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Bra » Cleo » Hettie Balconnet Bra (9011) » 38G » Bras » Owner

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Fits ribcage0.0
B. perimeter0.0
Stretched Band94.0
Band Length77.5
Stretch ratio1.2
Cup width16.0
Cup depth30.5
Depth ratio1.9
Wire length31.8
Cup height15.2
Cup separation2.0
Gore height10.2
Wing height11.4
Strap width1.5
Hooks2
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Index38:9
UK38G

Review

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Didn't fit

Bra photos can be deceiving...it looks like it fits but does it? I address some of the issues of upsizing in my blog post - why oh why only 2 hooks and such thin straps and a band that won't stretch anywhere near 38"? Ugh.

Black/Pink colorway

Updated on Feb 14, 2017 Flag this


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  • Show all comments (11)
  • Great review. I'm a 28F, pendulous, short roots and very soft tissue and this bra fits me very similarly to you. That in-cup quad boob :(

  • Was the fit better with an extender?

  • Also the blue colorway definitely has a looser 38 band.

  • 1

    Ah I do not like extenders too much on this one as the band is too thin and the straps are too :(

  • Good to know letstalkaboutbras as you are on the other side of the band spectrum!

  • fabulouslyfullfigure I really wanted Hettie to fit. There hasn't been a colorway in that bra that I don't love! Yet I am struggling to find unlined bras that won't give me in cup quad with my very soft tissue. I love Cleo and Panache balconettes and Hettie would have actually worked for my short roots. The material overall is too stretchy and didn't give enough support :(

  • What about Ewa letstalkaboutbras ? Stretchy lace but has a second layer to add support...not sure what she does in your band size.

  • 1

    Ewa is the next adventure, for sure. I'm new to unlined bras and still have to learn all about the cuts.

  • I hope they work for you...crossing my fingers...of all the unlined I have tried, Ewa is great and so is Nessa.

  • I liked the Cleo Hettie so take this with salt (not coincidentally, I think I may be firmer than you, around maybe the middle of the road...? definitely softer than in ~my youth~ but Hettie didn't give me in-cup quad), but I would rec the BM if you like the concept. It goes up to 95H/100GG.

    (I mean, it goes up to 100GG, but leaving it at that makes it sound like GG is the biggest cup letter offered, and it's not. 90HH, 85J, etc., are the top cup letters of their respective bands.)

  • 1

    rainbrasspetals I do have Ewa's BM as well and it's lovely! I try to branch from her brand but sometimes it's a miss but that's okay in the name of bra science ;)


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