At first I thought this bra was too big in the cup because it had wrinkles at the top and it was too tight around the band. After wearing it a few times, my breasts filled the cup and the band loosened up.
I got it in black and it looks really pretty. I'm sad that it's too small, but it was my first go at getting the correct sized bra. I would love to have this in the correct size, but I'm not sure I could fill the wrinkles at the top with my full-at-bottom girls.
This bra is wearable, but not a great fit for me. The padded cups sit weirdly against my breasts, like they are too stiff and straight up and down or something. Pretty bra though! Runs loose in the band.
I had to extensively bend the sternum away form my chest, and it still leaves marks. Same with under my armpit. My Freya Jolie in the same size does not hurt me under the armpit, but this one does.
Still fits me much better than the Emily though, gives a very nice round shape and of course the colour of this bra is beautiful. After 1 machine wash on the delicate cycle however, I've found multiple holes in the mesh of the bra.
This bra was comfortable for the most part. The right side fit perfectly but the left side wasn't really smooth. The straps are very comfortable, a very nice width.
I finally found a Curvy Kate bra that fits! After many trials and errors, through some combination of style, size, and alignment of the planets, a 30G Thrill Me does the trick. The band is snug and comfortable, the cups fully encase all tissue without any cutting in or spillage in unwanted areas. I get good lift, yet not a ridiculous amount of cleavage thanks to the high center gore. I am personally a fan of this type of lift-and-separate look, the squished-together look of plunge cleavage. Plus, since I have more malleable breast tissue, it means there is less settling towards the ...center of the bra and everybody says in their separate corners. Shape-wise, it's round enough, almost bordering on a slightly square shape, definitely not pointy or particularly natural, which could be good or not depending on your needs. This is definitely a good bra to have in my arsenal, and I'm glad to have finally found a CK bra that fits.
This Thrill Me happens to come in the delightful turquoise and pink colorway, which reminds me of summer and fruity beverages with little umbrellas. In fact, come summer, I am excited for this bra to show over the top of my camisoles with its frilly mesh ruffle and bright pink embroidery. This detail makes it a little less practical to wear under thinner shirts where you don't want a bra to be apparent, but it's also easily hidden under an extra camisole if need be. Read more 149 more words
When I first bought this bra I was really happy with the fit. The band was snug and it even brought my boobs closer together for some cleavage! Now that it’s been a few months, my larger breast feels like it’s bulging out along the sides. It’s not really noticeable in the photos though.
Now I realize that I probably should have bought the 28F instead!
This bra is a pretty in person as it is in photos, but unfortunately the mesh overlay is not tightly sewn over the the cups, and there is some loose material on the lower half of the cups. It's not really visible under clothing, but it annoys me a bit. It fits very similarly to the Tease Me bra, and gives me great lift.
My first ever bra that FITS! I'm so excited! I got this initially in 32DD (hello from Asia, the land of clueless when it comes to bras) and in Coral. It was gorgeous, but too big in the band for me. Exchanged it for 28F in Midnight, which is pretty much perfect. I think this is the end of my bra straps falling off my shoulders due to band riding up! No quadboobs either, which is pretty much a first!
I love the lace that's so pretty and soft, and the gold details are just gorgeous. We don't get these in this part of the world. Anything above a B cup automatically looks like granny bras, the lace designs are frequently awful, and they don't even come in anything smaller than 34 backs.
The only thing I think this bra lacks is more lift, but as a delicate, sheer, lacy thing, I think this is pretty much as good as it gets.
Got this lovely bra for my mom..and cheeky me tried it on to set the fit. XD
For some reason the 32D cups fit better than the 28F cups (which was quadboob and wrinkling at the bottom) this one didn't give me any wrinkles at the bottom of the cups! I'm going to assume that it's because the band is extremely large for my proportions, causing the cups to feel larger than they actually are. Since we're talking about bands now, the 32D runs 2 bands larger than what it's suppose to at 36 inches maximum stretch!
The Black/Gold colour is so gorgeous! I'm so jealous it's for mom and not me, but altering it would be extremely difficult, and she likes her band kinda loose anyways. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" />
When she gets it, I will update here how it fits her and her measurements.
Update: Mom's measurements are 29.5 Under, 33 over and this bra is TINY in the cups on her!!
Had a pretty firm band, so that was a major plus. I was hopeful based on that, but shape was a bit off for me and that was made much worse by the straps being way too wide. Just trying it on for five minutes resulted in pain from it cutting into the front of my armpits. If I pulled my shoulders back and stood with perfect posture, it didn't cut in nearly as much, but every time I relaxed, it cut in a painful amount and the distortion changed the shape of the cup and made the top of it no longer fit. It also gave me a bit up a pointy/torpedo look, which was not ideal.
I tried this on in a 28G and had all kinds of issues. I was hoping the 28FF would be the answer to my problems, but it wasn't. The band was firmer than the G was, so that was an improvement, but as soon as I swoop and scooped I had major quad boob. I still had a bit of an issue with the wrinkling of the bottom of the cups, but that wasn't as bad - seems to be a shape issue rather than a size thing. The cups didn't stretch as much as they did on the G, so the width was no longer an issue. The straps were still a bit wide and cut into the front of my armpits. I also got a pointy shape with the bra, which wasn't ideal. Based on this, trying the Princess in a 28G, and trying the CK Lottie, I'm giving up on Curvy Kate.
I am surprised this bra fit! I typically don't have good luck with this style, but it gave me a nice, round shape while containing all of my breast tissue: no side boob and no quad boob! As a bonus, it's really cute and feminine, not at all like the "Big Bertha" bras I normally have to purchase. Because of this, I'm eager to try other things in the Curvy Kate line.
I do think the band is rather stretchy on this bras, though. I was worried about the 34 being a wee bit too tight since my actual ribcage measurement is a hair over 34", but this fits like a dream on the biggest hook position, leaving me plenty of room to bring it in as it stretches from wear.
The bottom of the cup seems super shallow, so I get some folding happening, but it's not uncomfortable at all. My smaller side fits better in the bottom and top, my larger side gets at least one cup size of overspill, but with a shirt on it's not as noticeable. The straps are a bit wide for me and slide off occasionally, but I have very narrow shoulders and have never not had that be a problem. My nursing baby loves this bra a lot, and the top of the cup is easy to fold out of the way. It's not uncomfortable to pull it down and feed the baby, even with the foofy ruffle. The strap does not dig into my armpit unduly while nursing. The strap is also quite soft, so I don't notice it digging in when I am holding the baby normally (i.e. terrible hunched over posture). I got the high briefs and the ruffled pants with this one and am enchanted by them, they are quite comfortable and shiny and breathable.
This bra fits better than the 30H, but the straps are SO far apart it is torturous to wear. I will be altering them, hopefully that will solve my issues.
This is the first Curvy Kate bra I've tried on. I think the band is slightly too loose. My underbust is 27, and if they made 26s I think I would prefer that, but it isn't horrible. I think the wire width is good, but digs in at the sternum. I wish the cups were more molded, since I think this bra has the potential to give me a really good shape it the cups were less floppy, but at the moment, I'm not sure if it is too deep, too small, or too large in the cups.. Also, the lace, while beautiful, stands out from my breasts-- touching the lace would require some major quad boob!
Since this is a showgirl bra, I figured that I would order it in my usual showgirl size, 28GG. Apparently, however, this one actually fits even smaller in the cups than the other showgirl bras that I've tried, which is kind of amazing. For reference, the Tease Me fits me in a 28GG as does the Fleurty, which used to work in a 28G. Anyway, point being, size up about two cup sizes for this one.
As far as appearance is concerned, I mostly like this bra. I think the stripes are nice looking, though they do give a fanshell look every now and then if you catch ...them at the wrong (right?) angle. The odd part is the way the cups force your breasts out to the sides. If I weren't already fairly wide-set, that might be more than a bit uncomfortable. As is, I don't really mind it and it doesn't give me an unflattering shape, so I will try to get my hands on a 28H and see how that fits.
The detailing on the cups was unraveling in one spot when my bra arrived in the mail, so that was less than impressive. I don't know how well this bra will hold up over time. Read more 100 more words
Oh Curvy Kate. What a love/hate relationship we have. I love the look of your bras, and you love selling bras. I hate the way most of your bras fit, and your bras just don't get along well with my boobs.
I have this Curvy Kate Emily in a beautiful navy/blush color. It is a STUNNING bra. The fabric and the lace is soft, and the construction of the cups feels well done. I think the mixture of sheer and opaque fabric is very sexy. I also love that it has three hooks in the back--the band feels very secure. I found the band to fit pretty true to ...size, and was comfortable on the loosest hooks.
Unfortunately, the cups were really the problem. I likely just prefer a more up front look to my bras, but I didn't find the very wide set cup construction to be very flattering. Even with the bra tucked right under the boobs, the band comfortably under my shoulder blades, and all swooped and scooped in, I felt like my boobs were sitting rather low and apart. Though I think you can see it in the photos, the photos do not do justice to how low and wide it felt. I still have some confusion about whether I have wide set boobs or not, or a wide or narrow root (please feel free to weigh in!), but whatever I am, combined with being bottom heavy and fairly soft and squishy, it all didn't combine well for the shape of these cups. My breasts seemed to want to sit more up front than the bra allowed, and I didn't fill the sides of the cup well, and quad-boobed up front.
The quad boob is definitely a large issue-- you can see that one of the breasts is nearly busting out, the other is just grumbling against the lace edging a little bit. It very well may be that I just need to size up in the cups of the Emily bra and it will magically fit, but I have some concern about the already wide underwires then being still wider in the larger cup size and the bra still being uncomfortable. As can be seen from the side photos, I don't think the wires could stretch further back without starting to wrap around my back.
Additionally, because Curvy Kate straps are set so wide, I also am not sure that I could size up in the cup and then just shorten the straps to make up for any slack (which I think I would definitely need to do for my smaller breast...damn, calling it smaller so often makes it seem like the gimpy one). Shortening these straps seems to do nothing to help with the central integrity of the cup, and instead sort of dumps everything into the middle.
I might try this in a 28G, but I'm not feeling particularly hopeful. My Curvy Kate Princess in a 28G was decidedly too big, and the 28FF fits so long as I have the straps appropriately cinched up. I really do like this bra, but find the overall shape and fit to be challenging. Read more 417 more words
