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"Fits ribcage"?
First of all, I'm sorry, I didn't realize my "bra rant" would be visible to everyone!The site just asked me as a newbie to write a rant, and that it will disappear when I make my first post in "adventures" here. Oh well...
But I actually do have a question - in the bra measurement tables, the first column is "fits ribcage", but what would that actually mean? Because in many of the bras that I've looked up there now, that measurement does seem too small for the band size in question (I realize it's in cm, and that's how I mostly measure too.) My snug underbust measurement is about 33 inches, 85 cm to be precise, so the calculator here gave me 34 as my band size, which makes sense; but in many 34 band bras in the database, the "fits ribcage" column says much less, like 84, 82 or even less... So those ones would definitely not fit me, even though they are band size 34. Could anyone please clarify?
Also, I'm a bit puzzled as the calculator here gave 34E as my UK size, but the one in ABTF gave me 34DD. (That cup size - DD - doesn't actually exist here in Northern Europe, or most of EU, but I know the equivalent is 75E.) Of course, the measuring was done partly in a different way, as here one measures the perimeter and no overbust, so maybe that explains it. But has anyone else here had the same issue?
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Hi and welcome!
The "fits ribcage" number means that a user who had that particular rib cage measurement reported that the bra in that size fit them. I believe bratabase will always return the largest measurement of all users who said the bra fit.
I pay more attention to the band measurement and stretched band measurement. If the stretched band measurement equals or slightly exceeds my snug underbust measurement it's probably going to fit as long as the stretched measurement is not more than about 25% larger than the unstretched measurements.
ETA: the calculator here underestimates my cup by 1 size. The new abtf calculator is right on. I still use my measurements on here because knowing my breast perimeter helps me more easily select cup size by the cup depth measurements for bras that have data here.
Many thanks for your reply, and the welcome too :) That clarified it a lot to me, and I will certainly pay more attention to the band & stretched band measurements from now on. (But since the noted nr is still the largest measurement of all users, I guess it's still slightly worrying if it's smaller than my snug underbust... ;))
And interesting that in contrary to you, the calculator here overestimated my cup size, or of course I don't know if it was the ABTF one that underestimated it, not yet ;) But I will keep on experimenting, only it's a bit difficult as I can mainly find my sizes online (affordably), so it will take while until I'll know which one is more correct. :) (And I know even that may vary between brands & models.)
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