If your bra puckers inward, the cup is the wrong size.
Seventy to 85 percent of women may be wearing the wrong bra size, according to Ana Marie Cox at TIME. Wearing the incorrect bra size can lead to aesthetic issues such as lumpiness, a visible bra line even through your shirt, or your breasts bulging over the top of the bra. It can also lead to physical issues such as chafing or redness under your breasts or pain from being poked by underwires. Your bra size consists of two measurements: the band size and the cup size. Knowing your cup size can help you select a perfectly fitted bra.
Instructions
1. Wrap a measuring tape around your chest directly beneath your breasts. Keep the tape level all the way around your body; do not allow it to slant up or down. Exhale completely and hold the measuring tape snug against your body to reduce the measurement, but do not squeeze the measuring tape into your skin. Read the measurement in inches. Add 1 if this number is odd. For example, if you measure 33 inches around your chest, you should add 1 for a total of 34 inches. Finally, add 4 to this number. In the example, the final number is 38. This is your band size, which will help you determine your cup size.
2. Measure around the fullest part of your breasts in the same manner that you measured around your chest. Read the measurement on the measuring tape. In the example, let's say your breasts measure 40 inches at the fullest point.
3. Subtract your band size from the measurement from Step 2. In the example, subtract 38 from 40 for an answer of 2. This number reveals your cup size. A number of less than 1 inch means your cup size is AA. 1 inch means your cup size is A, 2 inches means your cup size is B, and so on. See the Breast Form FAQ in Resources for a complete list of cup sizes. In our example, you would have a cup size of B because the difference between your band size and your breast measurement is 2. Your bra size would be 38B.
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