My mom thinks I should be wearing a D cup bra and mentions it to me often. I SWEAR I am wearing the correct size bra, a 36C. The thing is, my mom is super tiny and SHE wears a D cup so it makes sense that I, who am larger and thusly have bigger boobs, ought to be wearing a D cup too or even larger maybe.
But no, This is not how bra fitting works. Cup size is determined by a combination of number of inches your bust is and the DIFFERENCE between your boob measurement and your ribcage measurement. I have a wider ribcage and therefore a smaller cup size. Here is a handy online bra fitting calculator.
Here is a printable tape measure. and this is a pretty good explanation of bra fitting.
Anyway! Making a bra sounds like a fun proposition to me. Someday, I’ll do it.
Here’s a Threads article on the subject of bra making.
And Bramakerssupply.com sells kits that you can check out here:
Bra-makers Supply – Kits and Bundles.
Anyone out there reading make their own bra before?
Never made my own. But it is on my list to try someday. Thanks for the resources.
never made one either, but as a 33 DDD -H Let me give you the best tip anyone ever gave me…
If you wear a 36D, Try a 34 DD instead. (go down a number and up a cup size) IT is the “same” size but will fit differently, and I bet you will prefer it. It makes you look narrower (thinner) without flattening you. Try a couple of styles to see what you think.Good luck!