Quote from: Sandy on April 27, 2010, 05:48:32 AM
That's what I thought as well, Kat.

And the difference is one inch per cup.  It always seemed pretty easy to me.

I've heard about the +5 thing and thought that the added size was to allow for the elastic portion of the bra, though I never knew for sure.  I figured that the base size was at the farthest set of hooks in the bra so that was the tightest of the band and the last set of hooks was at the +5 setting.

-Sandy

Glad I'm not just imagining learning it this way. I never seen a bra with 5 inches of give in the hooks. 2 inches maybe.

I tried the +5 thing.... a 40in bra doesnt even grab... but bra manufacturers dont have a standard of any kind... every brand and type is diffrent...

Oh and FYI a 34b and a 36a have the same volume....

Quote from: LynnER on April 27, 2010, 06:11:42 AM
I tried the +5 thing.... a 40in bra doesnt even grab... but bra manufacturers dont have a standard of any kind... every brand and type is diffrent...

Oh and FYI a 34b and a 36a have the same volume....

In theory. Brands differ so do ideas of what is what size. so that rule is only sometimes true.

Haven't measured recently, and I basically never wear a bra. Hate the damned things, no matter how comfortable they're designed to be.

all these is so confusing...can someone tell me what 75/86cm actual measurement translates to in size bra?

My underbust is like 32 inches, but my bust is 37.5 inches, so that plus 5 thing is pretty close for me, although I think that theory would get blown out of water if I get breast augmentation.

milktea

divide those numbers by 2.54 to get inches.

my trusty calculator says 30/34

my old methods of figuring seem to have been replaced by a method that I don't get so I will leave that to someone else