Very comfy; beautiful, fun colorway. Too full on top for me.

Updated on Jul 21, 2017 Flag this

This was the first bra I ever bought that I really loved. I have bought 5 or more of these in various sizes and colors over the past six years. I was looking forward to getting this bra in my current size because I thought it fit me really well, but after trying it on I'm less than impressed! It still gives a nice shape and the band is very comfortable, but there is gaping on the underarm area I don't remember from before. I don't know if I'm getting better at finding bras that fit or if something is just off on this particular bra (Different from earlier colorways)? Either way, I'm much more pleased with the Cleo Skye I recently purchased and this one will have to be returned.

Updated on Jul 11, 2017 Flag this

This review is for the bluebell colorway. This bra has great immediate projection and also enough room for my center fullness. There is also enough room at the tops of the cups to accommodate my tall roots. I have a bit of extra fabric at the outsides of the cups, as the wires are just a bit too wide for my narrow roots, but I also don't have much outer fullness. And this bra has narrower wires than most UK bras that I have tried in this size range. I find this bra to be quite comfortable - nothing really digs in anywhere. I also have this bra in this size in black and do not notice any fit differences between the two colors. Short roots or full on bottom boobs would likely have a problem filling out the tops of the cups, but this is a solid, comparatively inexpensive bra for those of us with tall roots. I lucked out and found this bra on sale at Amazon for $16.95, so it was a great find!

Bluebell colorway

Updated on Mar 25, 2017 Flag this

This is a solid bra, I just vastly underestimated my cup size when ordering so I need to return it and try in a 32HH. The center gore is narrow which is good for close set boobs. The full band feels nice and supportive.

Updated on Feb 26, 2017 Flag this

I got this bra in the Tangerine colorway because it was on sale and this was the only color with matching underwear. My first impressions: the lace is pretty and the fabric of the lace, mesh, and lining feels soft and not scratchy. I like the polka dots. The bra is lovely and made of good materials.

The only thing I dislike about the bra so far is the strap design. The straps are a little weird and cause wrinkling on the right slide near where the strap and armhole meet - it's pulling in a weird way. I wasn't sure if maybe the cup was too big, ... but after trying it on again, I think it's probably the cut of the bra because it seems to fit well otherwise. This is the first bra where I've noticed a difference between my left breast and my right.

The projection and shape under clothes is nice and rounded. I really like the way it looks! The gore tacks great, too. I have close-set breasts, so sometimes the top of the gore floats for me unless the upper gore width is narrow. I recommend it for anyone who has naturally joined breasts or boobs with very little separation. If you need good projection and can't fit some of the narrower bras, this is a good one to try.

After wearing it all day, I'll say it's a keeper. I thought that I might have issues with it because of the slight wrinkle near the strap and a tiny bit of rolling on the bottom of the band, but it is very comfortable. I think the rolling is more to do with a thinner elastic strip on the band compared to my Elomi bras. I would consider buying this bra again.
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Tangerine colorway

Updated on Jan 12, 2017 Flag this

I want to love this bra! The first time I tried on this bra, I fastened to the last hook. The wires felt a touch too narrow, and I kept having to re-scoop/swoop myself in it to get the bottom outsides of my breast tissue in. The straps were kind of wide, and I was pressing up against the top edge. I thought that was weird, because I've determined I'm really not that FOT. I fell in love with the projection and shape, though, and jotted down to try it the next cup size up. Now, I tried this on before all the others I purchased that day, ... and when I was looking at my notes to determine returns and re-orders, I determined that none of that sounded right. The cups on this bra are some of the deepest I've ever seen, and I know I'm not FOT enough to come out of it... so I tried it back on and walked around a bit, and caught a glimpse of the band riding up in the back

Sure enough, I pulled it, and it was way stretchy—I fastened it on the first hook instead, re-scooped myself in, and it was a totally different story. No more top spillage, no more escaping out the bottom sides, and the band stayed put. I hadn't read that Cleo was particularly stretchy in the band, but I am definitely going to be trying this one in a 32HH. The projection is out of this world!!

I am a bit disappointed to hear that the different color ways of this bra vary wildly in how the band runs, because that's a pain the ass to try to buy. I got the tangerine, and I heard the bluebell has a similar band problem, but looking here it seems like other colors run up to a size too tight in the band! That's a big shame because I would totally buy this bra in every color if I could predict which exact size I would need in each.
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Updated on Jan 09, 2017 Flag this

This bra was a test to see my breast growth. When I first started my bra journey this bra didn't fit. Now it does, confirming I've grown a cup size this year.

It's still a scratchy horrible old thing though.

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Updated on Jan 04, 2017 Flag this

I wish this bra had fit me, but even being the one Cleo that was consistently recommended for having narrow wires and lots of immediate projection (and it does!!) for some reason, the model just didn't work for me, which is sad since I loved the "Marcie Basketballs" shape (I can't remember whose review I read that on, but I thought it was hilarious and have since modified my mental name for that round shape to "basketboobs"). Unfortunately, the wires were too long which allowed the cups to be too wide... more about all this could be seen on my fit request with this bra, but since ... I myself am not quite sure exactly why it didn't fit, I'm not going to go into it more here.

What I can say with certainty: The 30HH Tangerine Marcie I tried was a lovely, bright orange-y peach shade that I thought was playful but still demure enough to work under many or most colored tops. It had a reasonably stable band despite having only two hooks, though the band seemed pretty stretchy to me - I'm not sure how those factors would combine and effect the lifespan of the bra in this size. The mesh was definitely transparent, even my very light pink ghost girl nipples were clearly visible through it, actually they were way more visible in this bra than they are normally. The mesh fabric of the main body of the bra was also prone to making my softish tissue wrinkle or "fold" in weird ways within the cup (probably becasue it didn't fit well) which were pretty visible and unattractive, which could be a unique thing about the tangerine shade, I don't know. The fabric also had enough stretch to it that when the strap pulled on the outside panel of the three-part cup that it was attached to, it created this visible line of tension across the cup that could be seen because it reflected light differently and made a vague depression along that line in the breast too. The center vertical seam in the tangerine marcie I tried was also very visible under the thin sweater I tried it with. I tried 3 comexim bras at the same time (65M - Comexim » Sonia Half Cup (406) 65M - Comexim » Ingrid Plunge Bra (289) 65N - Comexim » Burgundy Half Cup (357)) and tried all 4 bras with the same pink sweater. I'm not sure if it's possible to tell in the pictures, but in person the seams in the marcie showed through the most. This surprised me for some reason, so I thought I'd mention it, I guess I think of a bulkier padded bra as having bulkier seams but in this instance that didn't happen. Still, the shape was so nice that, had it fit me even slightly better, I would have kept it anyway and worn a tanktop or camisole with it if I cared about the seams showing - they weren't a deal breaker for me at all.
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30:12 30HH

great shape but straps and wires too wide - is this as good as it gets?

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Marcie Balconnet Bra (6831)

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Tangerine colorway

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Updated on Oct 06, 2016 Flag this

This bra was recommended to me by sooooo many people, I just had to get my hands on one. I've got tall roots and I'm a smidge FOT so of course the Marcie seemed like the best decision. Well.... it fits. Kind of. The band is TTS and measures exactly 28" stretched. I'd prefer a 26 band, but it was snug on the tightest hook. The wire width is good, not too narrow and not uncomfortably wide. The cups, quite frankly, are too short. They fit fine when I am standing in a neutral, relaxed position, but as soon as I move around at all they start quadding a bit. It's nothing major, just a bit annoying. For now, the Marcie is one of my best fitting bras.

Aquamarine colorway

Updated on Sep 28, 2016 Flag this

Ive been looking to get Marcie in better size than 34D for some time now and when I got my babydoll in 65F I was amazed how it made my boobs to look. However after wearing it today Im little bit concerned about some issues.
First of all, the bra makes my bust looks really nice! I feel like I have boobs, as its not minimising at all but opposite which is great for a soft bra
Secondly, my boobs feel so stable. They dont bounce as this occurs even with some Ewa bras!
Thus, cups looks perfect, the depth is great and theres no wrinkling or gapping anywhere, ... buuut! the strap placement is bit too wide in this size. moreover the cups are too wide and they do annoy especially my right smller side causing red marks due to this fact. Maybe the cups is not really my perfect size? or maybe its not the style I should wear? also wires are unfortunately too wide for me a little. After I took bra, the line was like 0.5cm behind my boobs - i think Im going to bend wires and see how that fits.
The band is perfect for my 73cm underbust - felt little too tight after I put it on, but later was okay. During a day I had episode of itchiness under the band and felt like i need to pull the band a little from my body - and it helped. later was okay with no issues.
Beside the issues with too wide cups I really love the bra - and I think Ill keep it.
However, if cups on the side end too close to my armpits and wires are too wide - would sizing down be a good option? or this may cause quadboobs?

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Updated on Sep 07, 2016 Flag this