This review is for the Panache Andorra Full Cup in 34GG. My ABTF size is 32G/GG (or more) depending on projection.

Band:
* Measured from 28.5 to 32 before the wires started spreading. As a 34 label I'd say this might run a bit small. You absolutely can stretch it more - but you might distort the wire size a little.

Wires:
* Very firm.

Cups:
* Have a mesh inner side sling. Looks like a half cup to me.

Fabric:
* Very comfortable.

About me: very close set (breasts touch), very narrow roots, very projected at the wire, functionally even to full on bottom, short roots, relatively soft tissue, significant rib flares, narrow shoulders.

FIT

* The band ... length was great when I tried it on upside down and backwards, I think it stretched easily.
* The gore tacked nicely. It was tall for me, but fine. I found the separation at 7/8ths of an inch to be a little wide for me, so would want to alter them to overlap.
* The cups seem to have the right volume for me, and the tops actually laid down perfectly. The wires are not narrow enough for me and it does not have enough immediate projection for me. The seams do show under a thin shirt as you can see in my pics. It does give a nice shape for me.
* The straps are long enough, but I'm quite short at 5'4.
* The sides are too high for me but that might be because they come too far back rather than actual height.

OVERALL IMPRESSION
* This bra is beautiful even though I don't normally like lace. I love how the tops of the cups fit me. I just need a ton more immediate projection and significantly more narrow wires.
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Updated on Feb 06, 2021 Flag this

OMGOMGOMGOMG! Wire a *tiny* bit small, so pokes a little, but IT FITS!!!!!
(Updates/measurements/pictures later.)

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Update: I've shrunk. The bra is too big on me now. The wire pokes and pokes. Love that the stretch lace allowed me to wear it for much longer, but it is finally just far too big for me.

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Updated on Aug 24, 2014 Flag this

I brought this bra because it was so regularly recommended and I wanted something that there was a lot of info on for one of my first try ons in my new size. The cups and band fit well, so that's good because I feel confident about my measurements, but it wasn't a great fit for my shape. There was too much underwire for my short torso, and it poked me under the armpit and at my sternum. As for the color, it was VERY sheer which I was not expecting. If you're nipples are very low on your breast it may not be a problem, but not something I liked for myself. I'm glad I tried this because it gave me a better sense of my shape and what I need to pay attention to going forward when ordering bras

Pearl colorway

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Updated on May 30, 2022 Flag this

This bra is great for me although a tiny bit too tight in the band. I am using an extender for now. I've also just ordered the 36g to try a bigger band with the same volume.

beige/pearl colour colorway

Updated on May 07, 2017 Flag this

This bra digs into my armpits. Ugh!

Updated on Jan 20, 2016 Flag this

The Panache wires strike again.

Updated on Jun 29, 2015 Flag this

I love this bra even if it doesn't fit me.
I really wanted that I could wear this bra, so I altered its wire
because, at that time, I thought the wire was a bit wider for me, and it was the only problem.
I replaced the original wire with the other wire
(it's from Lepel Iris Fullcup Bra's;
much narrower like 2cm, and much shorter)

However, after I altered it, I figured out this bra just doesn't fit me.
I should have bought 34h or 32hh size of this!

ps. The cup size is a bit smaller than usual 34gg size, I think.

Updated on Dec 02, 2014 Flag this

It could have been a perfect bra if I bought 34h.
My size is between 34g~34gg.
I purchased Freya and C.K's unpadded bra with this one.
All of them are 34gg size.
I found that Freya's and CK's bras are a 'little' bit baggy on the upper side because of the cup shape.

On the other hand, I got quadboobs as wearing andorra full cup bra.
And its wire is surprisingly wide considering its cup style.
(I expected a U shaped wire.)
I was disappointed because I read a ton of good reviews about this bra.

However,
I love its side pannel which makes this very supportive.
The band is snug but really comfortable.
Its fabric looks and feels nice.

If I wore 32hh with a bra extender, this bra would fit perfectly...maybe.

Anyway I'll keep this bra.
I think it will fit with alteration like narrowing wires after me losing some weights.

Updated on Oct 09, 2014 Flag this

(Purchased new without tags - don't remember where - probably ebay)
Ivory/oyster color

Fit mostly when I got it about 5 months ago. Cups were too tall, but otherwise everything was fine.

Since I got it new without tags, the band did fit a lot more snugly than the other one I have. Fast forward 5 months and I've lost more weight and sometimes have to wear it on the middle eyes, depending on what part of my cycle I'm in. It may or may not have stretched out also, but I never wore it more than once every couple weeks, so I kind of doubt that's the reason it's too ... big on me now.

Wearing it tighter makes the strap placement more in my arms. Yes, I did say arms, because they're naturally far enough out of my body frame they are actually on the outsides of my armpit creases unless I pull them in.

The cups are too tall and too big. (I just need a different size.) The stretch lace makes it still wearable for when I've forgotten to wash my bras and I need a neutral-colored one. Like right now. Which is the only reason I'm not measuring it. I came to add the fit and review and figured out I forgot to add the bra to begin with. Oops. https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" />

Wire is too wide.

Center gore is too high for me and my short torso/high-set boobs.

Side wires seem like they'd be fine if they were in the right place on my body. It's hard to judge when they're that far back on me.

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Whenever I wash it and take pics, I'll list it.
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Updated on Sep 03, 2014 Flag this

Well made, pretty if full coverage is your thing. Even though it is all lace, it is reasonably practical under most clothing. This one is a pinkish/coral color.
I feel the cup is small but the band is a good, firm fit (maybe runs a smidge larger than the pearl in a 34G). The wires come up awfully high on the sternum and under the armpits, and they seem to angle inward (although not as much as the pearl. I have bent the wires out at both ends as well as rounding the middle so that the fit is better so I've left out the measurement of wire width.
The band seems firm enough, almost too tight under the armpits, but it's being pulled up & away from the intramammary fold because there's not enough boob room. A 34 might be fine in an HH cup but I don't care for the amount of coverage I get on my already-short torso.
I want more lift and centering than I get in this bra.

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Updated on Jun 08, 2013 Flag this