PanacheWomen's High Impact Underwire Sports Bra | Black 32E | Max Support, Moisture Wicking, Heavy Duty Sports Bra for Women

No seriously, this sports bra is hands down the best sports bra I have ever owned. How much do I love it? This is the 7th one I've purchased and I'm getting ready to order another.So let's just stick this out front and in the open: I'm a short person with huge bosoms. I play a high impact sport and am very active at least 6 hours every week in addition to several more hours of mild to moderate activity. I'm a mother of three that breastfed and the tissue changes show this. Up until this little wonder came into my life I've been relying on a a brand that rhymes with Thunder Farmer to tame the girls. At best I would call that experience "meh," especially compared to this bra. I was actually wearing two, sometimes three different brass at once. In retrospect I was clearly wearing the wrong size- actually, I would say I've been wearing the wrong size since that first awkward trip with my mom to find my first training bra.I digress: if you are relying on what the old lady with the paper tape measure at the big box chain store told you is your size you are probably wearing the wrong size. If you walk into a fitting and they tell you to add four inches, just walk away. This is a big fat lie. Why would you do that? If your band (or underboob, whatever you want to call it) is 30 why would you suddenly and arbitrarily say it's a 34? Once you get that through your head it's a really simple thing to figure out your cup size. Bend over, let the hanging baskets descend in all their glory, measure loosely, and you're done. For UK sizing, my underboob measured 29 (went with 30), the baskets hit 37 inches, so that says I'm a 30FF. Eight inches difference from the original band measurement. Simple. Moving on.In the Thunder Farmer I was wearing a 34DD because that's as big as they get. It never felt like it was as supportive as a high impact sports bra should be but it seemed like it was the best out there. Man, was I wrong. I was skeptical that I was wearing the wrong size, and even more skeptical that this bra would be the magical rainbow unicorn of sports bras. Amazon has been fabulous to work with and the return policy for Prime is more than fair, so I figured I had nothing to lose. A gamble, add to cart, two days later the box arrives, and I tried it on.Just trying it on was a whole other adventure that I won't spoil for other newcomers that are coming to the light from the dark side of vicki's (dirty little) secret. "Is it seriously supposed to be this tight?" "And now I'm supposed to bend over and wiggle everything into the cups HOW?" "But this is a sports bra, why are there two distinct bumps instead of tubeboob?" And my favorite "holy crap, I can see my feet when I look down. Is that what's supposed to happen when the gore actually rests against your skin?" (Note: look up what bra parts are if you don't know what the gore is).Again, I was skeptical, but luckily I had a three hour high intensity event the following morning and felt like it was the perfect time to take it for a test drive. First up: jumping. Let's just say that busty girls do not like jumping. Not even a little. Even if you manage to tame the girls into minor submission you can still feel your breast tissue shifting across the top of your chest, across your pectoralis muscles. After a while you start to feel it in your neck and shoulders, and eventually it creeps all the way into your lower back and ribs. So jump I did, keenly aware that this was a great test of the "86% reduction in bounce" claim. Especially since the breasts were actually separated and not mushed together into the equivalent of wrapping an elastic bandage around your chest. I'm not exaggerating when I saw I felt NOTHING. Not even a little jiggle. Jumped again. and Again. Over and over, and not once did I feel that familiar tug across my chest.Then it was a bunch of lateral agility stuff, then hitting (for the record, I play roller derby). And being hit. After three hours I noticed that I had zero pain associated with bounce and fatigue from trying to compensate for the bounce. I had a serious neck injury a couple years ago so I've been keenly aware of just how much pain the bounce can create in a matter of minutes. Did I say I had zero pain? Because that's a really important detail.Once the event was over I had another event to plan for that night, a full game with a four hour drive. When I got home I took this off. Warning- it takes a couple times wearing it to get used to the difference in how tight the band is in comparison to the poorly fitting band you may have been wearing until then. My skin was a little red where the wires sat, and there were a couple other marks on my back and small ones on the back of my shoulders from where you can clip it together for a racerback style. No biggie. After a quick lunch and clean-up I noticed that two of the three hooks had pulled away from the band rather significantly, and not in a way that I could fix, so I knew I would need to exchange it. Shrugged it off, I had to go, so I put it back on and left it alone for almost seven more hours.Since setting up to exchange with the first one until now I have had no problems with the replacement. I wear this for every single practice, event, work-out, and even the days I'm just going to be moving around a little more than usual. It is honestly the perfect sports bra. I love that it can be easily converted to a racerback style that provides a little bonus lift, and I can disconnect it with one hand. The straps are just the right width. They do not cut or dig into my skin but are not too wide to stick out or sit uncomfortably on my shoulder blades. I do not notice any cutting into my under arms, but it does sit a little higher than I'm used to. The fabric is lined to create support and modesty, but not heavily padded to create shapes that do not occur in nature. The underwires are slightly wider than what I find in everyday-type bras, and this creates a lot more stability in the support I experience.In summary: make sure you're wearing the CORRECT size bra, not what that little old lady told you it was, then give this sports bra a shot if you want great support, great shaping, and comfort. It will take some getting used to but it's worth it. If it didn't look so much like a censor bar I would wear this every. single. day. And if you have a Prime account you have no excuse to not try this. If you've read this far then take my advice and just buy it.Update: I lost a lot of weight after baby #3 and went down two cup sizes. I love this bra so much that I rarely wear any other bra, even for every day wear. If you take care of it by washing correctly and never putting it in the dryer it lasts and lasts and lasts. Of the seven I have one did have a wire poke out under one arm. I simply used moleskin (same kind you use for blisters) over the hole and it's been fine for over a year now. I've added pictures, including one with a thin and tight fitting tank over it so you can see that faint seams can appear with some fabrics. I'm not the fittest person and let's just say I'm no longer in my thirties so it may look like it creates rolls but it does not. That's just how I'm built, it's worse in other bras. The first few hours I wrote this I thought it was a cup size too small but it now fits perfectly. (It looked like there was the chest version of muffin top, I'm not including that picture).

Aaaah... it is time I write a review for my most favorite bra in the whole wide world :-D, after ordering 3 more!My first one I bought in 2012... and have worn it ever since, EVERY single day, taking off only to wash or to put on something fancier for a night out or something. (I even slept in it, sometimes. It was that good! Comfy yet gives great support, lifts and separates - no sweat or uniboob here! Smooth appearance under T-shirt, etc.) It is still wearable, though, one wire poked through, but I just pulled it out and the support level was not affected at all. It is pricey for me, so I haven't bought more until now - caught some on sale, thanks to Amazon. Usually just machine-washed, just air-dried it every time, with some stuffing (or kiddie ball underneath) to preserve the shape during drying.I never before in my life (except before 10 yo, lol) experienced ZERO bounce!! I could run, jump - you name it, and I did. I could be as comfortable as a man, like I had no breasts at all! Now, for that effect, of course the band has to be pretty tight - and some may not like it that way, but it is so worth it! Especially since it's pretty soft all around and does not rub or dig into anything. I forget I even have a bra on (that said, I like to be firmly held), or that I have boobs. I used the farthest hook at first, then (as material stretches - and it always does, with any bras) middle one and now finally tightest hook setting.By the way, this little tip: I recommend considering buying 1 size down (or buying one extra to see how you like it, can always return) and doing the same thing, so the bra will stay fit throughout wear. You can even buy one of those extension pieces that hook onto existing hooks and extend the band by another 1-2", if it's really too tight at first, but that way it will last much longer!Like someone already said, it is extremely important that you know your right size! Most people don't, especially large-busted women, simply because you can't find bras bigger than DDD+ in the stores, and those come on humongous bands. "Professional" consultants" are also no help, as they don't even know that there can be such a thing as 30 FF or 28 G... When I once learned, by reading the measuring tips on bra-specialty online store, things could never be easier! And I swear most women are astonished when they learn their true size!*Just measure your band size directly under your bust (and, if it's odd-inch or half-inch measurement, I'd say: err on the smaller size as bands stretch). Your cup size you find out by measuring around your bust in the widest area (some ladies might want to wear support for true measure when gravity is involved), then subtracting your band measure from that. The difference in inches can tell you the cup size, one inch per cup letter: as in 2" difference is a B-cup, 3" is a C-cup and 7" is a G or FF-cup. And so on.**Also important to know is that, say, 32" vs. 34" bands do not have the same size "D" cups. Larger bands have larger cups for the same size-letter, as they represent - right, the difference in inches, not the actual cup volume in cc's or whatever. Thus seemingly shocking sizes at first. For example, if a woman was forced to wear 34" band (since one can hardly find anything smaller) with DD cups, and her true size was 30" band, the closer fit for that band would likely be G-cups. (usually about one letter up per 2" of band circumference, but not quite)When the size it right, it definitely helps with lots of problems! So your back doesn't hurt, so your shoulders don't get bruised by digging-in straps, etc. By the way, I never even need to use the hook in the back for racer-back bra! It gave enough support without, I did not even know until now about this option! That feature might extend the life of my old bra for another couple of years, I think.

Finally. Finally. Oh my god. Oh my GOD. I CAN RUN AND JUMP... AND IT DOESN'T HURT!!I'm a 40FF. You can imagine the difficulties I have in finding a sports bra that 1. Fits properly and 2. Actually holds the flesh sacks in place.I've been wanting to get back in shape and this is the bra that's going to help me do that. I used to be a soccer player. I would have killed for a bra as comfy and effective as this back then.The material is soft and breathes decently. The underwire isn't very noticeable in my opinion, and it holds firm where it needs to.If you're looking for a good sports bra to contain the beasts, this is that bra.

I really should be giving this bra 5 stars because this is the best workout and all day bra I've ever used. It provides amazing support.. and the shape is great. I've purchases this bra many many times in different sizes. The only 2 issues I have are as follows: 1. the bra doesn't seem to have a size 40C so I have to settle for either 38DD or 40D which aren't perfect fits for me but they work and 2. the bra strap is too short to be used as a racerback bra. I used this bra as a racerback everyday for 3 years and I'm paying for it now. I've been having shoulder issues for months which become worse when I use the racerback feature. However, I still plan to purchase this bra in the future because it is my favorite bra.... but I don't on using this as a racerback.

Excellent quality and great fit.

2a decepción. En esta misma marca compro bras “no deportivos” en 30 H y me quedan exactos. Este deportivo la copa viene más grande, tal vez una copa menos me hubiera quedado bien. No lo devuelvo porque el costo fue excepcional y al final es para correr. Peerooo es un hecho que no están bien las medidas de las copas, si lo compran, pidan de espalda la medida que son, pero de copa, una o hasta dos menos.

This is my fourth compression sport bra from Panache. The underwire is extra strong with this brand being made for larger chests. It holds you in while still giving a great shape. The band is quite snug but will loosen a bit after wear.

Good for all sports, with option to make racer back for high impact activities. And underwires!✔️✔️✔️

Best braw I've ever owned.