Useful Notes on Bra Sizes: Difference between revisions
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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-Cube Law]] doesn't really work in our favor here, since the operative dimension is the circumference of a curve fitted to a non-convex two-dimensional cross section of
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.
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