This is an imaginary straight line from tip to tip of the cup or underwire. Note: Don't pull too hard as to deform or stretch the underwires too much, just enough to emulate as if you were wearing it. You can do this by grabbing one end of the measuring tape and one end of the bra with your clumsy hand and while holding the measuring tape with your strong hand pull the other bra's end and see on which number it stops.Īnother way to do this, is by laying the measuring tape straight on the floor and stretch your bra along with it and check how far it reaches. This is useful to compare the elasticity of bras and helps recommending better fitting bras. Measure the the maximum length of the stretched band of your bra. This is an optional measurement, as some of you may not feel comfortable doing this. Lay your bra on a flat surface in a natural shape and measure the distance of the band at rest. Take the measurement from the endmost row of hooks to the other end of the bra with the hook. Measure the length of the bra along the band, from hook to hook. You will be asked for this measurement mostly on bras that don't have separate or defined cups, like compression sport bras and some swimwear. This is when wearing the bra, across the fullest part of the cups with the tape parallel to the floor. The bust perimeter is the measurement we are all used to take Use the string to mark distances and then measure them with your ruler Measurements Bust perimeter If you don't have a measuring tape handy, you can use a string and a ruler. We recommend to have a flexible tape measure handy or a string and a ruler to take the measurements.
In Europe, this is a size 40 and in the UK, size 6.5.Depending on which bra your are about to measure you will be asked for any of these measurements:
Check the length of your arm against a ruler or measuring tape to find out how close to 1 meter this distance is for you.