I tried the 'Moonlight' colorway, which is a purplish blue (like periwinkle, but darker) overlaid with grey lace. It has crossed elastic in the front, similar to the Panache Dahlia (7291)](model:10616). The straps are half adjustable and padded. It has a side support sling of doubled mesh fabric. Like the Dahlia, which I observed was comfortable for me in a 34 and thus looser than I am used to with Panache, the Clara also fit me in 34. I got slight wrinkles in the bottom of the cup; it didn't have enough immediate projection for me.

Band: runs true-to-size, loose for Panache
Cup: true-to-size
Depth: similar to Andorra, not as deep as Jasmine or Dahlia

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• I have this bra too and it's definitely not bandless. Maybe you are confusing it with Sienna?

• It looked bandless to me. It has elastic that crosses over in the gore instead of running straight across the bottom.

• The Sienna does not have elastic crossing across the gore. I own a few Siennas but did not keep the Clara.

• Ok, I think there's a misunderstanding of what "bandless" means. When you look at your Sienna, can you see how there is no elastic or band under the cups? The wings attach to the cups, and there is a bridge between the cups, but there is no band under the cups. That is what "bandless" means. Another example is the Cleo Lucy.

  Jasmine, Tango, Andorra, Clara, all have a band that goes continuously around the whole bra, under the cups.

• I don't think it is a misunderstanding about what bandless means, so much as inability to see the difference visually.

  I don't have the Clara anymore, but I looked at the Dahlia, which has the same crossing elastic as the Clara. It still looks to me as if the elastic starts under the cups, instead of running the whole length of the band. I compared it to the Sienna, and they both have a similar construction as far as I can tell.

  About 90% of all bras I look at are indistinguishable from bandless to me. If it isn't a longline or something with pronounced fabric under the cups, I really can't see the difference.

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  Elastic under the cups and crossing the center gore equals a band. The Sienna has neither of those things. The elastic on the Sienna begins at the outer edge of the cups, it doesn't continue under them. When you compare the Dahlia and the Sienna, can you see that bit?

  I hope you know that I'm not trying to be argumentative, I just wanted to make sure that the right bra was reviewed here and that other people didn't get the wrong impression about the bra in question.

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  I see elastic crossing the center gore in the Dahlia but in both the Sienna and the Dahlia I don't see it under the cups. They look the same to me. I'll remove the reference to 'bandless' in my description here. Now you know why I don't like to add bras that haven't been added yet: they almost all look bandless to me. Some people obviously do see a difference, but I really don't see it unless the band is highly visible.

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