Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Well if you go to corporate, they don't mention any kind of relationship between the companies. Honestly, the bras don't look that much alike to me - the Panache bra covers higher on the upper ribs; the Chantelle offers the option to wear the straps racerback or straight where the Panache doesn't. (If you look at different colors, the site actually has different photos that make some of the differences easier to see, though they're all the same model.)

Is there a chance you live near a store that might carry the Chantelle bra?
Actually, the Panache also has the J-hook in back -- I always wear mine racerbacked. In some photos they don't look much alike, but in others they do. In black the only real difference appears to be the colored stitching on the Chantelle. It does look like it maybe comes up less high, but I wonder if that's more related to the teeny models wearing them. In this photo the Chantelle bra looks a lot taller-cupped:


And the Panache: