Comments on: Size Chart Woes: The Naked Truth About Bra Sizes

By: C&K

C&K — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:45:30 +0000

My question is for any woman out there who has a small cup, but a large frame… Is this size chart wrong for you? My sister is always told with her measurements (49 inch band and 52 inch bust) she is a 54B/52C, (One girl even tried to fit her into a 48D! What a laugh we had!) but she can not fill out the cup size to save her life. She always jokes that if she pulls her *more to love* from around her boob she could maybe fill out a B cup, but it never feels comfortable. I now make her bras for her (52A/52AA) because we can never find her size, and when you get up to the 50s in band size the bras are not really that pretty. A woman should feel pretty no matter what her size!

Thanks,
-C&K

By: Tasha

Tasha — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:33:16 +0000

Okay, I just have to tell you – you rock. This is JUST the information I was looking for, and needed. To make a long story short, I have breast cancer, have already had surgery but am having reconstruction soon. And I’m going for an upgrade in size. But I was wondering if that meant all my 36B bras would no longer fit. Now, thanks to you, I know that that’s also a 34C, and since I need to lose weight to help prevent a recurrence, well, that works just perfectly. So, THANKS!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:03:58 +0000

Just a little embellishment, J.

By: J

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:16 +0000

ps…how can there be more than 100% of women wearing the wrong bra size? doesn’t really make sense….

By: theprettyyear

theprettyyear — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:20:12 +0000

Yay, not 42DDD! I get way too excited about this subject. It’s almost like religious zeal. When I first heard that most women were wearing the wrong bra size, I figured that was a ploy by the bra industry to get us to spend more. But not so much. They’d rather go right along making their 32-40 A-DD (and that’s generous for some lines). That’s already 25 sizes per bra!

Anyhoo, I could go on about this all day, about the whole chicken-and-egg issue, how we get attached to bra sizes and what they “mean.” I was just telling my husband yesterday that the reality is pretty ingrained for me now. So even though I know the general public thinks a DD is humongous, it doesn’t sound all that big to me now. Especially when we’re talking about a 30DD or a 32DD. I mean, my mind just translates those automatically– they’re like a 36B or C. Big whoop. Which is why I got my mom (who always thought of herself as a A/B cup– maaaybe a C after she had kids) to try some bras on yesterday. We’re not sure yet, but I’d say she’s about a 34D.

In conclusion: yay! Spread the word! Shop Bravissimo! Etc.!

By: not 42DDD

not 42DDD — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:53:38 +0000

I can still hardly believe this. Before last night, I kept coming back to re-read this article to remind myself that this couldn’t be wrong. I even went to VS to test this out even though I’ve known for years that their bras just DO NOT fit me. I almost felt myself panicking again, and old fears resurfaced.

I think though that the associates there were knowledgeable – but for some reason whenever I said that I bulged out of their bras, they thought I meant the bra was bulging. I talked to them and they told me to go to Lane Bryant and Nordstrom, of course. I think they were just trying to do what they could for me, but they could only really say that I was a 40DD because that’s just how far their sizes go. This is really what probably confuses most women. They go in, get sized, and fully believe what they’ve been told – they don’t know any better, and thinking they’ve been sized correctly, leave to go to other stores to find the wrong size again.

They sized me at 40DD, but taking a peek at the bra I had been wearing, I was dumbfounded when I was reminded that – not knowing how the sizing sytem worked – I’d been wearing a 42DDD from Lane Bryant. I should have gotten properly sized when I had been there, but I was one of those girls who, when going down a band size, sighed, and went back up a band when I just kept coming out.

I do not wear 38DD(haha, what, lady?), 40DD, or 42DDD. I wear 38G, and I look and feel phenomenal in it.

I’ve been ranting and raving to all girlfriends and relatives about this article, and this will only cement my convictions. I’m taking one of my sisters out to get fitted as soon as I can because she’s always said she hated bras, and I know this because as soon as she gets home, off it goes! Well, no more, sis.

By: theprettyyear

theprettyyear — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:33:55 +0000

Megan, a GG is a British size-- check out the bras on Bravissimo for a good selection (their shipping is not bad) or Nordstrom. In the US, that would be a J cup, although there aren't many US manufacturers who make a J. Better to stick to Bravissimo (figleaves also has some larger cup bras, etc.)-- they have lots of pretty bras for (relatively) reasonable prices.

By: megan

megan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:10:25 +0000

I wear a 34-36G and i just want to know what a 36GG is? can someone help pls? and it is my real size unfortunately. ive been measured by people who actually know what they are doing. and if anyone is in las vegas there is a great bra store on Jones and Sahara its called bra boutique. but they have up to an H for sure maybe larger

By: JC

JC — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:44:33 +0000

Brenna, I completely agree. People argue with me that I cannot possibly be a 30D/DD (or 28DD/DDD if I can actually ever find one). I keep explaining why this can be, but no one seems to believe me…except the wonderful women at Nordstrom’s. They get it!

By: theprettyyear

theprettyyear — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:36:37 +0000

38DD!?! Oy vey.