Let's detour briefly from bodice fit to breast fit - not that it's a new concept on this blog.
I've spoken frequently about the need to consider cup volume against back size when choosing a bra. I've just never seen it written about so clearly as in this post. Go check it out. Then tell me if you agree!
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I agree, but I've also always known that I think (I'm a mathematician, so it fits with some inate logic that I have about it perhaps)
ReplyDeleteAnd I now blame you for the fact that the Sesame Street song is now bouncing around my head.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry!
DeleteI am not in this size range, but the logic applies to smaller sizes too - and I was actually told about this a few years ago but a bra fitting person in a shop. I have to say it doesn't seem an intuitive sizing system - no wonder so many of us are wearing the wrong size bra!
ReplyDeleteIt does apply to smaller sizes! And sizing is by no means intuitive. I wonder how they could make it better...
DeleteI absolutely agree and can't believe how many bra sales women I've encountered over the years who didn't understand or out right told me I was wrong or their bras weren't sized like that. :(
ReplyDeleteLois K
Lois: That's totally scary. It's one thing when your friend doesn't understand. It's quite another when the professionals don't. And we wonder why no one's wearing the right size bra.
DeleteOh my goodness this is confusing. lol! I guess being an A cup means I don't have to worry too much about it, haha.
ReplyDeleteI just have to worry about finding bras that aren't too big, which also are not made for young teens :( lol.
Omg talk about divulging personal stuff! But haha, I really don't care, I love how open people are about their bodies on sewing blogs!
Honey - it matters! If the back size you're wearing is wrong, you could be wearing any number of cup sizes. From your pics I put you at 28A (this it TOTALLY unscientific, btw - it's like a party game I play...) If you're wearing a 34A that's the same as a 32B or 30C or 28D. So you could be wearing 4 cup sizes off and still be wearing an A.
DeleteDamnit, boobies, why can't you ever be simple? lol!
DeleteI have known this for a while, but that chart is nice and clear :). What I don't understand is *why* they do it that way. It would make much more sense to have one size element, cup volume, and the other, band width. Oh, and while I'm dreaming, I'd like a third piece of sizing information, underwire size. Because that's a bigger issue for me than either of the others. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone understands why they do it that way. I think, at one time, there were far fewer sizes because people were more homogeneously shaped. Furthermore, bands didn't stretch. It's the whole band stretch thing that makes people think they can fool around with back size so freely.
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