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Updated on Oct 10, 2014 Flag this

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I love this bra, Marcie is my best fitting bra. I feel the yellow may be a little less stretchy than the purple but for me it's comfortable it doesn't dig in.

It's a personal problem of mine but I wish I could find bras almost exactly the same as the Marcie [unlined and lined] but with a little bit of a higher gore [i have quite a bit of center fullness, the straps slightly closer [I'm petite with broad shoulders] and I wish the wires went a little higher under my arms.

Also the colour is amazingly vibrant.

Updated on Jul 25, 2014 Flag this

This is for the RED marcie.

Writing this to tie the measurements in the table to the color here. Finally tracked down a red Marcie from a boutique in Ottawa. The band feels a little stretchier than the purple or pink. I still prefer to wear an extender with the purple and pink Marcies, but can comfortably close the red on the loosest/first hooks. Otherwise, no noticeable fit differences.

Updated on Dec 02, 2013 Flag this

This is for the turquoise model of the Marcie.

This is easily the best fitting unpadded bra I've owned. I love it. The band runs very small - I would call it a 26 rather than a 28, but that's great news for me. If you're a true 28 though you might seriously consider sizing up or picking up an extender. The lace at the top of the cups is very forgiving of asymmetries. My right side is slightly smaller, but the top doesn't gape at all. I do get a tiny wrinkle in the middle of the cup where the lace meets the mesh on my small side, ... but nothing noticeable under clothing. I'm fairly high set as well, and find that I do not have problems with this bra cutting in under the arms at the straps, as so many bras do. The gore is a little bit high so, being close set, the wires don't sit completely flat at the top. There is some extra space in the channels though, so it's easy to push the wires down in the middle to fix that.

Overall, this bra is a great fit, and plan on picking this up in red soon.
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Updated on Apr 11, 2013 Flag this

I wish this bra came in like a 28FF1/2 or something lol. My 28G is roomy at the top of the cup when I'm not on my period, whereas this blue baby is constantly about to quad. I also feel like the wires are stretched a bit too much and I should *technically* be wearing this bra w an extender. Alas - whatever.

Overall, though, great colorway, construction, and fit. I get AMAZING cakes on a plate cleavage in the Marcie and it is just. UGH. Chef's kiss.

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Updated on Apr 30, 2022 Flag this

This bra is absolutely adorable, I love the bow embroidery on the top part of the cups! The cups give me the slightest quadboob, so I haven't decided if I'm going to take off the tags and keep it or not.

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Updated on Nov 16, 2020 Flag this

I tried this bra in my usual size 28F first and found it slightly too small. I was initially worried that a 28FF would be too big and it did look kind of big, but when I put it on the fit is decent. My shape is projected, fuller on top and centre, with narrow and tall roots, soft, self supporting tissue and super close-set. This bra has deep cups and is rather open on top even though the top lace section is not stretchy at all. The wires are a bit too wide for my very narrow roots but not significantly. Like all balconettes, the gore is too high and wide for me but I'm going to overlap the wires. Hopefully this will also make the wires sit narrower on the side. I would prefer more side/armpit coverage but everything else fits fine so I won't be greedy!

Black colorway

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Updated on Aug 22, 2020 Flag this

I received this from Ebay on auction for cheap af. Shipping was stupid expensive though. The bra arrived and the parcel smelled like an entire bottle of fabric softener.

It was overwashed and stretched out, discolored pink from original nude, and reeked (I mean absolutely reeked) of cheap soap or fabric softener. It was a bad choice to buy it but I learned that one does not buy used bras from Ebay unless they're unopened mint condition!

So, since I couldn't touch or keep it anywhere without everything giving me a migraine, I cut it open and saved the wires. Good riddance.
If anyone wants 28FF Cleo Marcie wires, hmu.

Nude colorway

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Updated on Jun 19, 2019 Flag this

It's a nice and comfy every-day bra. I have Marcie in 2 sister-sizes and 2 colorways ( the nude 30F and bluebell 28ff). The band is quite snug and the cups are quite deep.

bluebell colorway

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Updated on Aug 13, 2017 Flag this

November 23, 2015: Alright, alright, alright! This bra works! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> For some reason, the band isn't as tight as the last two sizes I had (28E and 28F). Maybe Cleo finally listened to complaints of the band being too tight and made their latest color a bit looser? ANYWAY, it's a positive for me! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> I don't want to have to wear a pretty bra with an ugly extender! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" /> It would fit me better if I was about a half inch to inch smaller around, but it's max stretch ... was 30" so it works for me. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> It definitely will last me a while like my other Marcies did. A problem I had with my last Marcie was the wires digging in painfully at my sides and sternum. I think that the loosening of the band helped. And surprisingly, it wasn't until the end of the day and a few hours of slouching on the couch reading that the gore started to hurt me. So yay for comfort! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

The fit is nearly perfect. The cups are a tiny bit too wide on the sides (1/4" on my right side, almost 1/2" in my left side, but really, that's not major), and there's a tiny bit of wrinkling over the apex. I don't understand why there is extra fabric there; if I were to fill it, the seam across my breast would actually cause an unattractive dent across my breast if it was all filled! I don't really notice it under shirts, so I'll probably leave it alone, but if it does end up bothering me, it's nothing a quick little hand sewing couldn't fix! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> Basically, the upper cup fabric has a bit more stretch than the thick seam.

I understand that the actual bra fabric has poka dots, but they're so faint and the lace is so elegant, the bright white bows with purple tiny dots don't really seem to go with the bra. They seem out of place to me. I might actually cut them off, but we'll see, they might grow on me. (Also, I paid full price for this set, so "damaging" it in any way is a bit nerve-racking to me.) Otherwise, I LOVE the color! To me, burgundy is a bit lighter in color, but any shade of berry/purple works really well with my skin and it's very royal and attractive to me! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

What REALLY boggles me, is that this bra is so similar in measurement to the Gossard Phoebe, and while this bra fits, the Phoebe is WAY too large in the cups. After further analysis, it appears that the Marcie is definitely more shallow in shape, and the cups have more of a < shape (not an extreme cone, but more gradual slopes). On the other hand, the Phoebe cups have a very pronounced C shape, with immediate projection and a more obvious dome shape, so it's much more rounded than the Marcie cups. So while the wire width and cup depths are about the same, the cup shape of the Marcie is for more flat/pointed/shallow breasts, and the Phoebe is for very full and rounded breasts. There is more overall cup volume in the Phoebe, which is why it appeared much much bigger on my less-than-round breasts.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I got the matching underwear! https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> The fabric and elastics are VERY firm. I contacted a Bravissimo fitting expert and she said I would be between a medium and small with a 27" waist, 33" upper hip, and 39" hip, BUT the medium was quite tight! While it was comfortable, it's didn't create the smooth silhouette I was hoping for by sizing up from a small. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" /> I still got some muffin top. Lying flat, the panty waist is 14.25" and stretches to 17", the lying flat hip is 16.5" and stretches to 20." So as you can see, with a max stretch of 34" in the upper hip area, and max stretch of 40" in the hip area, it's only 1" larger than my body measurements, which means I get some angry elastic! I wouldn't have been able to fit into the small without squeezing myself painfully. The panty is still very cute (I LOVE the ruffles on the sides!!!) and I really like the matching set, I just wish it had a bit more flexible and soft give.
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Burgandy colorway

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Updated on Nov 25, 2015 Flag this