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Measure your bust circumference loosely, measure your chest circumference, under the bust, as tight as possible without indenting the skin. |
Measure your bust and your chest circumference
Determine your cup size
For example: A woman with a 31 inch chest adds 5 inches to determine that she wears a bra with a 36 inch circumference. If her bust measures 36 inches she wears a C cup. If her bust measures one inch less – 35 inches, she wears a B cup; one inch more – 37 inches, a D cup.
The Relationship Between Home-sewing Pattern’s and Bra Sizing
The commercial pattern companies use the same system, but traditionally draft their patterns with a B cup. Their sizing charts give a bust measurement two inches larger than the chest measurement – an AA cup size, but because the pattern’s bust measurement is four inches more than the chest measurement the pattern’s true cup size is a B.
This information is from Grading to Fit, a book currently in progress that hopefully will be on the market before the end of the year.
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