Bra sizing question

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Microbreast

New Member
I researched bra sizing calculators, and thought I knew what size to buy.....wrong!

Measure directly under your breast. In my case it's 33 inches after a normal exhale
Measure directly around and across your nipples. Well that's 35 inches.
Some calculators require a measurement under armpits and across the top of your breasts (if you have any) 36 for me.

Then some calculators say add 1 inch to your under bust measurement, some say 2 inches, and for each 1 inch increase in bust dimensions is 1 cup size.

Taking my measurements 33 - 35 - (36), and adding the 1 inch, I assume I should be looking for a size 34 B.
I bought a bra that size, which turned out to be made for someone larger. Either I mis-measured, or the bra was of the wrong size, cup wise. Felt like I needed to double what I had to fit in there.

I found a juniors one size that are lightly padded that fit quite well, but the staps are fully extended already. If Noogle works, I'm going to need new bras that fit. I don't cherish the thought of visiting Victoria's Secret just to be measured!

A little insight would be helpful
Thank you
 
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tinytots

New Member
What was the band fit like when you tried on the bra? My band size is 28 and the manual calculation is to add 4 inches to the band size, which makes me a 32. Sometimes 32 actually feels tight, so I would expect that those measuring 29 inches would be more comfortable wearing a 34-sized bra.

For those measuring a band size of 27, they have to add 5 inches to round it off to 32. This part confuses me a bit, because another member on here who has a band size of 27 fits better in a 30 bra (I didn't even know that size existed before coming here).

So if you have an underbust measurement of 33 inches, your bandsize should be 38. I put your sizes on a calculator and it came up with 38AAA.
 
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Microbreast

New Member
Thank You. Here we go again. I just tried 5 different calculators online. Entering in the same dimensions in each one I tried. Each one, gave me a different size, One used the overbust measurement, 3 used underbust, and one used both over and under

Using 33 Under, 35 Bust. and 36 Over

http://www.85b.org/bra_calc.php Gives me a size 38AA
http://www.lindasonline.com/bra-fitting-calculator.html Gives me a 36B
http://www.sophisticatedpair.com/bra-size-calculator/ Gives me 32C, 34B, 36A depending on fit desired
http://www.calculator.net/bra-size-calculator.html?bustsize=35&bustsizeunit=inch&framesize=33&framesizeunit=inch&x=45&y=8 This one give me a 38B
http://www.breasttalk.co.uk/calculate.aspx?ub=38&cupsize=AA another different size 38AA

Its obvious all the calculators use a different formula, but I'm sure each manufacturer has its own guide for fit as well. No wonder I was confused.
 
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