Cups too small and not open enough on top. Creates quad boob as well as space at the end of the cup. However, the width is AWESOME - just what I'm looking for!
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Updated on Sep 23, 2014 Flag this
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This bra felt TIGHT! I was still able to fasten the bra, but it felt much tighter than my other 32s. I love the color I grabbed (black with pink embroidery) - it's very pretty. Since this bra only has partially adjustable straps, loosening them did not completely help my quadboob. The top of the cups are more rigid than my @Cleo Lucy and so it digs in a bit more than I'd like. The bra goes up pretty high on my breasts, so it's not a bra for low cut blouses! I got it for a steal and it's still arable, but I think when I find a 32JJ at a good price I will definitely go for it. The wires are a smidge too wide for me, but not as bad as it was in a larger band size. The fabric is a little scratchy so I'm hopeful it'll soften after a wash or two.
Updated on Sep 05, 2014 Flag this
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After my son was born my ribcage measured larger than it currently does. I had read that this bra's cups ran a little small so I had ordered it as a 36J instead of a 36HH as I had thought that was my size at the time. The bra is definitely not the right size for me! The wires are so wide for me that they are so far into my armpits that they practically touch my back. The wires are a smidge too tall for me, but not to the point that it's painful. I really like the lace and shade of this bra in nude - I would be willing to try it again in another size to see if it would be a better option for me now that my ribcage has shrunk post-pregnancy.
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Updated on Aug 26, 2014 Flag this
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I tried this in various sizes before accepting the fact that the shape is very wrong for my narrow, centre heavy, full all over projected breasts. My last try was the 28H - Panache » Tango Ii Balconette (3251), where there's a longer review, but even in that size, it cut into the top of my tissue, and the wires were unbearably wide already in 30G. This size only has two hooks, no padding at the straps, and no boning in the wings. In this type of bra I prefer all of those things for a more secure feeling.
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Updated on Aug 20, 2014 Flag this
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I fell for the beautiful AW13 Tea Rose and Figleaves exclusive Peppermint colourways. They're both perfect, incredibly flattering on my skintone - Tea rose works great as a neutral and Peppermint is a gorgeous mint green colour (mints being mostly blue these days). However, that's where my love for the Tango ends. I tried it in a variety of sizes, at a time when I still had no idea how wire width affects fit, I didn't know much about shape either and I had yet to try a bra that truly fit, so I had nothing to compare it to. Looking back, the cups were too wide in ... every size, and the shape was always very pointy and east-west, with almost no depth at the wires and gore, where I need it. The style is also a full cup rather than a balconette, at least in the larger cups, meaning it cut into my FOT/tall root, even in several sizes up. The Tango is one of those models that I'm sure works wonders for women with small cups or a larger underbust, but in the large cup/small band range, there are a lot of problems due to poor scaling.
Starting at a GG cup, the straps are reinforced with padding, there's boning at the wings, and it has a three hook closure. In spite of the issues I had with the cups, I still felt like my breasts were comfortably anchored to my body, with no possibility of an accidental peek or boob escaping anywhere. It's like Panache have constructed a boob fortress to securely contain your breasts. No flimsy lace, no frilly doo-dahs, just your boobies and their fortress.
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Updated on Aug 20, 2014 Flag this
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I wrote a more comprehensive review on my 28H - Panache » Tango Ii Balconette (3251): basically, the Tango turned out to be an incompatible shape, with the full cup cutting into my tissue, wires sitting almost on my back, and boobs being squashed out of their natural shape. I wish it fit because I absolutely love some of the colourways!
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Updated on Aug 20, 2014 Flag this
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I tried this size after the 36HH was too big in both the cup and band. This one was too small. The cups fit better in this size, but the band was so tight that I needed an extender to hook it at all. Even with the extender, it's just too tight. This bra is very full coverage, and comes up too far on my chest. If you are looking for a full cup with no cleavage, then this bra is for you! Just not my cup of tea.
Updated on Aug 18, 2014 Flag this
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Bra is really pretty, but too big. It's both big in the band, and big in the cups. The center gore is too high, and covers too much of my chest. It's a lovely color, and it is very well made, just the wrong fit for me. I feel like the shape is droopy teardrop, and I need more boost. For those who like the more natural shape, it would probably work, but for me it just doesn't.
Updated on Aug 18, 2014 Flag this
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A little east-west and cups are a little wide
Updated on Aug 08, 2014 Flag this
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First of all, I needed this bra in a 28H to truly get a good handle on fit. (Or a 26, if it existed)The 30 band is fine if I am really bloated, but otherwise-way too big.
The good:
I absolutely ADORE the padding on the straps. I have very prominent collarbones, and these feel like heaven. I must think of a way to pad all my straps to equal this.
The bad:
I have a very short waist and relatively high set breasts with even tissue-full on bottom and top. The central gore comes up way too high for this to be a balconette style on me-it ... ends up looking very much like the bras my grandmama and mama wear, not that there is anything wrong with that.
The straps (gloriously padded though they are) aren't fully adjustable, so if you have small shoulders like I do, they probably won't work for you. I keep feeling like they're about to slip off my shoulders.
All in all, relatively comfortable, but I don't think Panache works well for me, since nearly every one I've tried has an incredibly high center gore that seems to turn every bra by them into a "only under high cut tops" type of bra.
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Updated on Aug 06, 2014 Flag this