Place the measuring tape flat against your skin — directly under your breasts. Make sure that the tape runs horizontally around your torso and is at the same height under your breast as on your back. Allow your arms to hang down naturally and breathe as usual. Tighten the measuring tape a little and round the measurement up or down to the next full number. Example: Round up to 73 cm if you have measured Place the measuring band flat against the largest part of your breasts — that will usually be at the height of the nipples.
Once again, make sure that the tape is horizontal and at the same height on your front and back, and that you stand up straight. The result should primarily be used as a guide. Every woman is unique — and so is her bust. The best way to assess the fit?
Instead, it should fit firmly to the body. Adjust them and re-check every three to four times you wear your bra, and always after washing. If you find yourself continually adjusting your straps to lift your bust, revisit your band size.
If your straps consistently slide off your shoulders, it might be because your shoulders slope downwards. In this case, move towards a racer-back style. A good rule of thumb is to be refitted every six months. By Naomi Smart and Olivia Singer. If the band is riding up on a new bra, try loosening the straps, or changing to a tighter hook. Bear in mind that when you increase band size, you might need to go down a cup size so if your 34C bra is riding up, try a 36B.
That being said, if you want to avoid it, consider increasing the width of the band at the back. Either increase the cup size, or look to a wider wire shape for greater containment. Bend forward at the waist, then slip on the bra and hook it. This ensures your breasts are completely in the cups. Make sure the bra is not too loose. You should be able to slide only one finger underneath the band.
Put on a close-fitting shirt over the bra. If the cups pucker or your breasts bulge, you are not wearing the correct bra size. Look at yourself sideways in a mirror. Your breasts should sit midway between your shoulders and elbows. If not, you need a more supportive and better-fitting bra. Choose a bra that fits perfectly when secured on the outermost hook. As the bra loosens over time, make the band taut by moving toward the tightest hook. Save FB Tweet More.
How to measure bra size: A guide to determining bra size, with band size and cup size measurement tips. Start Slideshow. How to measure bra size and make bust measurements. Credit: Getty Images. But how often are we stuck looking at bras, strapless bras and sports bras online, not knowing which one we should plump for?
Odds are, unless you had an attentive parent who regularly took you to one of those slightly awkward bra fittings that always ended in a sensible new t-shirt bra , your choice of size was not based on measurements — as it should be — but on the look, feel and potentially holding it up in front of the mirror.
Which might work for kit such as gym leggings or workout shorts but a bra? Not so much. There's more than enough conflicting information on the world wide web as is, so we thought it best to get in touch with a few bra experts to find out how to measure your bra size the right way.
Apart from being way more comfortable to wear, having a well fitted bra is also a matter of health , and wearing the wrong bra size can contribute to back, shoulder and neck pain. CEO and founder of Pour Moi Ltd , Michael Thomson explained further; 'Wearing the wrong size bra can lead to a range of issues, from poor posture and pain to sagging. With a 4cm range of sway in every direction, even something as gentle as walking up the stairs without a bra could be enough to stretch your delicate skin.
Ominous right? To them, the best way to measure bra size is by eye, something that despite being quite common these days, still seems rather impressive. At Freya , things are done quite similarly with fit specialists rarely picking up a tape measure to do any measuring. Suzanne Pentland, one such fit specialist at Freya, kindly abandoned her supernatural sizing-up abilities for us mere mortals, and the result is a simple four-step method to measure your bra size when all you have at your disposal is a tape measure.
Simple subtraction will do. If you measure your band size as 34 inches and your cup size as 37 inches, the difference between the two is 3 inches.
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