I wish the 30F Panache Loretta Balcony (6681) bra were ugly. I wish the color weren't a vibrant cobalt blue. I wish it were thick, heavy, lumpy, and boring. Because Loretta is a gorgeous bra not suited to my boobs.

The center gore is higher than 1.5," which is the highest my close set boobs are happy with. Most plunge bras, including the Panache Loretta Plunge, I have learned since buying the balcony version, have center gores higher than 1.5." I'm pretty sure there are no balcony bras with center gores as low as 1.5." I learned this the hard way. I have, I believe, tried about 100 bras.

The wings on the Loretta Balcony are on the low side. Some people love this. I prefer high wings and wires high under the arms because I have a lot of side tissue.

The band is firm for a 30 band, and I like somewhat looser 30 bands. I can get the shaping I want from a looser 30 band, as long as the cup construction is compatible with my boobs.

By all the Bratabase fit checklist items, the Loretta is a good fit. It doesn't cause quadboob, but the sheer, embroidered upper part of the cup, the area with the original and beautiful fan embroidery, flattens me a bit. I have good center fullness because the gore is narrow, if too high for me, but that upper mesh part is, I believe, a little too tight for optimal shaping. In a bra, my breasts behave decidedly full-on-top. Out of a bra, they look even to full-on-top. This bra is either too small for me or not the right cut in terms of accommodating my fullness. It's a moot point, of course, because of the center gore.

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Updated on May 06, 2014 Flag this

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