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A serious, scholarly and (we hope) inoffensive guide to set the record straight on the sizing conventions of bras. They are used incorrectly throughout the wiki itself as well as in various media.
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Manufactured bras are made only to even-numbered strap sizes, but the adjustment hooks can bring it in one inch pretty easily. Custom jobs can, of course, be almost any size. Sizes above D either are rated as E, F, G and so on, or use multiple D's, so D, DD, DDD and so on. Most commonly, the scale goes D, DD, F, G, etc., up as far as J or K, but it varies by brand.
A bra that is one letter smaller and one number bigger (or vice versa) is a "sister-size". So, a
Other countries use the same formula, but do it in centimeters. Since the centimeter is about two-fifths of an inch, cup sizes in Japan (for example) tend to be later in the alphabet than equivalents in the United States, for a woman of the same size. This, combined with putting big implants on a smaller ribcage, is why Japanese AV actresses often have I or J cup sizes listed on the front cover of their DVD. ([[Or So I Heard]].)
Upshot being, the actual geometry of bra sizing tends to scale poorly, especially when one is dealing with women or female humanoids outside the average size range. The [[Square
Don't feel too bad if you screw it up. Most of the real women in the real world are wearing the wrong size bra in [[Real Life]] — really! The average American woman is actually a D-cup, but since many women think that the higher letters are reserved for women with implants, they buy a sister-size that sounds more reasonable, and don't get the fit they really need.
See also [[Breasts in Anime and Manga]]
[[Category:Useful Notes]]
[[Category:Banned On TV Tropes]]
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