This year's colors of the Andorra Plunge are discontinued (although Panache still has it listed in the "latest collection," so I'm hoping for the best), so I had to search around quite a bit to find one that really fit. I tried the 34E, which was too small all over, and then the 36DD and 36E. The 36E is just about perfect for me. It's not a super structured bra and it gives me a relatively natural, rounded shape.

The construction, overall, is very nice. I love the bright pink, although I'm hoping it eventually gets released in basic colors like nude and black. The lace that makes up ... the cups is soft and gets softer with washing, and the wings are made from a spandex-y fabric that feels like leotard material. The softness comes along with stretchiness, but that again is a feature in my book (no thanks to my v-shaped back). The top edge of the cups is stretchy, too, which is nice because it contains my slightly different sizes without gapping or quadboob. The straps are adjustable all the way up and down, and are set in towards the center a little bit — I wouldn't say it's a true leotard back, but useful if you have slightly sloping shoulders.

The gore is a medium height — reasonably tall for a plunge and nicely supportive without being too separate. If you're super-close-set, this gore might be too much.

These wires are wide, which is great for me. They extend all the way to the center of my underarms, and just about enclose all of my breast tissue. Truth be told, they're are still sitting on a slight bit of underarm breast tissue even with all the lovely width, but everything else is SO close to perfect that it doesn't bother me. The plunge even seems to eliminate the slight orange-in-a-glass that I get with the full cup Andorra... I'm guessing the wires are a little wider at the base. All in all, this bra is great for everyday, low-impact kinds of wear, and I'm hoping it'll be around for many seasons.
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