OOOOOooo, I like that Linda the Bra Lady site (the one that says you're 48B), it told me I'm a 30DD/E, lol, yeah, that will be the day! Vanity sizing it seems, hehe
I like this site, it's very thorough:
http://www.evesappleslingerie.com/advice It doesn't go that high up into the band sizes, however it's relatively easy to see a pattern and to figure out where your measurements would go.
I can see how it's tricky if there's no bra to play with, I'm guessing there are probably places that make them custom made to specified measurements if you were interested. But I can see how that would be tricky.
I think when you have a wider band, even with a small difference you have way more breast tissue than someone who has the same inch difference with a smaller band.
I'm really very small, however, 34AA is laughable for me, and even 34A is too tight to be comfortable, but 34B was a bit too loose. With no bra though, I looked tiny and probably technically could go without a bra 90% of the time if it wasn't considered indecent and didn't draw attention to what wasn't there.
Bra sizes are confusing, because you'd think that an A cup is an A cup is an A cup, but that's not actually the case. If someone who had a 32C measurements, could get away with wearing a 34B or a 36A without much of a noticeable difference, but maybe some sacrificed comfort.
(10-03-2012, 07:07 PM)EricaB Wrote: Malina, just in case you couldn't tell, I was born a baby (like all of us) boy (gasp). I've tried bra calculators. With a 48 inch measurement under and a 50 inch measurement across, I get varied sizes. 48B here, 52AA here and here,, while this site says I am an error (which I very well might be ). Manual calculations are 48 under + 4 = 52 band. 50 across - 52 band gives an indentation. After all that, I like a 46 or 44 band and have nothing for the cup, being slightly smaller than the Tanner Stage 2 shown in the photo on this site. No one but no one makes a 52AA that I can find, or even a 46AA. Closest I can find is a B cup which is so deflated and sad looking (boo hoo). I do look great (aside from the fur and pot belly) in a 46DD but I can barely lift each breast form with both hands (just kidding, it's as easy to juggle them as it is to juggle bowling balls.)
BTW, I've seen people who look like Tanner Stage 2 talking about their A or B cup bra, which was the basis for my earlier comment about perception being in the eye of the beholder and my thought that there's a lot of wistful thinking going around.
Another BTW is that my being "slightly smaller" than the Tanner Stage 2 photo I mentioned earlier was, in fact, wistful thinking on my part. Come on PM, kick in. It's been 16 hours since my first pill, what are you waiting for?