This bra is gorgeous. It arrived in the mail with a string or two straying from the lace, but this is minor and easily fixed.

Unfortunately, I can't justify keeping it due to the fit--I'm spilling slightly out of the top without fully adjusting, and trying to pull all of my breast tissue into the cup results in major quad-boob. The top of the cup is very forgiving and creates a perfect cakes-on-a-plate shape, if you're into that (which I am). At the same time, the bottom of the cup buckles underneath the weight of my boobs and is difficult to fill. Does not feel very supportive or sturdy, ... especially at the top, so if I keep it, it would have to be saved for low-activity days. I can hook the band easily and the band itself is firm, but the cups make it hard to judge if the band is just right.

The center gore is a perfect height and width, and almost tacks (again, without adjustment), and while the underwire itself doesn't poke anywhere, the side of the cup where it connects to the strap digs uncomfortably into my underarms. The straps are also very wide-set and tend to slip off.

The shape and cleavage this bra gives are incredible and I feel great in it despite the glaring fit issues. I'd love to try this bra in a 28JJ or 28K, but a 30J is probably my best bet. Sizing up probably won't fix the cup height issue, but it's just too pretty to give up on!
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Updated on Jul 11, 2013 Flag this

I ordered it in the Pink/Ivory, a cute colourway that reminds me of My Little Pony. Bur I ran into the same problems as with the Curvy Kate Entice (SG1601) : too wide wires, too wide cup, too wide set straps, very painful underwire digging. The cups were too big for me though, I couldn't fill them. This one was returned as well.

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Updated on Jul 11, 2013 Flag this

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I fell in love with the Tease Me model as soon as I saw pictures of it but, woe is me, I came too late to the party. The colors I was hankering after were all from past seasons and I couldn't find my size.

The closest I came was a 30DD (I'd ideally need a 28F or, baring that, a 30E with a Rixie clip). The 30DD is definitely wearable with the clip but I'd really need that extra half-cup to eliminate the slight quadboob effect I get after wearing the bra for a couple of hours. Otherwise, the shape is great: it gives me the rounded, projected look that I love.

So now I'm impatiently waiting for the SS2014 season because it seems the Showgirl range will make a comeback. There'll be no waiting for end of the season sales. I'll be first in line to buy a set in my correct size so that I can wear it as an everyday bra.

Updated on Jul 11, 2013 Flag this

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Perhaps it would have worked better for me if I didn't size a cup larger, but this bra is wrong for my shape anyway. Read on a couple of reviews to size up in the cup, but honestly if you are very full-on-bottom like me, I don't think it would work! Read on some bra blogs that there is a big size discrepancy between 28F and 28FF. The cup was too open on top for my shape, which caused a lot of gaping. I did fill the bottom okay though. Wires were also too wide. Strap seperation too wide for me and rubbed against my armpits. This bra gave me a really weird, flattened out shape.

I also don't like the materials that this bra is made out of, they feel quite cheap. Simply not the most comfortable fabric.

Updated on Mar 26, 2013 Flag this

I think I am almost ready to throw in the towel when it comes to Curvy Kate's Showgirls line. First, my boobs are too wide apart and the cups are too shallow in the Tempt Me, then my nipples practically fall out of the Elegance, and now… this.

The Tease Me [showgirl Collection] itself is quite lovely but not my usual style, what with the bows and ribbon and things. The fabric is soft yet supportive. I was worried that the lace and stuff would be scratchy. I'm not sure what clothing I would normally wear this bra under, ... definitely nothing tight at the top, because the ribbons make for lumps under fabric. I wore it all day under a loose fitting shirt.

The bra itself is mostly comfortable. I say "mostly" because while the underwires themselves don't dig in to my armpits, they pretty much end right at the armpits, but then there's these twee bows right at the end of the underwires and guess where THEY go. So if I decide to keep the Tease Me, those things will be snipped right off. The band is a little on the stretchy side. The gore comes dangerously close to being higher than I like. The wires do encircle the shape of my whole breast, though. If my torso was any shorter, the Tease Me would not work at all. I feel like it, just like the others I've tried from the Showgirls line, is made for someone with a longer torso. But, overall comfort is good. I took a nap in it, and I didn't want to rip it off by the end of the day.

The Tease Me likes to take my boobs and lift them upwards. It doesn't push them towards the center, if anything, they are still set wide, just shoved upwards in an almost impressive display: "Here they are, my boobs". Like, I could take a brush in Photoshop and paint a perfect circle around each boob in my photo of the front view. But from the side? This is where it looks like to me that the bra is actually also pushing my breasts inward, causing the profile to be a bit... off. So I'm thinking the Tease Me is a tad too shallow and wide for me.

Basically, the Tease Me turns my rack into a rectangle with two half circles on top. Imagine a "B" that was been turned 90º counter-clockwise and ta-da, those are my boobs.

Maybe I will be a glutton for punishment and continue my hunt for the Thrill Me [showgirl Collection] -- maybe it's a good thing I can't find it in my size lol.
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Updated on Mar 18, 2013 Flag this

I bought this used from another Bratabase user. She has altered the bra - repositioned the straps to make it more centre and shorten the band. On my 27" ribcage, the altered band fits perfectly, very firm without being too tight. The repositioned straps looks like how my other well-fitting bra looks like on my shoulders, and I have broad enough shoulder to not have any problems with the width of the straps. I guess the original would be much wider.

Onto the bra fit. I usually wear 28G bras. However, knowing that the Showgirls range comes up very small in the cup, I bumped up to this size, ... 28H. The measurements given in Bratabase look like it will fit me. However, upon wearing it and after swooping and scooping, clearly the bra is still too small for my full on top boobs. I have to somehow tuck in my boobs a little to make it wearable. It seems I need a deeper cup. Masquerade Rhea in 28G fits me perfectly although the depth of that bra is less than this one (9.6" -> 10.2"). The wires also are too wide on me. For padded bras I find that 5.5" width are just nice for my boobs. This bra has a 6" width. I have empty spaces on the sides.

Fit aside, this bra is so damn comfortable. Now I know what it means when "hug the boobs" expression comes up. This is just it. Compared to Rhea, Tease Me is much more comfortable. The lace also doesn't show under my clothes, except for paper-thin tops. The shape it gives is round and very close to the body. I like that since it doesn't scream BOOBS! all over. I can use this as an everyday bra.

All in all, I will have to go up one cup size to 28HH to get a decent fit. I really don't like the really wide cups although I guess that's a given as you go up cup sizes.
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Updated on Feb 13, 2013 Flag this

i am officially in love. this bra is lovely, supportive, gives great cleavage without spillover, and surprisingly is wearable under most clothes. i expected the mesh band to be really stretchy, but it isn't at all.

Updated on Jan 12, 2013 Flag this

I don't know what's going on with this bra. The gore is too wide for me, and I think the cup is too small. The top part of the lace always wants to flip down, but my nipples are barely in this bra at all. Despite what others have recommended for me, this is not a good fit.

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Updated on Nov 18, 2012 Flag this

This bra is super sexy and I wanted something to give that Marie Antionette cleavage for scoop neck tops. I ordered it in the black/wine and black/silver.

I heard the band runs big in the Showgirl range, so I got a 32. It fit very snug, but still had some stretch. At least I got the band size correct!

The cups.....that's a whole different story. I'm still trying to figure out my size, so I decided to try an H. I read that the cups run small in this style, and boy, no kidding! I need at least a HH or J next time. ... I could barely tuck everything into the cups. If I walked around too much, I'm sure I'd have a nipple fall out!

The shape is very rounded and pushed north. I felt like I had 2 oranges on my chest when I was wearing this bra!

The quality of the materials seems top-notch and the style is just to die for. Unfortunately, this size didn't work for me, but I will definitely be looking for a replacement. The matching shorts make this set a must-have for any large busted woman!
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Updated on Nov 02, 2012 Flag this

It fits great on my left (larger) boob. If I were going to keep this bra I'd need a cutlet to fill the right cup. The band is acceptable, it doesn't ride up, but I prefer a slightly tighter band.

However, I can't wear this bra. The wires dig quite painfully into my sternum and underarms. The wire doesn't seem to come unusually high in either place. It just seems like it's maybe lacking padding and the wires are shaped oddly. I tried bending them outwards but it didn't fix the problem even though the wires are now ... noticeably bent. They still poke painfully.

The wires poking is so bad that even after just wearing it for less than half an hour to test the fit, move around, and take some pictures, 12 hours later my sternum has a sore spot and my underarms are tender.

I am really sad that I can't wear it. It's so pretty and otherwise fits pretty well. But the pain makes it completely unwearable. If anyone knows how I can fix that, I'd appreciate if you dropped me a note. Remember I already tried bending so I'm not sure I can do much more.
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Updated on Jul 14, 2012 Flag this