Too many women spend money on purchasing well-fitting clothes but spend less attention and time on what they wear under them. Bras that are too small can cause back pains and shoulder aches, and bras that are too large will not provide enough support. There are a couple ways to measure your band size, but the most common is to measure under the bust to determine the band size, then to measure across the fullest part of the bust to calculate the cup size. Take your band size in inches, and round to the nearest even number.
This is considered the most modern and effective way to measure for a well-fitting bra. To measure your cup size, measure your bust at the fullest part of your bust, making sure that the measuring tape is parallel with the ground. Measuring your cup size is a little trickier because the size of your breasts can change depending on many factors, including bloating; pick a day where your they feel relatively true-to-size, or average out the measurements across different days.
Your cup size is proportional to band size, which means that your cup size is actually the difference in inches between your band size and the fullest part of your bust. Above the bust: Place the measuring tape directly over the bust under the armpits. Take the measurement in inches, and round to the nearest even number. However, this method has been mentioned as a way to artificially add inches to the band size, compromising support.
Snug: the band should be snug, but not too tight. It is the band that mostly supports your breasts, not the straps. You should be able to put no more than 2 fingers under your band. Smooth: It should be lying straight across your back. If the bra is too small, it will squeeze the flesh on your back and front, making unsightly bulges. Cups should contain you: your breasts should not bulge outside your cups either in the front or to the side under your armpits. You can assess side coverage with the underwire in an underwire bra — it is correct if the end is pointing towards the middle of your armpit.
When the gore is at the sternum, it makes for the best fit. Sister sizes are the sizes that surround your current bra size. To go down a sister size: reduce your band size by 2, but take your cup size up by one e. To go up a sister size: increase your band size by 2, but go down one cup size e.
If someone has ever told you to measure under your bust and then add four or five inches to get your band size, you may have been confused. This method was used in years past and is considered an outdated fitting method, leftover from a previous measurement system where your measurement from the fullest part of your bust correlated to your band size.
Band sizes is now based solely on your underbust measurement. In sum, measuring for a well-fitting bra is not as difficult as it may seem, but the results will provide a lot more comfort to your everyday life. If ever in doubt, visit a bra measurement specialist to get yourself professionally fitted.
Lingerie departments in most major department stores and specialty lingerie boutiques usually have a professional bra fitter on staff to assist you.
Thank you for clarifying all of the conflicting information on correct bra size measuring! I was ready to burn them all! Ha ha. The Band Size is not the same thing as the underbust measurement. To get the Cup Size, subtract the Band Size from the overbust measurement of the fullest part of the bust. Big difference! I hope this helps. The change that happened a while back is part of why this issue is so confusing for everyone, but we contacted a lot of lingerie companies and almost all of them now use the 2 methods above.
Can't find one? Use a piece of string and then measure it. Band size Measure under your armpits, high on your back, and across the top of your chest , above your breasts. How many inches do you get? If this measurement is an even number, that will be your band size. If it's an odd number, add 1 inch and that will be your band size.
So if you measure 34 inches around, your band size will be And if you measure 35 inches around, your band size will be Cup size Measure loosely around the biggest part of your chest, keeping the measuring tape level with the ground.
Got that number? Now subtract your band measurement from your cup measurement. Take your bust measurement usually the bigger number and subtract your band measurement. This number corresponds with your cup size. For example, if your bust measurement is 37 inches and your band is 33 inches, you would be a D cup because of the 4-inch difference.
Remember when we measured our band size in step one? Take that number and drop it in front of the cup size you just calculated in step three.
Using the example from the last step, the bra size would be a 33D. Just as our clothing sizes change throughout our lives — and from brand to brand — so too do bra sizes.
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