Another Victory bra... I tried a few before in different sizes but none worked. My boobs recently got smaller and I have 0 bras that fit. So I needed just one bra very quicky. The Online shop that ships fastest and is located in my country only carries very few bras in my size. Victory was the only one at a good price so it is really an Emergency bra. For that purpose it does well. I mean it is a bra. It does hold my boobs. I get a decent round shape.
The problems: Okay so... the straps are thin and flimsy and tend to fall off my shoulders ...because they are very seperate. I have rather normal - narrow shoulders, but the bra is made for a wider frame. I also don't tighten the straps too much because I have problems with neck pain recently. (I use 2 finger rule) The cups are very tall so that is good for me. The wires are too wide as usual on a CK bra. It look like I have slight quadboob. I took these pictures when my boobs were at their biggest size, so it is a bit better now on low tide. Also the bra is too shallow at the center, the gore gets pushed away. It just won't lie flat. The wires dig into my ribcage when I sit down. Also the neck pain does not completely go away so I think the bra is not that supportive. Usually when I put on a good bra my neck pain goes away quickly.
Honestly... If I had something else that fits, I wouldn't wear this bra. It's just not made for my shape. But I still think it's one of the best bras from Curvy Kate, I recommend this over any other but only if you like slightly shallow, tall and wide cups. Read more 203 more words
I like the cutout for added airflow! Oof that looks like a tall gore though, I can almost feel it poking me. It does look like a nice shape from the pics though!
The cut out is a good idea. But the gore is also quite wide because of that (and tall) so... it's not so good for close-set boobs. The shape is really good. The best I ever got in a Curvy Kate. Usually I get some the dreaded upside 7 shape in them.
Yeah I can tell by looking I couldn't wear it with that gore but I bet some people with the right shape will love it!
I'm not sure if the bra is really supportive all day :( In the last few weeks I had constant neck and back pain, that only got a little bit better with this bra but has not gone away. So I'm not sure if I can blame it on the bra or something else. :(
I was having crazy back pain, which is sometimes due to bras, but in this case was a combo of stress and my body being done with any heels higher than 1 inch.
I already exchanged my pillow to a better one. It got a bit better already. I have to work on my posture. I also never wear heels, my feet don't allow it.
Cell phone use? Monitor too low? I know I get "tech neck" from looking down at my phone.
I stopped exercising regularly for a year and am having back problems now. I need to build up strength in my abdomen again so my back muscles aren’t supporting all this weight.
I definitely also have more pain from computer use and cell phone use than I used to. Getting older sucks.
I was gonna add, not sure if its feasible for you, but my first stop with pain is almost always physical therapy. A good physical therapist can be a miracle worker! Theyve fixed so many issues for me and given me tools to keep things from getting bad again
Thanks everyone. I think it is a mixture of a few things. It's now winter here, so I'm not as active and sit inside a lot. Also my posture is not the best I'm aware of it but I often forget and slouch again :( Cell phone... I try to work on reduce my time with it, I mean it's just too much.
Physical therapy here has to be prescribed by a Doctor. I want to try to get it under control myself first before going to a Doctor. I had many times some neck pain on my weight loss / bra size change journey and it got better everytime I got a proper fitting bra. (I have to work on other issues above too, I got a bit lazy)
I also do notice that the straps on my Victory fall off all the time during the day! I wonder if that adds to bad posture... the straps feel like slipping all the time and I try to prevent it with "bad posture"? Does it make sense? Like when you wear a handbag over your shoulders and you lift that shoulders so it does not slip down? Then at the end of the day the shoulders hurts. (I switched to cross body bags most of the time despite big boobs vs strap issue, it's just better for my shoulders)
This is the 2nd Pebble bikini top that I have bought. My first one two years ago had the misfortune of the clasp breaking, and it made me so sad. This print/color combo really suits me, and I was pleased with the comfort and appearance of the bikini. I happened to see another one on eBay for a pretty low price, so I decided to give it another go since I still had the matching bottoms. I'm still afraid that the clasp may break again, but I will only be wearing it to lay out at the pool at my condo complex. Luckily, my home will only be ...a few feet away. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />
The bikini fits quite well, despite the wires being too wide and too tall under my arms. The gore is much wider than what I usually prefer, but it's very low and sits below where my breasts touch, which actually makes it fit okay. The cups are a tad bit too shallow at the bottom, so my boobs float up and cause them to fold over just a bit. However, these fit issues are just minor and in no way change how I feel about the bikini (as long as the clasp doesn't break again!) Even if the clasp does break again, I plan to replace it with a regular hook/eye fastener this time. The shape is actually quite nice, so I've included pics with a t-shirt so you can see how well it would work in bra form (this bikini is based on the Smoothie, I believe). My boobs felt secure even when I got into the pool, instead of trying to float out of the cups like in another bikini I own. Read more 185 more words
This is the 32HH - Curvy Kate » Delightfull Full Cup Bra (1111) in a 32HH. I sized down from my sister size of 34GG as I like my bands very tight and am losing weight. The band doesn’t feel tight at all! This bra is very stretchy. This bra makes my boobs look amazing under clothes, a very beautiful lift and separation, and I will buy more bras in this style.
From the side view it looks as though the wires are so wide on you. I mean, as long as your comfortable, that's the important thing though. It really is a gorgeous color.
Just popping in to say thank you for including measurements! We seem to be pretty similar and I just tried this on in 32H but the cups were obviously at least a size small, I wasn't quite sure but comparing measurements it really seems like the 32HH would be the better fit. It might be that I tried a darker colourway combined with the cups being a bit small, but this style in black definitely runs TTS, it might even be a tad small band wise.
Dug this one out of the moving box finally, but now I remember why I put it there to never see the light of day again in the first place. When I first got this bra, it was definitely too big in the cups, now it's..small? I'm getting in cup quadding while also getting cup gape on the right side, the wire cuts my boobs in half and I can get neither of them completely into the cups. There just isn't enough space. I'll try it again in 32J because so far all signs seem to point to the cup size being off.
I had such high hopes for this bra (the only Curvy Kate I really considered, I've had so much trouble with sizing), and I'm a little disappointed, I guess. I tried the 32H in a shop, but they didn't have the 32HH so I ordered it. It's quite pretty in a shockingly bright pink, but the straps are really far apart (and rather narrow), even on my wide shoulders. I'm not a small (wide shoulders, I'm pretty tall) so I wonder how that would work on a smaller woman. The wide gore coupled with the wide wires means it digs a into my armpits, and the cup doesn't have enough forward projection at the bottom, so I have a pretty bad "orange in a glass" effect there. The band is quite firm, which is good. I've looked at my options for altering this bra, and I've decided it's probably futile. Since I ended up not wearing it more than one day, I'll probably put it up on Bra swap or something.
This bra didn’t very supportive on me at all. The straps were very thin and kept twisting around. The band was far too big and I had to put it on the tightest hooks straight away. I had a lot of gapping where the straps meet the cup so maybe good for full on top but also had quad boob at the same time.
I love how this bra fits me! Unfortunately, I am sizing out of it, the only problem I had with it was the side wiring digging into my skin. Gives a really nice, uplifted shape.
The materials on the cups of this bra make it very comfortable against the skin. Unfortunately for me, I found the cups to be the wrong shape for me, and I was consistently spilling out.
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First of all, I like the fact that my bra feels like it is a good quality. Thick sturdy staps, good material, great support, makes my cleavage look great. And can we talk about the fact that it doesnt look like something my grandmother would wear ("nude", plain, and gross lol). The fit is just wrong though. The bra I have fits for about 10 minutes but once I start moving I have to constantly make adjustments. The ...band is on the tighter side and the cups seem like they're really far apart. I always have issues with the sides of the cups digging into my armpits. It's like they're too wide. No matter how many adjustments I make, every time I bend over almost half of my cleavage falls out in the middle (I'm not really sure if that's due to the cups running small, my body type, the bras design, or maybe a combination).
I wear this bra occasionally because I like it so much but I can never wear it for a long periods of time due to the constant adjustments I have to make and the cups digging in. Read more 116 more words
This was a nice bra, but sadly I couldn't fill the top. The wires were not as rigid as the Panache and Cleos I have tried, and whilst I quite liked that, I'm not sure whether that's a good or bad thing for support. I definitely couldn't go down a cup as it's touch and go whether the bottom of the cup was big enough as it is, I'm just too soft at the top of my breasts for this bra.
This bra looks nice with the pinstripe pattern on the wings & the stripes in the cup - a great improvement in design compared to other strapless bras. I like the cup shape too which curves instead of cutting across the breast. The band is very small for a 32; I usually size down a band in strapless bras to a 30 but can't do it up. With this bra I will need to try a 34 band. I can't assess the cup fit yet until I find an extender.
Love love love this! Would definitely recommend to anyone wanting a bra/swimsuit https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />
Oh how I wish this bra were compatible to my boobies. It's just far too narrow and wide. Fairly no projection. I did buy this bra knowing it would not fit but I still wanted to give it a try. But golly, I love all the black lace the dangling rhinestone in the center gore. The small lace detail by the hooks. But alas it's not for me. The gore did not tack. The band was comfortably tight, I think it was a small 32 more like a 30 But what do I know, I've never tried a 30 band.. Omg the best part, was the straps they adjusted the whole way. Why can't all bras just have that type of straps?
I like the cutout for added airflow! Oof that looks like a tall gore though, I can almost feel it poking me. It does look like a nice shape from the pics though!