LIFE magazine, 1938

[cactuswren.livejournal.com]

"Good evening:  We're Miss Maidenform's breasts.  She should be along any moment now."

Comments

[wistfuljen.livejournal.com]

Well if your bra size is 38D, your bust measurement is 42. The difference between your underbust (ribcage) and the fullest part of your breasts, in inches, is your cup size. For every inch, it's a cup- for example, a woman who measured her underbust at 36 inches and the fullest part or her breasts at 38 inches, would generally be a 36B. Bust at 40 inches would be 36D, and so on.

My underbust is 40 inches, and at the fullest part of my breasts I am 48 inches. This makes me a 40H.

Go to Nordstrom's, get fitted, it will change your life, I swear.

[amyangel96.livejournal.com]

Seconding Nordstroms. I'm a 36G in what they put on me that worked. Go there, get measured, try things on, maybe buy one... then find them cheaper online. Figleaves.com is a pretty good source.