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Sizing systems
I think bra sizing should be more like the sizing of jeans. When we buy jeans, we choose the length and width independently. In the same way I'd like to see the cup sizes defined unrelated to the band size. We don't measure the length of our legs to get a letter for the relative width for our jeans. Sure, jeans sizing can be inconsistent too, but that's because the system is used wrong and not because the system is flawed.
What would be the best way to measure the size of a bra cup? Is it the volume, the width of the wire combined with the depth, or something else? How do you personally determine how a bra will fit before it's in your hands? (I don't know yet because I don't have a perfect bra.)
Much of it depends on the model of course. And we need manufacturers and retailers to describe the cuts of bras better. Much too often the full description is "Pretty bra with a great fit." For whom? I wish they would all come here so that I could search the stores for infinity bras.How can we make that happen?
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short/narrow, short/medium, short/wide
medium height/narrow medium height/medium width and then med./wide width.
Long or tall/narrow width, long/med width. long/wide width.
and the depth or projection of the cups would be 1for A 2 for B 3 for C 4 for D 5 for DD
6 for e and so on. But each cup would have their own height and width measures combined with the cup sizes. Also bands would come in odd and even sizes both. and half sizes too like a 26.5 short/med. 7. would be like an F cup for 26.5 ribcage and someone who has short boobs with med. width. included in the F cup projection or depth in the cup.
I think companies should just list the wire diameters when they sell a bra. Obviously when you by in a store you can try it on, but since so much shopping is done online that's not an option. More than anything, standardization between brands would help a lot. If they could just give me a standardized band length, cup volume, and wire size I wouldn't have to return so many. That's 90% of what I spend time here doing--trying to convert one brand's size to another's.
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