Steps To Measure Bra Size At Home
तीन नवंबर को ब्रासियर यानी ब्रा पूरे 100 साल की हो गई। अमेरिकी महिला मैरी फेल्प्स जैकब ने 3 नवंबर 1914 को सबसे पहला आधुनिक बैकलेस ब्रासियर पेटेंट कराया था। मैरी को 'केयरसे क्रॉसबाय' नाम से भी जाना जाता है। हालांकि, उनके इस आविष्कार से कई सालों पहले भी 'ब्रा' शब्द का इस्तेमाल किया जा चुका है। लेकिन दुनिया उन्हें आधुनिक ब्रा की जनक के तौर पर जानती है।
How to find the perfect fitting bra To enhance the shape of your breasts, you need to wear the right bra size. If you wear the wrong size, your breasts will become saggy and loose its shape. Even your outfits will not flaunt your curvaceous figure well. So, you should know your bra size.
Believe it or not, at least 80% of women wear an incorrectly sized bra! Most people wear a bra too large in the back and too small in the cups. Although sizing can vary slightly between brands, all follow a basic measurement system that you can use to measure your bra size in the comfort of your own home.
1.Know that cup size is not absolute. This is the biggest myth about bra sizes: that a D cup looks the same on every band size, or that having small breasts automatically means you're an A cup. Actually, cup size is proportional to band size — meaning it's dependent on your band measurement. For instance, a 32 D will fill out less volume than a 36 D, but they're both D cups.
Understand how a correctly fitted bra should look and feel. There are a few tell-tale signs that indicate whether or not a bra fits you. Here's what to keep an eye out for as you're measuring yourself and trying on different sizes:
A snug band: The band is what should do the majority of the work supporting your breasts, not the straps. You should be able to put one or two fingers under the band, but no more.
Sufficient side coverage: You shouldn't have any tissue coming out from the sides of the cups, beneath your armpits. On an underwire bra, you can assess side coverage with the underwire: if the end of it is pointing toward the middle of your armpit, you're good to go. A flat gore: The gore (the part of the bra band that's between the cups) should sit flat against your chest, without digging into your skin uncomfortably. If it doesn't, you're wearing the wrong bra.
A smooth curve: Avoid the dreaded "quad-boob" that results from the top of a too-small cup cutting into breast tissue above the bra. Instead, look for a fit that results in a clean silhouette with no stray tissue
Be aware of different breast shapes
So what happens if you find a bra in your size, but it still fits wrong? You're probably not picking the right bra cut for your breast shape.
Try these solutions to common shape issues with bra:
Shallow breasts: If your breast tissue is evenly spread over a wider area, with less projection, you probably have a shallow shape. (Another tell-tale sign: having breast tissue near your collarbones despite being relatively small-busted.) Shallow breasts fit best in balconette or demi-cup bras, with a cup that's open on top and cut horizontally. Avoid plunge styles.
Pendulous or tuberous breasts: If the base of your breast is relatively narrow, but the actual tissue hangs down quite a bit, don't despair! Instead, look for bras that have underwires, well-separated cups and fuller breast coverage. Avoid demi cups and plunge bras.
Don't be tempted to buy the wrong size or a poorer quality bra because it's cheaper. With bras you generally get what you pay for. It's better to have one bra that fits really well, than three that are uncomfortable!
If you want your bras to last and keep their fit, never wear the same bra two days in a row, even if it has been washed. You should have at least three bras which you can wash and wear in rotation, allowing the elastic to fully recover before it is put under stress again.
Do not expect to need the same size in every style of bra, or to able to buy any bra in your "true size" without having to try it on. Different styles will suit different breast shapes, so two women who wear the same size in one bra might need different sizes in another bra.
This is only to give you a rough idea of what size to try on first - the fit is more important than the number on the tape measure. Because women are all different shapes, two women with the same measurements will often need a very different bra size.
A well-fitted bra should provide 90 percent of the support from the band, and the straps the remaining 10 percent.
If you have uneven cup sizes, go with the bigger side. You can support the smaller breast by making that shoulder strap slightly shorter. If you have a significant size difference, there's always the option of wearing a silicone bra insert or removable padding in the smaller side.
Ignore anyone who tries to tell your definitive size from your measurements alone - especially if they tell you to add several inches to your underbust measurement. Just like dress sizes, bra sizing has changed over the years, and the old method does not work for modern bras.
Many bra companies like to pretend that sub-28 sizes do not exist. However, many women really do wear bra bands sized 20, 22, 24, and 26. Some even smaller. Keep in mind, the material will stretch. Unfortunately, because the bra companies like to pretend that smaller bands do not exist since it is more profitable to them, it is almost impossible to find those sizes. Your best bets are to get a bra altered, which may not work because of the wires and how they might then dig in to your body. If you have a bra tailored, get a bra that is up one band size and down two cup sizes. As band and cups are proportionate to one another, a cup on a larger band will have larger wires. This is why you will want the smaller cups, for the smaller wires. Or, if you're in the 24/26 band ranges, check out Ewa Michalak's website. You can shoot her an email and request a custom size be made. Although you will not be able to return any custom bras you purchase there. This will give you better support than any of the "make-do" bras. Take for instance pants. You will not want pants to be so large that they will fall off without a belt, (unless you're into that style), but with bras, the lack in support can and will eventually lead to back problems.
Cup sizes above D tend to vary significantly between manufacturers, so check with the retailer or look for customer reviews before you buy online.
D+ cups will benefit from bras with seams. The reinforced side panels will provide a narrower look, thus slimming your torso.
About Bra
One hundred years ago today, on Nov. 3, 1914, the United States issued a patent for the first modern bra. But when observing this milestone, perhaps we should instead celebrate the greatest perk (pun intended) that bras provide: For 100 years, women have been able to experience the joy of taking off the constricting garment after a long day. And celebrating in this manner is actually in line with 19-year-old socialite Mary Phelps Jacob’s intention when she first created the “Backless Brassiere” a century ago.
As the story goes, Jacob created a bra as a means to avoid wearing her corset — which she affectionately referred to as a stiff, “boxlike armour of whalebone and pink cordage,” according to a Telegraph report on her life — to a debutant ball.
“[The first bra] was basically just two handkerchiefs sewn together, and the bias of the fabric created sort of cups,” says Lynn Boorady, fashion and textile technology chair and associate professor at Buffalo State University. “But it was lightweight [and you would] tie it around your neck. It looks like a halter top bikini, I guess, but not quite so conforming.”
And compared to the restrictive, metal corsets that women were used to jamming their bodies into, the bra was the epitome of relief.
However, although Jacob wore her newfangled bra to the ball (and was complimented for her ability to do things like, well, move), Boorady says that women at the time probably didn’t wear them out of the house much. “I do know that they certainly would have worn them inside the house,” she says, “because most women loosened their corsets at home just to be comfortable.”
So really, the equivalent of coming home and taking off your bra before setting in on a West Wing marathon on Netflix was coming home and swapping your corset for a Backless Brassiere before setting in on a needlepoint marathon.
It wasn’t until World War I, when the metal used in corsets was needed for war efforts, that the bra really began to take off (in the other sense of the phrase). But Jacob, who changed her name to Caresse Crosby, never did turn her creation into a profit. She sold the patent to The Warner Brothers Corset Company in Bridgeport, Conn., for the modern equivalent of $21,000.
Warner got the better end of the deal, but Jacob will always have the glory. “I can’t say the brassiere will ever take as great a place in history as the steamboat,” she was once quoted as saying, “but I did invent it.”
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