I bought my first Panache Sports bra used on ebay, because I was going to work in a farm and needed some sort of comfortable bra in which I could easily move with less impact to my back than "normal bras". I followed the advices on Bratabase that said to get one cup size down from your real size.
It was my first sports bra ever, but since it was a used bra I couldn't really officially review its effect, in my opinion. Then I lost weight and changed sizes so I ordered a brand new sports bra. Now I've used it everyday for three months and I've just bought a new one in white, so I can finally review this bra !

The first thing I've noticed is that, unlike my "normal" (Cleo) bras, the band is quite firm. It was good because I have enough to deal with back pain with the physical activities I'm doing around the farm, there's no need to add those of a too much elasticated bra back !
The center gore is quite comfortable with its padding, and it separates my breasts nicely. The cups are soft and comfortable too, and it protect my nipples from the cold air out there, which is good since I'm in Sweden. There's nothing I dislike more than having cold hard nipples, it hurts !
The padded straps are also very comfortable. But I don't know if it's the texture of the padded sections or the sweat produced, but I have a couple of small red pimples where they sit on my shoulders.

The big advantage of this bra is that the straps are more centered and closer to my neck than on my other, "normal" bras. It's the feature I love best in this bra, because thanks to that the straps don't fall off my narrow shoulders like they did with my other bras ! I wish all of Cleo and Panache bras would have the same feature…
I like the 3-hooks closure for the nice support it gives.

As it is, this bra doesn't suppress bounciness, but then I have very soft breasts. I don't use the J-hook in my everyday activities but I noticed it helps a little with the bounciness.

It doesn't get smelly with sweat or retains much deodorant perfume, and when I wash it, it dries very quickly.

This bra gives my breasts a rather nice shape, but less projected and high than with my Cleo bras, so it has a little minimizing effect. I can wear this bra under normal everyday clothes too (which I do because I have only two bras that fit me at the moment) and it's not obvious I'm wearing a sports bra.

All in all, I think this is a pretty good bra ! The only downside is the price…

Updated on Sep 27, 2015 Flag this

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  Not only a nice, thorough review, but another reminder of how bad americans are at learning another language . . . i'm always impressed by such eloquence in a second language

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  Thank you! *blushes* Being a french girl in Sweden, english is kinda required to be able to communicate here ^^
  I'm sure with enough motivation and efforts, anyone can learn another language ! But english is special because it has become universal…

• My husband is french canadian - he said he learned english early because he was an avid reader and english books were cheaper.

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