Wrong Bra Size ladies?

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  • Music_is_my_soul
    Music_is_my_soul Posts: 792 Member
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    I get all my bra's from Lane Bryant! They are comfy, do great fittings and they are a lot cheaper than VS.
  • AReasor
    AReasor Posts: 355 Member
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    I lucked out and got someone amazing when I got sized. I never had large breasts so I figured I could deal with the cheap ones. Holy moly boobs! Love my VS bras. Especially with weight loss.

    No more crying myself to sleep as I watch my cup size shrink.
    :drinker:
  • mwest11
    mwest11 Posts: 89 Member
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    Same exact thing happened to me when I was about 22. I was wearing a 34C and noticed I was always tugging in the middle of my bra and pulling it down. VS fitted me and I am a 34D... I think it is normal for women to increase boob size into their 20's.
  • n_unocero
    n_unocero Posts: 445 Member
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    this is why i try to stick to sports bras as much as possible.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
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    Its important especially whilst loosing weight and exercising to keep getting measured.$ amazing how often your bra size changes. Expensive as you loose weight but essential. X
  • Zarebeth
    Zarebeth Posts: 136 Member
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    Hell, I just want to be able to buy a pretty bra right off the department store rack that sorta fits. lol
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
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    I was fitted for a strapless bra at an old Lingerie boutique. The elderly woman took several measurements and I found out I was a 32C, not a 34B.

    It made quite a difference! The wire didn't slice into my breast and the attachment wasn't riding up my back! The downside is that 32C is rare in Victoria or La Senza stores but available online. At the store, the 18 year old clerk told me she didn't have 32C and tried to sell me a 34B.

    If the back of the bra isn't parallel to the ground, you've got the wrong bra size!
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 888 Member
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    I was a 36B. Well I got my boobs done (after breastfeeding 6 kids, I deserved it) anyway, I had the lady at Dillards size me...34DDD. What this means...all these years, I had been wearing a 36B, it was probably the wrong band size the whole time. I should have been wearing a 34B!

    AND, I teach Zumba and you would be surprised at how many women do NOT protect their boobs with the right size bras. I can tell because those girls are bouncing EVERY WHERE!! A correct fitting sports bra (band size and cup size) will hold those boobs in nice and tightly!!
  • RainAndPain
    RainAndPain Posts: 57
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    Happened to me, but with the band size. I went to Aerie and tried on a 34B, and was heart broken when I couldn't fit into it. I'm barely a B, so I knew it was the band size. I was humiliated and didn't wanna go find a 36B, so I just said I didn't like any of the bras and left.
    Now, I'm a 32B. Heck yeah!
  • monkeybelle1983
    monkeybelle1983 Posts: 3 Member
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    I thought I was a 36DDD....

    Turns out I'm a 36G
  • Minnie92x
    Minnie92x Posts: 107
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    I was measured as a 36B... very wrong.
  • MNA76
    MNA76 Posts: 1,541
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    I had to find out through trial and error, since stores don't carry a size 40M.
  • marynificent
    marynificent Posts: 110 Member
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    VS sucks. They do an overbust measurement to determine band size which doesn't account for us with bigger boobs or well developed pectoral muscles. They size me as a 38B or a 36C. I am a 34DD. Like missy said, go to nordstroms or dillards. watch this video for fitting tips! http://www.brastop.com/fitting/
  • privatetime
    privatetime Posts: 118
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    I'll give my bra szing rant. (VS does not size bras correctly.)

    When I was in university, I had a part-time job in the lingerie section of a department store. I was taught how to fit bras.

    I am currently a 30G. I buy my bras online mostly from Bravissimo.

    Your band size is the distance around your ribs, just under your bust.

    When you measure the fullest part around your bust, subtract the band measurement from that number, to find your cup size. 1" difference is an A cup. 2" = B. 3" = C. 4" = D. 5" = E. 6" = F. 7" = G. 8" = H...and so on.

    Most American bra manufacturers purport that all women are 1-4" bigger around their busts, than their band sizes (i.e. only offering A-D cups). Some, like VS, tell consumers to add 4-5" to the band size, for some reason.

    Proper bra fitting means the band is parallel to the ground, and doesn't angle up in the back. If the band is going up at the back, it means the band is too big, and not able to give proper support.

    Bra fitting rant ended. ;-)
  • amberrenae1
    amberrenae1 Posts: 14
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    My mother works in the lingerie department at a high end department store and the statistics show that 80% of women are wearing the wrong bra size. Having a mother in the industry has perks. I haven’t had to buy a bra in over 10 years but having her fit me was a little awkward!:blushing:
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
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    My size has changed, but its gone DOWN lol
  • Farfourah
    Farfourah Posts: 899 Member
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    I got measured right at VS....and I've been measured by tailors after so...they're not always wrong.
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
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    Here's the website that I use to get my size and it's pretty accurate for me.

    http://www.85b.org/bra_calc.php


    Anita

    Thanks for the link! :)
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
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    HA HA HA I used to love Victoria Secrets.. I go in there only to buy my undies. I have had them measure me, and every time they tell me I measure at a DD. Well then I try on a DD and ha ha ha on them, I NEVER fit in their bras. I am a 36G... Im thinking they need to re train their "bra specialists" on how to measure!!! LOL

    Yea they do that because they don't sell anything bigger than a DD. I was told for forever that I was a 36 DD. I'm really a 32 E. No wonder my bras never fit. Go to Nordstrom instead.
  • AmyLRed
    AmyLRed Posts: 894 Member
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    i have been wearing a 38DD for awhile, but before i started losing weight, i know i was bigger. I have been sized before, at JCP and they did not do it over clothes but i do not feel it was accurate.

    I am just now going down to a 36DD and my goal size (haha!, mainly because i know what i was before when at lower weight) is a 34 or 36D.

    When i was nursing, i was wearing a 40G that was way too small. Yes, a G and it didnt fit!

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