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| Episode 6 – Is a D cup always the same size? |
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| Written by MaHeDa |
| Sunday, 17 January 2010 01:00 |
 My cup size is D
You will often hear women say that. What does it mean? What do you really mean when you say my cup size is D?
Well, it certainly says something about your bust size. But what exactly do we measure there?
Most women will hold one of the following views on the subject.
Truth number 1: The first opinion is that D (G, B, or any other) cups are the same for all bra bands. Any particular cup size is believed to be constant. To put it differently the same cup will be made with different band sizes.At the same time it is also believed that …
Truth number 2: 36B means larger breasts than 34B. Or in other words, a B cup on a 36 will be bigger than a B cup on a 34.
You don't have to be a genius to notice that the above statements are contradictory. But - surprisingly – many people will not hesitate to claim both to be true without any reflection on how to resolve this contradiction.
Let's try to find out the truth behind all those statements. If it is true that B cups are always the same you must also conclude that a 36B bra cannot be possibly larger than a 34B. The only difference should be a larger band size causing your bra to become a little looser on the body. Right?To show you the truth I went to the Intimo4You shop in the Polish city of Krakow as I was afraid that no any other shop would allow me to shoot a video showing bras with different sizes.
In the opening shot you can see me showing three bras. The first two are with cups that have the same letter code but are made for different band sizes. You can see me holding a 40D and a 32D. The difference is clearly visible. The third bra has a cup that must be larger than that of the 32D bra but smaller than that of the 40D. On the right you can see a photo of the three bras. As it turns out even within the same model range you can get an F cup that is smaller than a D cup! Of course the devil is in the details. The cup of the 32F bra is smaller than that of the 40D bra. At the same time, however, the cup of the 70F (UK 32E) bra is, of course, larger than that of the 32D. This clearly indicates that an F cup can be smaller than a D cup. It all depends on the band size.
What often happens is that when a woman gets a 32D to try on and the cups are plainly too small the shop assistant will say something like "Ok. I will get you a 34D then". This happens mainly because they don't have any 70E (UK 32DD) bras in stock or because the woman is wrongly believed to have D cup breasts (which is obvious nonsense). 70E (32DD) bras will never be the same as 34D bras as they are made for different women with different underbust measurements and different breast shapes.
This shows that that bra is simply made for larger women with wider chests.
One more thing.
As there are significant differences between different sizing systems this also results in discrepancies between the British and European (Continental) size charts. A European G cup will be smaller than a British G cup. The further you get from the D cup the larger the difference between cups with the same band size. Here I would merely like to draw your attention to the existence of this problem as I am going to deal with this issue in my next article.
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| Last Updated on Sunday, 17 January 2010 12:57 |
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