Bra Sizing Information and Charts

The following are the 4 Basic Rules when selecting a well-fitting Bra:

1. The Back Panel - The back panel of a bra should not ride up above the clasps that are at the front of a bra.
2. The Bra Cups - A women's breasts should definitely fill the cups nicely, with a beautiful, fluent line between the bra cup and a women's breast.
3. The Bra Clasp - The clasps and the front piece of the bra should be flat against a women's chest and not against the breasts.
4. The Bra Strap - The straps of a women's bra must not be so tight that they may pinch a women's shoulder or so loose that they may fall off a women's shoulder.

What's a Woman's Bra Size?

Definitely a woman needs to find her bra size and she will need a tape measure, a good and trustworthy friend and the use of following charts below:

1. While wearing your best fitting unpadded bra, measure your rib cage by pulling the tape measure snug, but not tight, around your rib cage just under the breasts. [ Example: 36 inches] The reason we say to wear a bra is that your measurement will differ when you are lifted in a bra.

2. Next, measure around the fullest part of your breasts (over the nipples; at the apex). [Example: 40 inches]

3. Use the chart below and find where those two measurements intersect. [36C]

If you measure an odd number under the ribcage (31, 33, etc), we would recommend that for comfort purposes, you follow the sizes shown in the chart. You may be in between band sizes, so your size may also depend on the fit of the bra.
Also, if the chart list 2 cup sizes, we would again recommend that for comfort purposes that you go up and use the larger cup size.
We go in half-inch increments in the smaller sizes because those half-inches make a difference in the sizing of smaller cups.
Once you find your size, check out which lines carry bras that fit you!

For the 3 Charts below the Top Numbers Across the Charts are the "Chest under Bust" (a.k.a. ribcage measurement) and the numbers down the side of the Charts are the "Full Bust Measurement".

Bra Size Chart

Using a tape measure, while wearing your best fitting unpadded bra, measure your rib cage by pulling the tape measure snug, but not tight, around your rib cage just under the breasts. If you are an odd number, add 1. That number is your band or bra size. Use the chart below.

Bra Band Size

While wearing your bra, measure around the fullest part of your bust. The difference in inches between your rib cage measurement and full bust measurement indicates the cup size.

Band Size/Cup Size
Conversion Chart

Band Size Cup Size

Standard Size Chart

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Bra Sizing Information and Charts

What's a Woman's Bra Size?

Band Size/Cup SizeConversion Chart

Standard Size Chart

Band Size/Cup Size
Conversion Chart