This full cup is far from looking granny! The new spring/summer 2016 Panache Andorra colorway is stunning! The bra is projected and narrow enough for my taste!

More details on my blog review: http://www.myfashioninsiderblog.com/2016/02/lingerie-panache-andorra-bluebell-in.html

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Bluebell colorway

Updated on Feb 21, 2016 Flag this

Brallerina

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I got this bra from Sonya - thank you!
This is my second bra in this size and it's the black colourway. I sort of spoiled the surprise for myself by snatching the magenta one up on sale. While they both are a great fit (best so far, along with my 30FF - Panache » Loretta Plunge (6686) ) this colour, while measuring tighter, feels the perfect amount of snug. The wires rode down after an hour or so and threw everything out of alignment, but I hiked it back up and felt comfortable again.
This is still being made as far as I know ... which is good news since the Loretta is discontinued. It seems to be out of stock in my size almost everywhere but it might just be about to release a new season.
I noticed in the pictures that the lace on the band wants to flip up, so I guess I'll just let it https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" />
Both colours fit exactly the same in the cup - laying flat across the top, enough projection, extra space in the bottom and sides, gapping in the straps when I slouch. This one is a little easier to move in, but that might be I hiked it back up when it slid down whereas when the magenta one slid down I reacted with confusion and eventually changed.
All in all Panache has been a series of wins for now - could be I find something without these small issues farther down the road but quite happy and comfy https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" /> not a sleep bra by any means but a sexy, natural-looking everyday bra. Hopefully they'll last a long time, and when my size is back in stock for a decent price I am hoping to get a pearl or nude-to-beige colour.
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The upper lace section is very stretchy, so it is forgiving for full on top boobs. It does cut in on my boobs though, but that's because the bra is small for my size. I should have gone for 28G instead. On me the shape is pointy, but not so much under a shirt. The band is firm. The centre gore lies flat on my sternum. The straps are adjustable all the way, so that's nice. All in all it's a lovely bra if you got it in your correct size.

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Updated on Dec 28, 2012 Flag this

Update: of course I grew even more since this bra was deemed Unfit For Use, added the new measurements into bratabase.
BB now thinks I should try this in 28G. Right. The one style that's been completely contrarian by squashing and sagging at once /facepalm.

Edit: I was Today Years Old, when a helpful poster here enlightened me.
Just as 'Side Support' is not code for 'Good for super side full'; 'Full Coverage' is NOT code for 'Good for really full breasts'. God how I HATE bra advertising they are such asshats. Anyways, on to the review...

This one and ... their Ana kept coming up in the back of my mind of potential suspects for short/even on top/fob/side full containment, when compared to other styles, somehow never crossed them off the list. Because of course, it's been a better performer than a whole LOT of other things in the market. Maybe this time?

We knew better and yet...

Here we are again, chat.

How many times am I going to have to learn the hard way. If it says side support the only thing it's gonna support, is the brand's profit line.

This fit in this one screams in capital italics: 'There is literally nothing for every-immediate-depth-on-earth level, generally full people'. I don't know guys, are all bras only for extremely soft malleable tissue? is there not a support option for well rounded figures? What. Is. Going. On. Out. Here.
Because I'm old, ready to size ///down/// to something sane, after having to size up a trillion cups; and beyond tired of this exact same fit in everything.

While the cups shape is not painful (rare), it feels uncomfortable/off and is beyond fugly: bunching, stretching, straining, fussing around my breasts and generally acting insane. Baggy just above the center, while being just barely deep enough for my wildly shallow inner breast, then lower cup pushes my underboob upward where is spills horizontally- where there was already no room to spare on either side, & forces more pressure into the armpit and gore (certainly never lifting anything up to create any kind of roundness that would fill out the weirdly tight &flat nasty upper band with it's pinching strip of sharp elastic!).
The lower part of the cup is much smaller than the same size lower cup pieces in a few similar patterns I've bought, just narrower, shorter, pointier, all of it. The gappy shape above nips is a narrow, frown-shaped crescent that sags, between the lower and upper parts of the cup. Any material that is pushed below cannot go pulled up for long, as it shifts right back down with a speed that rivals a cat in a rainstorm.
All sides around the cup are tight and cut in for a couple inches inward from hems to just above center where upper and lower cup join, and almost look like they should have a little baggy extra space, but it's just much too shallow and somewhat tall so that area pulls taut & sags down, or flips up. Thankfully my completely pancaked lower breast does not reach high enough to create classic madonna cones in that pouch, as has happened with some other designs (typical fit in chantelle, fantasie, cleo etc etc).
I want to blame the wire for the ill fit in the cup, because my god what ails these things!? However I'm not angry at them as they neither sit on my boobs or push the cup away from them, for once it's not their size or shape (must be that these are those high octane, ultra-reinforced rebar type).
The frame of the bra is also perfect in fit and width, but the decorative lace band flops up and proves itself utterly useless.

Material is soft, pretty as in images, is not especially durable and I know from many years working with lingerie textiles this will pill and the elastane yarns will snap leaving nasty looking little dingy strings all over the upper. The cup's construction is light airy and delicate-looking rather than heavy duty stoic as the panels would suggest. I 'd rather not nitpick the straps and band to death but they carry a decidedly matronly, dowdy sort of energy when paired with the pretty 'minecraft status effect' design lace. I'm fantastically irate about the miserly little hooks. There's something almost spiteful about the panache will to at once acknowledge yes, we will be creating a large enough cup, while also flipping us the bird and use these consistently insecure, weird cheapo kooky closures.
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28:8 28FF

Cups feel close in shape but tight and loose at same time

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Andorra Full Cup Bra (5675)

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off white lace colorway

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Updated on Mar 16, 2022 Flag this

I'd like to try this in a 28G or GG. The shape is very nice and the material is comfortable

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Updated on Oct 31, 2020 Flag this

I have two of these in 28FF and I like them! This one is the magenta colourway. I'm in love with the cute stretch lace and satin bow and the "perky" shape I get. This is supposedly a full cup bra but doesn't feel stuffy. The two colours measure and feel a bit differently - this one had much stiffer underwires and rode down, making it feel a little too snug despite measuring an inch longer laid flat. I lasted an hour or two before changing to the black one. Maybe it will bend around my ribcage.
Even though there is room at the bottom and sides the ... bra gives lots of lift and has my breasts right where I'd like them to be. There's something going on above the lace, but I'm not sure it's quadboob so much as just chest tissue. After some reading I wonder if I have short roots. Another telltale sign of short roots seems to be the gapping I have at the straps when I roll my shoulders forward.
This has a nice low profile under a tshirt.
The centre gore is a little itchy - just the magenta one as far as I can tell! The lace on the band flips up, which I don't notice until I take pictures.
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Magenta colorway

Updated on Aug 28, 2019 Flag this

This is a pretty nice bra. The lace is a little scratchy (but it's new) and it contains things pretty well considering it's a thin and lacy bra. It fits my smaller breast really well but is a bit too small on my larger one and cuts in. The shape it gives me is slightly pointy, but not too bad. I will keep an eye out for the 28G to come on sale on Amazon and will be keeping this one in hopes of losing a few pounds.

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Updated on Nov 03, 2018 Flag this

This bra looks very delicate and feminine. The lace cups are half lined, so though the lace is a bit stretchy the cups don't have too much give. It's comfortable, and very flattering, not even a little itchy. Usually I need to bend underwires for them to follow the curve of my breast, with PE if the wires aren't right on top of each other the gore is usually too wide, but the underwires in this bra were surprisingly tensile. The wires shaped to the cure naturally and didn't require extra persuasion from me. I will definitely be buying this bra in all the colors.

Bluebell colorway

Updated on Apr 23, 2018 Flag this

Extreme torpedo appearance. My breasts are projected, center-full and FoT and this bra was very unflattering. Wires were too wide, the bottom appeared underfilled, and tissue was almost bursting out of the top.

I also found the band to be tighter than I prefer but not unwearable.

Updated on Nov 03, 2017 Flag this

This bra is probably my best fitting and most comfortable at the moment. This Black Andorra is slightly larger in the band and the cups than the Spice colourway (strange, I know), but that makes it suuuuper comfortable! The gore tacks well, it gives me a great shape (not super pointy), the wires are a great width for me, the straps stay on for the most part, and I love having two fuller-coverage bras when I just wanna feel really secure.

Black colorway

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