2006-12-21 11:42:52 · 10 answers · asked by happy 4 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
An A cup is one inch of tissue out from your rib cage, B is two inches, C is three inches, D is four inches and DD is five inches. So, you take your measurements under your breasts, and add three inches, and that's the number for the bra size. If it's an odd number, round up. Then, measure around your breasts, and however much more it is, that's your cup size. So, if under your breasts it's 32" and on your breasts you measure 38" -- you start with 32" and add three inches and it's 35" and you round up to an even number and it's 36" and then 38-36 = 2" so you would be a 36 B.
Hope that helps.
2006-12-21 11:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I'm a guy, but I like women's breasts and have bought lots of bras for my wife. Cup size refers to the volume of the breast itself. Say you have a bra that is 34 C. The number, band size, is the approximate circumference of the ribcage. The letter, cup size, is the size of the cup. To know your correct bra size measure below the breasts. Band sizes come in even numbers so if you measure 33" to 34 3/4" round it up or down to 34. 35" inches should be rounded up to 36, etc. Once you know your band size take the measurement of your bust over the largest part of your breasts for the cup size. Let's stick with 34, my wife's band size, because this method of calculating applies to all bras regardless of the band size. If the difference in the first measurement is one inch or less the cup size is A. If it is two inches it is a B cup. Three inches is a C cup, four inches equals a D and five inches difference would be DD.
A women's magazine, which I will not name, once published an article which compared A cup to a lemon, B to an orange, C to a grapefruit, D to a canteloupe. They left out DD, but that is the one that fits nicely on top of my head!
Hope I helped.
2006-12-21 20:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A is petite
B is medium
and C is pretty big
then there are numbers, the numbers determine how wide your rib cage is.
hope this helped!
and Victorias Secret <3 is the most fabulous place for bras...also vanity fair is a good brand
2006-12-21 20:07:55 · answer #3 · answered by im.a.Betchh.™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically the difference between each cup size is an inch of extra boob lol. HTH : )
2006-12-21 20:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
R U serious?
as the letter goes up the size gets bigger....
2006-12-21 19:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by dmcg1012 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A-is the smallest cup size
B-next cup size when you grow out of A
C-next cup size when you grow out of B
D-next cup size when you grow out of C
DD-next cup size when you grow out of D
& on.
2006-12-21 20:03:16 · answer #6 · answered by stay_flyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um...they get larger as the letter goes up. Look at your local department store if you would like a visual to go by.
2006-12-21 19:45:01 · answer #7 · answered by aprilfools1979 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as the letter goes up the size is bigger
2006-12-21 20:13:47 · answer #8 · answered by Lexxii Wexxii 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A is almost
B is better
C is cute
D is Darn nice
E is Effective
F is Fantastic
G----Get the idea?
2006-12-21 19:47:35 · answer #9 · answered by Dumb Dave 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
B and C are BIGGER than A
2006-12-21 19:45:00 · answer #10 · answered by BOOM, roasted. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋