Bra size calculator

By Angiemcc on 14 Sep 2012

Thanks to a RealSelf member, I came across this link to an online bra size calculator (with a convertor and international measurements as well.)

Looks handy! What size are you?

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AMJ Texas 5 May 2013

Thanks for the info. I had my BL BA the end of February. Waiting to get my first measurement.

jessicarabbitmiami 24 Apr 2013

Remember that this is not how to measure enhanced breasts. This type of measuring is only for natural breasts. For augmented breasts, you measure from the breastbone (between the breasts), over the fullest part of the breast until you reach the outermost swell. You can google specifically how to size for augmented breasts.

kden 17 Apr 2013

Great link! Thanks!

val587 24 Mar 2013

Thank you! This helps so much!

val587 24 Mar 2013

Thank you! This helps so much!

Sleepless in Turquoise 13 Dec 2012

Most women are wearing the wrong bra size because they add 4 or 5 to the band. This is absolutely incorrect, a scheme concocted in the 30s by manufacturers to shoe-horn all different women into a few sizes. Your band size is your ribcage measurement. If you've tried a smaller band in the past and it didn't fit, it is because the cups are still too small! And you must make sure you "scoop and swoop" all breast tissue into the cups.

http://www.sophisticatedpair.com/bracalculator.htm http://www.lindasonline.com/bra-fitting-calculator.html

These are two much more accurate calculators. For example, I was wearing a 32B or 34A, turns out my best fit is a 28 F. And that sounds huge! It's not, cup size is relative only to band size, so an F cup on a 28 band is really not that big. Some places that carry 30 band sizes: Nordstrom, sometimes Dillards/Macys Places that carry 28s: brastop.com, herroom.com Happy bra shopping...

Angiemcc (Community Manager) 13 Dec 2012

Thanks for your input!

Michelle H. 27 Feb 2013

Just came across your post and am happy to say that I've learned something new! There is one thing I don't understand: how is cup size relative to band size? Is a C cup on a 30 inch ribcage smaller than a C cup on a 38 inch rib cage? Thanks!!

Sleepless in Turquoise 1 Mar 2013

A 32 C, for example, has the same volume as a 34 B, which has the same volume as 36 A. So a woman wearing a 36 A has breasts of the same volume as one wearing 32 C, but the lady in a 36 A has a larger ribcage. When you go down a band size, your cup size increases. That's where "sister sizes" come from. But sister sizes aren't accurate because the bra's support comes from the band, and if the band is too big, the bra isn't a good fit.

tomboydiva83 7 Mar 2013

Makes great sense...I would remember that after the swelling goes down

SoCalBA 23 Oct 2012

What where you pre-op??

Meko22 23 Oct 2012

36d

SoCalBA 22 Oct 2012

I tried this and a few other online bra calculators and the sizes I got where funny and impossible lol... Pre-op I was barely a 36A, according to the calculators I was a 38A, then I tried it again it said 38AA and a third time it said 40AA lol!! So I looked for a different one it said 36B, and finally the last calculator said 38DD/38E.. Idk what I was doing wrong, maybe the measurements?? But a few days ago I went to Victoria Secret and they measured me at a 38C, and those bras fit me good, so I guess that's my size lol(:

Angiemcc (Community Manager) 10 Dec 2012

Good to know! Thanks for the tip.