If Panache's superbra line works for you, this bra will. Sadly, Panache and my boobs have never gotten along, and this is no exception.
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Updated on Apr 22, 2014 Flag this
If Panache's superbra line works for you, this bra will. Sadly, Panache and my boobs have never gotten along, and this is no exception.
This bra is not owned any more
Updated on Apr 22, 2014 Flag this
Not bad, but not quite right for my shape.
32 band fits like a 30, which is what I expected and the reason I decided to try it. The band length is very comfortable for me.
Wires are very stiff - you will not be able to bend them. Don't waste your herculean strength trying. That said, they aren't uncomfortable. Width is about 5.5 inches, so narrow, though about half an inch wider than my ideal. Still, they don't feel overly wide, and oddly feel strangely narrower than Freya bras with the same wire width (which I can in no way explain with logic).
Wings are tall. Personally, that's ... a plus for me, but if you constantly are looking for short wings, this is not the bra for you. The wires under the arm actually come up higher than the wires at the center gore, which is a nice mid-height that doesn't appear to stab my projected sternum.
Material is soft, design is feminine and delicate with floral embroidery in a light pink along the top of the cup.
As par for the course, the bra is too short for my tall root, and so I quad a bit out the top. I don't think this is so much a size issue as it is a shape issue. The cups have average, moderate sort of projection, but I'm extremely projected so on me the whole look is a bit wide and flat. Cups are not perfectly round, nor strictly pointy, but have a soft point. It's not an unappealing shape, but not the melon-shaped boobs that is currently trending. It has a sort of soft, vintage feeling to it. I can imagine this bra as looking oh-so-natural under a 50s look, but maybe that's just my imagination gone wild.
Overall is a very nice, sturdy bra that runs off by about a band and a cup. I would estimate the fit of the 32G to be closer to a 30G. Support feels perfectly acceptable, but due to the cutting I'm experiencing up top, it's not ideal for my shape.
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Updated on Aug 27, 2014 Flag this
When I started my bra fit journey, Dotty Spot was the first bra to ever fit me well. Fast forward several years and a bunch of weight lost, and I had high hopes when I finally decided to order it again (it's been the first colorway I've found at all cute since the old blue/red combo).
Sadly, it didn't work out. It's a very tall bra, and in my current size, with primarly FoB to Even breasts, I can't fill the top of the cup. I'm between band sizes as well, and think I would have been better off to take my smaller one, here, which is becoming the new norm for most UK brands.
I may eventually have to try it again, but sized down a cup from my normal Bravissimo size. For now, I will have to admire it from afar.
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Updated on Apr 10, 2015 Flag this
Bra is ridiculously wide. The width of the cups is 7.4 inches. I don't know anyone in a 30G who that would not take up half of their torso, even a wide, shallow shape.
Convertible straps are nice, and it does have removable pads, fabric is nice. But those things are not nearly enough to compensate for the fact that it is absolutely insane to make cups a total of 15 inches wide on a torso that is only 30 inches around. Major design flaw. It makes me wonder if they are just using the same cups and attaching it to different bands, in which case, this might be feasible for a shallow lady on the larger end of the band spectrum, but is absolutely ridiculous for the small band large cup size range.
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Updated on Jul 21, 2014 Flag this
Sizing: I normally wear a 30G UK, erring on the side of a 28GG in stretchy brands, with a rib cage that measures 30-30.5 inches depending on which way the wind is blowing and a BTT measurement around 29.5-30 inches.
I went with a 32H(the size recommended to me by aforementioned other user), and was told this brand runs small in the band.
The Passion does NOT run small in the band. It runs very true to size in the band, and out of the box I definitely need the tightest set of hooks. Even that is a little looser than I'm strictly happy with, but it doesn't move.
The cup ... is a size or so small for me so I would need a 30(65)I or maybe even J. It looks like Rosme doesn't go down past a 32 band though, so apparently this experiment is a failure for the 30 and under crowd. However, if you do fit in it's size range, it may well be worth a try.
Looks: It's actually much prettier in person. My monitor made this bra look white when I ordered it, but it's actually a very light gray, with a pretty light purple trim that strays a little closer to fuscia than lavender.
Fit:
Stretchy, comfortable material that will give for most breast shapes, but because of that the bra has a minimizing effect on projected breasts. It's not uncomfortable, but does make the girls look smaller, so a good bra for days you want your bust to be a little understated.
Not ideal for FoT shapes, since it has that elastic under the top edge of the lace that EU brands seem to be so fond of. Would definitely cut into my boobs (a chronic problem) even if I sized up in the cup. Potentially a good bra for FoB breasts, maybe even breasts if you're not particularly soft (soft breasts may experience the cutting issue from the elastic), and I expect may be a very good bra for short roots.
The stretchy material will squash down projected breasts a bit (though it will acomodate them, that's the minimizing effect), but will probably work very well for shallow shapes for the same reason.
Wires are comfortably narrow - not as narrow as the polish brands, more on the narrow side of average. I think they're somewhat similar to Freya Arabella. Wires are a good height - neither too tall, nor too short.
Center gore is low, but not a plunge.
The material is soft and feels good against the skin.
On amazon and ebay, this bra is listed in US sizing, be aware of that if you order. I ordered a 32H, thinking I was ordering a UK size, and ended up with a UK 32G - clearly did not read carefully enough. That means I'm sized out of that brand, but if you're in its size range, it might be a nice addition.
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Updated on Jun 06, 2014 Flag this
Really nice bra for ladies who need more depth at the bottom of the cup than UK moulded bras offer. Very uplifted, round shape. Even better, it has comvertible straps!
Runs a bit smaller in the cup than Kris Line's semi-soft models, so I sized up one, but still not quite a shape match for me unfortunately.
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