Chantelle Lingerie & Underwear

Chantelle has been making lingerie in France since 1876, which makes it one of the oldest lingerie houses still in continuous production. Nearly 150 years of refinement shows in the construction: cup engineering treated as a science rather than a style, band stretch calibrated to fit a wide range of body types, and a colour palette that emphasises wearability over trend.

The aesthetic is precise and unfussy: clean lace, smooth-cup options, balconette and plunge silhouettes designed to give the same support across small and full busts. Chantelle's strength is its size range, which extends well beyond the standard French sizing into wider bands and deeper cups. The brand makes underwire and soft-cup bras, briefs, slips, and shapewear, all under the same construction standard.

From the fitting room: Chantelle is one of our top recommendations for everyday bras across a wide range of cup sizes — the engineering of the underwires and band tensioning is genuinely better than most, and the t-shirt bras are some of the smoothest under fitted shirting. Sizing runs true to French conventions; if you're new to French sizing, our fitters can convert and walk you through what fits.