Wires were too wide. Lace didn't lie flat on my skin. Band rode up. Exchanging for a 30dd.

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Prettyncharmeuse

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One of my best fitting bras. My usual size of 28e was sadly it too small in the cup. I couldn't find a 28f, so settled for a 30e. I'm wearing it on the tightest hook already, but the cups are perfection.

I love the color scheme and flamingo print!

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Updated on Feb 26, 2016 Flag this

My pics are from early 2014 when the bra still fit quite well, now it's quite small.

First of all, the band is too tight now. If you go by the +2 or +0 method the band should be fine but my skin is very sensitive to too tight bands and bulky seams. I can get away with wearing the lovely flamingo-y Darcy in the first half of the cycle when my boobs are smaller but coming closer to PMS-boobs I get massive quadroboobing and the wire will get too narrow on the bigger side.
In comparison with Juna this Darcy is slightly bigger in the cups and due to ... the more sturdy padding (not comparable with a moulded Maddie though) the shape is a tad different.
An issue I usually have with Cleo bras is that I have to extend the straps almost to their maximum length. It's ok but I'd like some more leeway.
The design is adorable, I love the yellow with just a tinge of green and the pink flamingos.

When my skin wasn't really upset with bulgy or itchy seams I really liked wearing Darcy even though it wasn't my most comfortable bra. Now I can get away with Darcy for a working day but when I come home I want to take of my bra first thing after taking of shoes an jacket because the band hurts and also the underwire hurts on the ribcage on the smaller side.
However, Darcy is going to stay because I did not give up hope on losing the weight I put one in the course of a year.

If you're fine with Cleo Juna, just get Darcy in the same size. Even if you're not faring that well with Juna due to slightly too shallow cups, the flamingo-Darcy might be worth a try. The band of course runs looser than with unpadded Cleo bras, so I'd always size down from your Marcie/Kali/Lucy/Hettie/Ellis/Meg [...] bandsize. In my opinion the cups run between half and quarter of a size smaller than the unpadded styles as well.
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Like every other Cleo I've had, the lace is slightly weird. Or it may just be a shape incompatibility.

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Updated on Dec 02, 2015 Flag this

I'll update this later. Stiffer wires than the Juna. Band is pretty snug. Gore is tall, which is good for me. Gore is also wide, which is not good at all. It's good enough for now, I think it'll work under a tshirt.

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DDandBeyond

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Fantastic bra! Padding is light and flexible; lace is non-irritating, shape is round and uplifted. The color is a bit different from what I expected: the promo photos seemed to show a neon yellow with slight green tinge; however, in person the background color is closer to chartreuse. The straps and lace are somewhere between salmon and watermelon. The cup seams lie very flat and are discreet.

One question though: why, oh why, do Panache/Cleo stubbornly continue to skimp on their straps?? Reviews on here are loaded with complaints about the straps. On practically every Panache/Cleo bra I have had, the ... straps have to be let out all the way. On this bra, the straps adjust barely long enough to even be wearable, and I am only 5' 2"! (Note: Straps were unwearable as is -- see update below.)

Otherwise, the fit of this bra is fantastic -- band and cups are both perfect. This is quite possibly the best-fitting bra I've ever worn and definitely in the top 2 or 3.

Darcy is a variant of the "wildly popular" Cleo Juna (6461) and I will buy Juna and its clones again.

*** UPDATE ***
I ended up having to lengthen the straps on this bra by attaching an additional piece of strapping at the back. I happened to have an old unwearable VS bra with pink straps that matched, so I used pieces of them. So, now my Cleo Darcy has back straps with VS's logo all over them!

I have other Juna reviews here: 30DD - Cleo » Juna (6461) and here: 28DD - Cleo » Juna Balconnet Bra (6461) .
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The fabric is super soft and I wanted this bra to fit and for the most part it did, but the gore was too high and the wires poked my tissue.

Updated on Sep 14, 2015 Flag this

I LOVE this bra! It is arguably best fitting and most comfortable bra. I almost didn't get it as it is described as "padded", but really it just has moulded cups (I wouldn't call it padded). I like that the straps are a continues strip of elasticated fabric without seams; this makes it more comfortable and means that I can adjust it to any length without worrying about seams or jointed straps digging in to my shoulders. The straps do not slip longer through out the day as they have striations or grooves along their length that allows the clasp to stay in place. ... I am glad that I went down in band and up in cup compared to my usually size, as I think a 36 band would have been too large. I also think the flamigo print is adorable. As a note, the background is more of a yellow green than a sunshine yellow.

Update: Although I still love this bra, I find that the band is wildly unstable. I really wish it was 3 hooks instead of 2. It doesn't seem to anchor that well and tightening the band doesn't help. I have seen others comment that Cleo's commitment to 2 hook only bras is a poor design choice, and I am starting to agree!
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This bra fits my average projection, now that I know what I'm doing. The cups have a perfect amount of lining and they give me a nice shape. The cups do give me quad boob, but, I think it's either that, or have a bra that's too big I've really been struggling finding a small bra with a decent amount of projection and this one comes pretty close, but again, I don't think I'll find a bra that fits me perfectly. The band is true to a 32. I would say that the cups might run up to a cup size small.

I got the lime green and pink colorway with the light pink flamingos. It's cute, but I"m not the one to shy away from bright colors.

Updated on Aug 13, 2015 Flag this

This bra mostly fits and is cuter than anything. However I think I need a cup size up in this model. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":-(" /> there is just to much quadboobage to justify keeping it.
I am wide rooted, shallow, average height roots.

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