I love this bra! I am however going to keep this review on the shorter side since it fits very similarly to my Rita longline. This bra is a beige color with a black mesh overlay, and a lace panel followed by a black ribbon at the top. The straps are nice and thick, and the bra features a large black ribbon bow in the middle (all of which can be seen in my pictures).
The first thing I noticed when I put on this bra is how tight the band is relative to the Rita longline I have. While the Rita stretched to about 33.5 inches (which is ... longer than I'd want for a 70 band, but not so looser as to compromise the support since it is a longline), this band stretched to just over 31 inches. This is a tiny bit snugger than I'd like given my comfortable underbust measurement of 31.5 inches, but hopefully it'll loosen a bit. It's still wearable for now. I'm sure that it is at least partially the coloring/material but if you compare the angle view of the Rita (http://bra.pe/I4XG/) to the angle view of the Charme, the bottom of the band definitely appears to fit differently.
The cup also felt a bit deeper than the Rita. However, the measurements say that this extra depth I felt was pretty negligible (the wires are about 0.12 inches narrower and the cup is about 0.03 inches deeper on the Charme, which isn't really significant. The wires on the Charme are a little bit longer though (by a little over 3/4 of an inch), so maybe all of these factors combined made just enough of a difference to be noticeable.
Other than these two differences, the bras are very similar in fit, as they both have all the same alterations. They're both keepers!
EDIT: Just wanted to put in a little edit here after wearing. The bra is pretty comfortable, however it doesn't stay in my IMF at all. It's actually really hard to even force them into my IMF (I have to kind of lean over and shimmy a little) and then once I do, its hard to adjust the band so that it lays flat without pulling it out. The wires seemed to be most comfortable hanging out about the bottom of the front of my rib cage. When I took the bra off, the bottom of the band looked noticeably tighter which was probably the biggest issue. I might just resign this one to be a bedroom/lounging bra (because its so pretty!)
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Stunningly beautiful!!