Bra sizing help

A good bra for full-busted women lifts “the girls” allowing your shirts to fit appropriately, making you look thinner and relieving neck/shoulder pain. The bra's band (not the shoulder straps!) supports 80% of the weight of your breasts. Most busty girls wear a large band size instead of the correct cup size, because retail stores don't offer cup sizes beyond D or DD. For instance, it's common for a women to go from incorrectly wearing a size 38D to correcly wearing a 34F.

Step 1: Take your measurement. Measuring your bust line gives you an important starting point to guide you to the perfect fit. While wearing your most supportive bra (take off a bulky shirt) measure from your back around the fullest part of your chest. Let say it's 39 inches. Next, measure just under your bust line (under your breasts). Let say it's 33 inches. If it's an odd number like 33, round up to 34. This is your band size.

Take the two measurements and subtract the amount. That gives you 5 inches, which determines your cup size. Each inch is 1 cup size (1"-A, 2"-B, 3"-C, 4"-D...). Meaning, a 4 inch difference is a D cup, a 5 inch difference is an E up and so on up. Your final bra size would be a 38E. It’s important to note here that an E cup is the same size as a DD cup and an F cup is the same size as a DDD cup. The variation depends on the brand.

Step 2: Try-on evaluation. Every bra brand fits differently. Just like shoes, one woman might buy sizes 8 to 9 depending on the brand.

The band around your body should fit tightly on the first row of hooks (the loosest option). The bra will always stretch out in a few wearings and you will want to hook it tighter afterwards. This body band plays the most important role in supporting your breasts--not your arm straps. This band should support the weight of your breasts, relieving shoulder/neck pain.

Shoulder straps should be snug but not rubbing red marks on top of your shoulders. After laundering your bra several times the adjustable strap seems to slide out to the loosest fit. Make sure you keep it to a comfortable fit (never digging).

Your cups should look like one continuous curve. You shouldn't’t have any fluff spilling over the top (muffin top) or showing as the bottom of the underwire. When you bend over, your breasts shouldn't drop out of the cups. Also, the under wire shouldn’t be digging into your skin or poking up between your breasts. If any of these are happening, you need a larger cup size.

The D cup in a 32 size band is not the same as a D cup in a 34 band size. The 34D is actually a 32E. This will help you adjust sizes accordingly, just remember to make sure the band size fits you snuggly.

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