Purchased in July 2014 along with 2 other Melody's, I had very high hopes for this bra. Prior to this purchase I had been stuck thinking Goddess and Elila were the only brands that could come close to providing me with comfort and support (they didn't). When my order arrived, my excitement was quickly replaced with disappointment when I put each of them on. I was quadding a little on my larger side and yet I was not filling the bottom of the cup on any of them. I also could not tighten the straps enough to compensate. Very frustrating.
A year or so later, I joined Bratabase and learned about Bravissimo and their Alana bras. The Melody, while a seemingly very good quality bra seemed inferior to the Alana. The measured cup depth was very close between them yet I had close to an inch of emptiness at the bottom of the Melody with quadding on top while the Alana gave me neither. I consider myself to be a little FoB but I suspect the Melody was designed for those who are more FoB than me.
In terms of quality, the Melody is excellent and am sure would last for many years for someone with the right shape. The materials are nice and soft, especially the wings and fasteners but for me, the shape mismatch was too obvious. I have kept all 3 Melody's in the hope that I might someday grow into them but so far that has not happened.

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Updated on Jun 17, 2020 Flag this

• I saw this Melody in my bra drawer and put it on to see if they would be a better fit now but to no surprise, they weren't. There is another review of the Melody here on Bratabase and the owner described a very similar experience but in a much smaller band size. I wonder if Panache simply did a bad job of scaling up this design.

  Back to the back of my bra drawer for this one.

• This Melody is one of several bras that I still have from 2014-2015. I tried one of those other ones, a 42K Elomi Caitlyn just to wear around the house today but quickly took it off as the wires, especially the right side, were poking really badly. This Melody was no different.

  Once again, back to the back of the drawer for you!

• I tried this Melody balconette again and ended up having a much much better day with it. I have gained close to 5 lbs since Christmas so that likely helped a lot as the bottom of the cups were nearly filled and so were the sides. Of course, the gore did not tack (none of my bras do) but the sides were nearly filled as well. I have to be careful when bending over as I am close to falling out but otherwise that was one of my better days with this bra.

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