Tutorial: How to measure yourself for a bra... correctly!

[babyslime]

I'm periodically asked to repost this for reference sake, so consider this your random educational moment of the day! Feel free to pass it on to anyone you know anyone with breasts (and I'm betting you know at least one person).

Where?I learned this method on a now-defunct site called "Plus size bras", which used to be a beautifully fantastic

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[katrina_splat]

Haha love the tag on this :P. Have tweeted it, hope that's cool. Thanks for posting :)

[anonymous]

Coming out of anonymity to say, thank you for posting this! There really is such a stigma attached to having a small frame and big boobs.. It's like it's too provocative to discuss your boobs if they are over a C cup! Until I was in my early twenties I felt frumpy and gross, like my breasts were abnormal and a source of embarrassment. I wore a 32C for forever until I finally realized I was more like a 28-30 DD-E, depending on the brand. Getting a good-fitting bra has made me feel so much better about myself. Once they felt physically comfortable on my body, I was more comfortable with them, and less apologetic about them, if that makes sense.

[babyslime]

You're welcome!

Before I found that info originally, I was stuffing myself into a 34D and couldn't figure out why I was always falling out the top while also riding up the back. I can't be 'too big' and 'too small' at the same time, right? Turns out you can if you're bigger than a D cup and didn't know it. :-X

At first I was embarrassed that they were so big but just like you said, once I got a well fitting bra it was like night and day. My breasts were just plain more comfortable, and I was more comfortable with them.

[tastyanagram]

This!

[bicrim]

I have a bra fitting question that no one has been able to answer for me, maybe you can help! I am a fat girl, and have a lot of "side boob", or fat on the sides of my body at breast level. This means that when I follow your procedure, I get a very skewed result. The last time I did this, it showed that I should wear a E cup size, due to the fat on the sides being counted as breast, when it's not. This is hilarious, as my breasts are a B-C cup, fairly smallish. So, any ideas on how I can get my right size?

[tastyanagram]

This is a very interesting question and I hope someone answers this!

[babyslime]

Are you absolutely certain that the measurement you get from this isn't correct? Have you tried on bras in that size to make sure? That tissue does have to go somewhere, an as it's explained in the tutorial it usually goes into the girth of the cup (not the projection

[duchess_k]

My 2 1/2 year old just saw your icon and said "Who's THAT?" ;)

This is thorough. I'm grateful to have never had to give bras much thought...though I'm envious of your rack.

[its_jemma]

I can't stop looking at that icon :\