To be really irritated when someone insists that the Bra Guru method of measuring is wrong?

[cunchofbunts]

On another forum a lady is insisting on adding inches to her band measurement and advises others to do so.

She measures 33 and wears a 36. Says that a 32 or 34 cuts into her but this this must be because she's wearing too small a cup if she's adding inches to her band measurement.

Head desk.

Did I get this wrong...I'm 35 around the ribs and 45 around boobs when bending over so according to the guide I should be in a 34/36 GG. I've just tried a 36G on in tesco and around the ribs was ok but I couldn't fill the cups even when bending over and scooping, it looked ridiculous.

I with you a bit there, noddy. I would not like torpedo boobs, but some don't have a choice (or feel like they don't). Every time I have worn a bra with padding, I feel like just a pair of boobs walking (I have used your exact sentence about boobs entering the room first before!).. Everyone feels differently about that, of course.

Cain yes but it's a starting point. If 36G was too big but the band was fine, you should try 36G in other styles and 36FF too.

What style of bra was it? You may need shallower cups

Lashes really? Even with no stretch, a bra would only fit someone who measured 4-5" smaller than the bra? You need 4-5" to allow for the fastenings, freedom of movement etc?

I would have said torpedo boobs were pointy boobs not boobs that aren't dropping?

Yep. Try wearing a strip of paper sellotaped together in your actual chest size, and 4-5 inches larger. You do need room for movement. Even a 4" larger bra is snug to the chest.

EU sizes use cm and US sizes are the same (band wise) as UK ones - they are all based on measurements.

Aspie this was back in the 1940s, I have never tried a vintage bra so don't have any personal experience but that is generally the reason given. Bras back then didn't even have cup sizes for a while! I mean the bras would be made of stiff material so I can't imagine they'd be comfy without it.

In any case, haven't bra designs changed to allow for the new stretchier materials? Ie a 36 band no longer actual measures 36, but at full stretch it's 36. In which case it still won't fit someone who measures 36!

ChronicallyAspie the "don't add inches" is about right on average, but there are some who need inches added, and some who need inches deducted. I'd say it's roughly evenly distributed around the base measurement - we seem to have about an equal number of needing to go up a band for various reasons to needing to go down a band.

If I add 2 the band is climbing up my shoulder blades.

I'm having a similar problem to CainInThePudding. According to the new measurements I should be a 42G. I tried on a 42D (there happened to be a new one of that size in the house!) and the band feels perfect but I didn't fill the top of the cup. Maybe I need balcony bras?

Aspie no, a 36" bra will stretch to about 38/39" normally. I can take pics of my 28s and 30s doing this if anyone wants? As they are and stretched for comparison. I find it's easier when you can see the bra vs someone explaining

I've measured my bras in the past - IIRC my 30s tend to be around 26" unstretched and about 32" at full stretch. Obviously they're all a bit different depending on the materials though.

It was a t-shirt Bra without the wires, not a style I've ever tried before but tesco isn't the best for a range of sizes and I didn't have a lot of time.
I just wanted to see, but I'll give it another go elsewhere.
I understand the boobs entering the room first, I feel like that when I wear a wired bra. And my god do they jiggle when I walk!

Tedandlola, are your breasts quite bottom heavy? And have you scooped?

Ted could be the style of the bra. You may need shallower cups

Imtried the Bra Guru mehod and skipped along to various shops trying on a the range of sizes suggested by the Guru measurements. Every single bra was fucking uncomfortable!

So you know what? I went back to M&S and bought my usual 34C and oh! the relief, the comfort...

Non wired t-shirt bras are never going to give you an accurate idea of sizing I'm afraid. T shirt bras are especially difficult anyway as they can't adapt to your shape at all - so they either match or they're awful. Not much in between! Wireless won't hold a scoop either in general.

Ok Statistically that makes more sense, it's just that some people seemed adamant that 'don't add inches' is the holy grail and if you dare deviate from it you're definitely not wearing the right size. Which would only make sense if they had been originally designed to fit that way, and they weren't.

30" Ewa Michalak bra. 22" as is, 32" fully stretched. Fits my 29" under bust perfectly

So, my measurements are 33/38 ish. I am wearing my favourite m&s cotton bra in 36C. Have a look, but it looks pretty ok to me (had to do weird arm contortions to get the tablet to take a picture..

Ted if it's non wired then as statistically said it's not gonna contain your breast tissue in the wY a wired one would

So as bras have got stretchier they haven't fully reduced the size of the bra correspondingly? So a modern 30 is probably the same size when fully stretched as an old 32? In which case it should for someone with a 28" under bust measurement, not necessarily 30...

Oh my brain hurts!

Toys could you try it on backwards? And see if the band feels too loose?

From what I can see you'd benefit from a style designed more for shallower boobs as that's a plunge, and often shallow boobs suit a more open top of the bra

That reminds me of the bras M&S tried on me when I went for a fitting. It wasn't hugely uncomfortable, but it just sort of sat on my breasts rather than lifting them much IYSWIM? It doesn't seem to fit you all that well in the cup (it's gaping a tad along the top edge) but I can understand why it would feel comfortable.

Do you find the band moves up? With your measurements I'd normally have said a STARTING POINT (caps for the benefit of those who think it's slavishly follow the tape measure) or a 34D/DD or a 32DD/E. A 34D should have roughly the same volume as your 36C but on a firmer band so should lift and support a bit more.

Anyway, the OP is clearly BU as the bra guru way obviously is wrong for some people. 9 pages of debate says so.