I've had bad luck with plunges in the past so I was surprised that this fit as well as it does. It's quite comfortable to wear - my only gripe would be that like the Andorra full cup I get a slightly pointy shape, but it's not so bad that I can't live with it - it's less noticeable when I'm clothed.

Updated on Nov 04, 2014 Flag this

(Purchased NWT - returned)

Coral color.

Tough to do a full review since I just tried it on a few times. It's the Andorra Plunge and was one of the first ones of that style I tried. I compared the fit between 34F and 32FF and ended up keeping the 32FF, simply because I keep losing weight/girth. The 34F "fit" better in the cup, but the band would have become too loose on me pretty quickly.

WIRES: Sturdy. The 34F seemed slightly wider than the 32FF when on, which seems weird.
BAND: Snug for a 34F, but it was NWT and still not stretched. I remeasured after my try-ons and it was ... "longer" than I initially measured, but still snug for a 34. I'm leaning much more toward the 32s now. (My comfy snug is less than 31" now.)
CUP: Very stretchy lace. Veeeeery. Comfy, but really did not feel like I was contained even though it was technically containing me. Cups cut up diagonally. It's a true plunge on me. Absolutely no gaping along the top on my short boobs.
STRAPS: Hallelujah not too wide set for me. The 32FF was better, though.
GORE: Low. Because of sturdy wires and my rounder shape, tilts in at the top more than I liked. If I had worn it a few times, it probably would have adjusted to my shape more.
WINGS: Probably lower than I really need, but it's not uncomfortable.
AESTHETICS: Meh. Color is odd. Lace is stretch lace. It's Andorra in a plunge cut.

OVERALL: This mostly fit, but would be too big in the band for me soon, so I kept the sister size 32FF instead.

Made me feel like I might fall out the tops, but I'm not used to plunges at all; it will take some getting used to.
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Updated on Oct 27, 2014 Flag this

I'm still on the fence if I'm going to keep this bra. It's a beautiful bra. I have the berry color. I love the stretchy lace and it encompasses my boobs perfectly, however, I don't like how the top of the cups are fastened to the strap. It's too pointy for me. The only other issue I have is, as with all Panache bras and my boobs, I needed to bend the gore away from my sternum because it digs in badly. Even with it bent it still digs in a little bit, but not enough to make it unwearable.

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Updated on Oct 19, 2014 Flag this

This bra did not work well for me. It may be because I am not a fan of plunges; it felt very strange to me to not have the support and structure I expected.

It is comfortable and cute; just fits very strangely on my breasts.

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Updated on Oct 06, 2014 Flag this

I have had this bra for about three months now. No major complaints and it is still in my rotation of bras I wear on a regular basis.

I really love the plunge cut. I do normally wear lower cut tops and have had a problem in the past with bras coming over the top of the neckline on my shirt, but not with this. The straps fit great and don't budge or dig. The gore sits nice and flat on my chest. The once concern I have is that it does ride high-up into my underarm and it can be quite bothersome after wearing the bra for 8+ hours. There is also a little bit of fabric on the outside that is empty, I am assuming because the wire is slightly too wide. I also noticed that band does become quite stretchy after 3-4 wears but goes back to normal after a hand washing.

Overall, a pretty decent bra. I give it 3 boobs out of 4 https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

Updated on Oct 02, 2014 Flag this

This is REALLY pretty, and the stretchy lace at the top of the cup accommodates my center fullness without making me really quad too much - but I think I'd benefit from a larger cup size. Seems nice and narrow.

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Updated on Sep 23, 2014 Flag this

I think this is going to work as an okay everyday bra - the low gore height is comfy for my close-set breasts and the stretch lace is very accommodating on asymmetry. Gives a pretty good lift for a plunge, without my spilling into the centre, and gives a nice rounded, forward shape on me. The band is a bit too tight for me -- I find the underwires sit much better and the cup is a better shape if I add one row of an extender (but a full three rows is far too loose in the band, so I think the snugness is just a breaking-in ... issue because I'm in between sizes). The wires can get a little uncomfortable towards the end of the day, I think because they're far too wide for me.

Edited to add:
Having now figured out a lot more about my shape, I'm now more confident about assessing fit issues of a bra.

This bra has wide wires and the base of the cup in particular is quite shallow. Those needing immediate projection (eg FOB) may wish to look elsewhere. My breasts push the cup downwards, and I get an empty space at the base of the cups. Thankfully, the cup itself being made of stretch lace means there's never any cutting in at the top, so the bra itself still works admirably well, and is particularly good about coping with asymmetry.

The plunge gore is a godsend for me, as it means my breasts aren't constantly fighting for space with the gore, and oddly the stretch lace cup is cut at just the right angle to hold me in the cups. (Those with very soft tissue or pendulous breasts or loose skin will probably still slide right into the middle, though.)

Altogether, I'm sad the cups are too shallow for me as everything else about the bra works (and Panache do bring it out in such pretty colours...)


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Updated on Jul 28, 2014 Flag this

I usually wear a 32F but found this for $15 so I snagged it. The band is too small, obviously, but when paired with an extender it fits well. The straps are a hair too wide, but so far they aren't bothersome. Both my larger and smaller breasts appear to be filling out the cups well, if they were just a tiny bit smaller I'd be quadding with my larger boob. I could do with the wires being a bit narrower, but they're not wide enough to cause discomfort. It's not super uplifting, I'd say it provides a Beth natural shape. Without clothes, it looks a bit pointy, but underneath clothes it's a lot rounder. Since the whole cup is lace, it feels very thin and fragile. Not a problem when wearing it, but I do feel like I need to handle it carefully. All in all, it's beautiful and comfy (so far).

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Updated on Jul 23, 2014 Flag this

This was my first attempt with Panache. Knowing I wore roughly a 34H in American Wacoal bras, I ordered what I thought was the UK equivalent. I couldn't really try it on because it would stretch out the underwire too much, and the cups barely even come all the way up to my nipples. It's just too small in every way. Very pretty bra, seems well-constructed, but I would need at least 2-3 sizes up in the cups -- still not quite sure where to start with Panache.

Updated on Jul 16, 2014 Flag this

Edit: I decided to keep this bra, so I altered the gore down. I took the top of the gore completely in, and angled the seam in a wedge to take even more out of the bottom of the gore, which made the almost a balconette shape, with a corresponding rise in the position of the gore when worn. I also pushed the wires to the end of their channel away from the center, and sewed them there, so the top half inch of the gore is just for show. The alterations made it essentially full coverage, and revealed that the cups are slightly on the large side, ... since the apex is now in the right place. The straps were sawing into my arms a little, but I tried an extender and that went away. I think it'll be a very comfortable bra, once broken in. It gives me a round-perky shape I quite like, though my smaller boob gets a bit oddly shaped as the day goes on, since it doesn't fill out the cup apex well and slides around. If I decide the cups are still too separated, I'll go back and let out the bottom of the gore a bit to go back to a true plunge shape.

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The cups are too far apart for me as-is... The bra slides down my chest, stabbing the insides of my breasts, and had hardly any support because of it. I could tell why people call Panache bands firm. I don't have any quadboob, nor any sign that the cup size was too big. I suspect the wrinkling at the bottom was due to the cups being too separated for me. To see how it would fit if I decided to alter it, I safety pinned the underwires until they nearly overlapped. As I suspected, that kept the wires from poking into my breasts, but did little for the bottom wrinkling or support. Next, I pinned the bottom of the gore closed by a similar amount as the top (~2 cm), which did improve the support and wrinkling... Though the support still wasn't quite what I was hoping for, given that the gore tacked and the band seemed like it would bruise me, at least until I broke it in. I wish there was a little less stretch lace and more firm fabric, just to hold things down a bit better.

On the bright side, I love the look and comfort of the stretch lace (though maybe not the bounce factor). This is quite a sexy bra, despite having a lot of coverage for a plunge. I wish it came in nude... As-is, the super bright colors aren't very practical for me. It's well made and seems durable. If I can't find better, maybe it's worth wearing thicker and darker tops to accommodate a few of these (though definitely altered).
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Updated on Jul 09, 2014 Flag this