all that fabric.

  • Haha, this particular unicorn works for me, even with the rather large lace section in 32G. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

  • that's how I usually alter my bands too. seam rippers are so useful. I don't have a metal thimble, but I find that rubber ones work okay for bras, as long as you press the needle against the thickest part of the thimble, not the side... where the needle will literally stab backwards all the way through to your finger with the blunt end because bra elastic is clearly made of steel.

  • Yeah, what is with elastic? Every time I have to sew elastic, there is cursing and tears.


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