If I were a bit less projected, this would fit perfectly. The straps are extremely comfortable, the band supportive, the gore low, the wires surprisingly narrow. My close-set breasts find the cup separation objectionable. And, the photos show the wires stabbing my tissue. I require .1" more wire width, too. Soon, I will try a 30FF plunge which should fit brilliantly....after I narrow the gore. Cury Kate designed the wings to reduce arm chafing: wonderful!! A fantastic comfortable bra for the right set of breasts.
Ok this bra is absolutely beautiful! I have only worn it long enough to try it on. The band fit me perfect on the loosest hook. There is a lot of projection in this bra and I have some wrinkling at the bottom of one breast and around the middle of that same breast, but the top is filled out and bordering on quad boob. The gore is very low and you could wear it with most low cut tops. It does give a more pointy appearance under clothes. I'm going to keep this bra and wear it for a while to determine comfort and fit and will update soon.
Lovely pattern and such a comfi band! But unfortunatelly the wires are too wide for me https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" />
the 28FF was too tight in the band and big in the cups, but I am looking forward to trying the 30E. It was padded nicely, with a nice overlay design and color
Love the fit of this bra! The band is nice and firm and there is a great uplift! But the edge of the cup is not strechy so this might be a problem for very soft breasts.
Oh, Curvy Kate, will we *ever* get along? This is just such a total shape mismatch I'm embarrassed to post the pictures, but...
Issues aside, it's a very cute bra that seems like it would be quite comfortable. I like that it's a molded cup with a little detail—contrast bows, the tone-on-tone leopard print; when I rate appearance as 'good', it is for the bra itself, not the way it looks on me, which is heinous. The band is very firm indeed.
Fit = Too tight for me. Cups are too small and my boobs spill over the top, especially with the swoop & scoop method. Band is also really too tight. But, seems like it offers good support and would be comfortable in a different size.
Appearance = Super cute. Love the subtle leopard pattern and color. Nice and sleek. Perfect for under anything slightly sheer (pattern is subtle enough to not show through!)
Accidentally received this in a swap instead of another bra. This is SOOO the wrong shape for me. It's way too wide and way too shallow for my shape. I quad out and don't even use most of the cup. It also is a really tall bra, the cups go really high on my body. The band is nice though and I like the quality and feel of the bra.
Tried this bra on for a while and decided that it did not fit so well on me. The cups were too wide for me, I had a lot of extra fabric and wrinkling near the underwires under the boobs. The cups were also too tall for me and the center gore was lifted off my sternum.
What i did like about it was that the bra provided great support and structure via a snug fitting band and firm shoulder straps. The band really provided great support with its width and 3 hooks per column. I also found the bra comfortable in that short time of trying it on.
Overall I really liked what the bra had to offer with its comfy fit and 3 hooks support; I only wished the cups fit better. Perhaps I could try another size.
I really like this bra. It's black. I can't wear it without the straps. And I almost have to tighten all the way to the end of the strap. Not quite there but it keeps the cups from being far away from my boobies. And then I start feeling kind of like the straps are almost in my armpits.
My shape: slightly shallow teardrop/FOB with super wide/tall roots and very close-set tissue in the middle.
This bra is so pretty. While I am not especially a peacock fan, I do love the beautiful blues in the color range, and the Flaunt showcases this one beautifully. The black lace is woven like feathers! I could only see the green embroidered eyes in the photos online, so this was a nice surprise.
I exchanged my 28GG - Curvy Kate » Flaunt Bra (CK106) for this size (and paid a small fortune to do so), and I have to say it fits much better. The band is still adequately stretchy ...in a 28 and fits really well, although it seems to have the same problem I have noticed in lots of bras with powernet bands, which is that they bulge a little (due to the dissimilar stretchiness of the mesh and the elastic) even in the correct size. The straps are also still too far apart, but they are not as bad as in the 28GG.
If the cups run true in this model, I actually sized down from the 30FF I tend to default to in other brands, and in spite of everyone's advice to size up because of its shallowness, it works pretty well! The bottom of the cup is still too shallow for me, but the bra doesn't slide down that much, and the unexpected bonus is that I get a little bit of a boost from it!
The wires are a teensy bit too narrow for my roots, but sizing up wouldn't help because it's more of an angle problem I have than anything (they look like the Nike logo under my arms). The plunge is lovely and low, though, and the gore tacks nicely. Read more 187 more words
I purchased this bra because I own the Curvy Kate Horizon in a 28G and the cups whilst fitting my breasts perfectly at the bottom and sides are a little tall. Since the Rio has the same shape I thought a 28FF would be perfect. WRONG! The band on this is very tight. It's not so much due to the size of the band but rather the lack of stretch. The cups are way too small for me. So much so that I think I'd be better off with a 28GG. Haven't had a chance to use this set yet so I'm not sure how it will go in ...the water. The one pleasing thing about this bra is that it doesn't have tall cups. I am so sick of tall cups, especially in swimwear where you don't want any gaping or immodesty. If I could find a better size in this It would be perfect as the set looks stunning. I do wish it had thinner straps though. They are a bit too wide for my liking. After all this is a bikini not an everyday support bra. Read more 80 more words
Finally an attractive large cup push up bra that can be worn under singlets and dresses. The Curvy Kate Thrill me gives me a nice push up whilst still providing enough separation to be comfortable. The 28 band sits nice and firm and is very comfortable. I found the 28FF to be way too small in the cup as this bra has very shallow cups at the bottom with the majority of the depth sitting at the top. I guess that is what makes this bra so nice on. The shallow bottom is designed to push your breasts up whilst providing room up the top so that you ...do not get a squashed pancake look but rather a curvy rounded look. However, because of this design, you really do need to get the perfect fit otherwise the shape will be very odd. Even the size 28G was too small and I needed the GG.
As far as support goes, most push up bras are useless in that department, whereas I find that this bra gives at least some staying power to my bust so that I am not totally flopping around everywhere. Not sure how much support it would offer for those in larger band sizes though. Hoping that Curvy Kate brings back this design ASAP!!!! Read more 109 more words
The band is not as tight on the top, by the curled, where the support is supposed to come from, as on the bottom, where it's quite tight. This means I haven't worn it for more than minutes yet, but seeing since i got it on sale, i think I'll fix this myself soon.
I bought this bra used but in good condition so it's either stretched out quickly by the previous owner or it's a wide band because I've got on the tightest setting already. The cups also come up small but this is hard to see on the (grainy) photos because the ruffles hide it. The bra itself gives great uplift and a nice shape but it couldn't be worn under a t-shirt as the ruffles on the top would show through. I bought this on the cheap to try it out but unfortunately, balcony bras do not suit me at all as the wires come up too high and dig into my sternum. It would look lovely on someone who actually suited this shape.
Ugh, so close, and I really need a beige bra. The wires are exactly the right width (fairly narrow). I have too much inner-fullness, so I get a quadboob effect at the center of my boobs - exacerbated by the fact that the gore is too wide. Aside from this it handles my projection pretty well. The band is pretty loose for a 28, though it does have three hooks, which is a plus. Also, the seams are quite thick.
