Wrong Bra Size ladies?

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  • laurastrait21
    laurastrait21 Posts: 307 Member
    I worked at VS for a couple of years and yes, we do an over the shirt measurement, and no, it is not a perfect science .. hence, there is a bra wardrobing center and a bra specialist inside the fitting room that can re-check your fit.

    I can tell you firsthand the VS method of measuring doesn't even give me the correct size I wear. It is not a science, and it is true that the majority of bras will fit most women differently.

    Take the time to get measured to get a starting point, and then TRY THEM ON! It is the only way to know - and if you are not sure, ask for an employee's opinion, they've seen it all.
  • amymrls
    amymrls Posts: 1,673 Member
    Victoriia Secrets DD are the same size as normal C cups =)
  • Anomalia
    Anomalia Posts: 506 Member
    Victorias Secret = vanity sizes

    They are not accurate.
  • brittanidigby
    brittanidigby Posts: 247 Member
    They fitted me and told me I should be wearing a DDD and I wear a DD. But my grandma bought me a DDD before and it was way too huge. So Idk if I trust them. lol
  • jessicae1aine
    jessicae1aine Posts: 885
    I've never been fitted, but I took the time to do the math a few times to make sure I was right, and once I bought a bra that fit it's incredible. I was wearing a 38D because it was the largest I could get that were comfortable, and depending on the fit I might not fall out too bad. I actually wear a 40H.
  • cpotter4
    cpotter4 Posts: 116 Member
    How does a bra fitting work/go?
  • KerriMx5
    KerriMx5 Posts: 458 Member
    I go to a special bra store and am so glad I had someone tell me about this place. I found it on accident looks for a nursing bra. This store is very good about fitting. They are trained. The owner is always in there when I am there. They do the measurements while you stand there in your bra only and then they help you put on the bras. That said I usually buy just one to see how it feels before I spend the money on more. Still, well worth it to have someone do your bras that know what they are doing. I am also a smaller band size and larger cup size then I would have ever guessed. BUT they fit. I need to go get fitted again now that I have lost weight and have so much room in my bras. I have never had much luck measuring at home.
  • aolani
    aolani Posts: 80 Member
    I need to get resized myself.
  • bcr1559
    bcr1559 Posts: 62 Member
    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


    I am so glad you posted this site! I now know why nothing will stay where it's suppose to... All my bras are WAY to big! I didn't think I had lost much in my chest but I guess I was wrong.
  • stephabef
    stephabef Posts: 936 Member
    I think most ladies wear bras that are too small. When I was fitted, I was shocked to find out that I was a 32D... this was back in high school after I'd lost some weight. Prior to that, I'd only wear sports bras, but I always assumed I was a C, too.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    Yup, when I got measured at a lingerie shop, I found out I was a 36G. Which sounds like pornstar size to me. But my boobs look big but not ginormous. :P (Now I am much worse: 36HH at the same weight I was 1st measured. eek!)
  • Jlburroughs
    Jlburroughs Posts: 47
    The EXACT same thing happened to me. I've always bought a 34-36 C. I got fitted for the first time at Nordstrom about 6 months ago and it turns out I'm a 32DDD!!!! I was way off on my assumed size. Glad I got fitted.
    I was mind-blown yesterday. So I had some coupons so I went to VS and tried some on. They just didn't fit right, I noticed for a bit now my bras were fitting weird but I didn't think much of it, I have several bras from VS and Aerie. I gave them back to the girl at the dressing room and she asked if I'd been fitted, I said no so she fitted me. I thought I was having an issue with band size but she said it was cup size and that I should be in the 36DD or maybe a 36D and I was wearing 36C's.

    Has anyone else had this happen? I tried on the 36DD and D and she was right, they fit much better. I think I am going to go back and get another since I have to exchange one anyway since I found defect in it. But still, that's insane. I didn't think I was a DD, you always thing massive when you think of that size :/
  • katelynpelerson
    katelynpelerson Posts: 99 Member
    I got fitted in Key West when I was there last year (random, I know) and they told me I was a 32DD and I'd been wearing a 36B. They told me to NEVER go to VS because when they fit you they only fit you for VS sizes and that their sizes are so much different than normal bra store's bras. So if I were you I'd go to a local bra shop and get fitted.
  • hcoburn37
    hcoburn37 Posts: 442 Member
    I was mind-blown yesterday. So I had some coupons so I went to VS and tried some on. They just didn't fit right, I noticed for a bit now my bras were fitting weird but I didn't think much of it, I have several bras from VS and Aerie. I gave them back to the girl at the dressing room and she asked if I'd been fitted, I said no so she fitted me. I thought I was having an issue with band size but she said it was cup size and that I should be in the 36DD or maybe a 36D and I was wearing 36C's.

    Has anyone else had this happen? I tried on the 36DD and D and she was right, they fit much better. I think I am going to go back and get another since I have to exchange one anyway since I found defect in it. But still, that's insane. I didn't think I was a DD, you always thing massive when you think of that size :/


    I had the same thing happen to me. I went to VS weaing a 36C and came out much more comfortable in a 36DD. I was shocked
  • StephTheBookworm
    StephTheBookworm Posts: 177 Member
    I desperately need to get fitted. I've never been. Wearing a DD right now, but probably should be bigger. I already have a hard enough time finding bras as is though! Don't want to go any bigger and have even more trouble! Lol.
  • dol826
    dol826 Posts: 26 Member
    I will second the recommendation of an independent lingerie shop. They do the absolute best sizing at those. Or take your measurements and try the calculator linked earlier. And be willing to try on different sizes. I almost always take a 32D, 34C, and 34D back with me in each style I like to see which one gives me the best fit. I'm sized as a 32D and that's what I get the most often, but sometimes one of the other sizes fits better in a particular style.

    Also, remember that they cannot ever force you to buy a bra. If you don't like the way you look or feel in it, don't buy it.

    I have been wearing a 34D for the past year in a Bali basic smooth bra with underwire and now that I lost 7lbs, I was thinking about getting a 32D. I am going to have to hunt down the 32 band size, I could not find it at the store I got the 34Ds. Any suggestions on where to shop besides online for getting the smaller band sizes?
  • LPCoder
    LPCoder Posts: 404 Member
    I just bought 3 bras from VS. The woman who helped to fit me was very helpful. Every style was a different fit. The best thing to do is try them on! I was a hard fit because my right girl is a D but my left girl is a C! I am right between sizes. I will be losing more weight, but I will go back to VS in the future because the sales lady was so helpful.

    I have also shopped at Schwartz's. Another great place to get sized. The bra size selection there surpasses any store I have been in, but the style selection is limited.
  • ChubbyStudent25
    ChubbyStudent25 Posts: 74
    I was well aware that I was wearing the wrong bra size so I went to get fitted at Macy's I was wearing a 34 C and I was sized at a 32 D. Now my boobs don't fall out of my bra when I bend over.
  • jlr_12
    jlr_12 Posts: 170 Member
    I got fitted like 4 years ago (before most of the weight gain) and was a 32E. I had been wearing a 32 DD. I've been able to wear all of my bras throughout my 25lb weight gain..which I find kind of weird...but anyways...My boyfriend got me a gift certificate to the Swimwear Hut last year, but I wanted to wait until I lost a little weight to go bra shopping. I'm just about at pre-boyfriend weight now, so I went a couple of weeks ago..expecting to still be an E..maybe a 34 instead of a 32...but no. Not a single E would fit me. I didn't find a bra that fit nicely until I tried on a 34F. Curse these things. Certainly not made for the sports I've subjected them to my whole life.
  • ChubbyStudent25
    ChubbyStudent25 Posts: 74
    I will second the recommendation of an independent lingerie shop. They do the absolute best sizing at those. Or take your measurements and try the calculator linked earlier. And be willing to try on different sizes. I almost always take a 32D, 34C, and 34D back with me in each style I like to see which one gives me the best fit. I'm sized as a 32D and that's what I get the most often, but sometimes one of the other sizes fits better in a particular style.

    Also, remember that they cannot ever force you to buy a bra. If you don't like the way you look or feel in it, don't buy it.

    I have been wearing a 34D for the past year in a Bali basic smooth bra with underwire and now that I lost 7lbs, I was thinking about getting a 32D. I am going to have to hunt down the 32 band size, I could not find it at the store I got the 34Ds. Any suggestions on where to shop besides online for getting the smaller band sizes?

    The best place I have found is TJMaxx and Marshalls
  • Saffyra
    Saffyra Posts: 607 Member
    I have been wearing a 34D for the past year in a Bali basic smooth bra with underwire and now that I lost 7lbs, I was thinking about getting a 32D. I am going to have to hunt down the 32 band size, I could not find it at the store I got the 34Ds. Any suggestions on where to shop besides online for getting the smaller band sizes?

    I have this problem. I am a 32E which most stores, including Victorias Secret, do not make or carry. I have to go to major department stores like Nordstroms or Macys. They are expensive but so worth it!
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    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.

    If I measure myself that way, I'm a 40E, which is fairly accurate I'm guessing- at my last fitting I was 42D-DD.
    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

    If I use this website, I'm a 44DD. I've triple checked to make sure I've put the right measurements in the right fields, but why are they using my bust measurement (45) as the band size?

    The 85B website was terrible for me. It gave me a 40D. I am solidly a 36, and 36s hardly still fit, I am between 34-36 at the moment. (My under bust measurement is 35) And an H to my chagrin. Use the method of lower bust + the fullest part of your bust to get a more accurate measure.

    This is perfect:
    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.
  • sukatx
    sukatx Posts: 103
    The same thing happened to me! I was wearing a 40D, and it turns out I needed to wear a 36DD.

    I also found out I was wearing the wrong style of bra. Because I'm "top heavy", I always bought full coverage bras. But the bra specialist at VS told me that, because my breasts are heavy on the bottom, I should wear a demi cup. I was like, "Demi means half. How in the world is half a cup supposed to keep these girls in?" But she was right.

    BTW...I compare bra shopping at Victoria's Secret to running a marathon.
  • briteyes1002
    briteyes1002 Posts: 313 Member
    Well I have a separate problem.... my boobs swell really bad about 7-10 days before my monthly friend. They swell so much that I usually go up a whole cup size... they look awesome.. ha ha.. so I go from a full C to a D if not larger.. So I have to have two completely size bras in my drawer...

    Does anyone else have this problem?
  • eriemer
    eriemer Posts: 197
    Measure yourself at home, that is what I do. Then check the fit with different brands and style at the department store.

    The new love of my life is the VeraWang Bra. I'm pretty sure she stole secrets from NASA and CIA to design them.

    I have a few of them. The cups NEVER crumple or lose shape in the wash (even after almost 2 yrs, some 3 yrs). The color never fades, they don't stain, the underwire has never poked out, they lift and gather in all the right ways, no underarm boob, and they have a nice straps . My boobs have never looked better!
  • 11Payne
    11Payne Posts: 5
    i had the same thing happen to me at Fredricks.I had lost about 30 pounds but didn't think about my braw size changing. I was always wearing a 40DD and I wasn't feeling a lot of support any more. I got sized and the lady told me I actually needed a 36DDD. I was shocked. I have been wearing a 36DDD ever since and it feels so much better.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    I was fitted years ago, and loved the bras at VS. They did wonders for my boobs of yore.

    I haven't been fitted since, and with nearly two years of breastfeeding, it'll be awhile before I bother. No point since the cup size can change in a matter of hours.
  • dol826
    dol826 Posts: 26 Member


    I have been wearing a 34D for the past year in a Bali basic smooth bra with underwire and now that I lost 7lbs, I was thinking about getting a 32D. I am going to have to hunt down the 32 band size, I could not find it at the store I got the 34Ds. Any suggestions on where to shop besides online for getting the smaller band sizes?

    The best place I have found is TJMaxx and Marshalls

    Thanks! I will give them a shot.
  • dol826
    dol826 Posts: 26 Member
    I have been wearing a 34D for the past year in a Bali basic smooth bra with underwire and now that I lost 7lbs, I was thinking about getting a 32D. I am going to have to hunt down the 32 band size, I could not find it at the store I got the 34Ds. Any suggestions on where to shop besides online for getting the smaller band sizes?

    I have this problem. I am a 32E which most stores, including Victorias Secret, do not make or carry. I have to go to major department stores like Nordstroms or Macys. They are expensive but so worth it!

    Thank you I will try there too.
  • lovinmy2boys
    lovinmy2boys Posts: 6 Member
    I went to this place that a friend recommended ( http://www.atotalwoman.com/blog/store-location/ ) . When I walked in she already knew what size I wore. I have always continued to buy every bra from Steph the owner. A bra that fits right can make ALL of the difference in the WORLD!! I live in Texas now but whenever I'm back in town for business or to see friends I stop in and get new bras. She told me that I can call her and she'll tell me exactly where to measure and she can still find the right size bra. She is a bra genius. Now I don't work for her and am not related to her and we only became friends after she helped me with my first bra!!

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