Bra Size Chart With Pictures
Every bra size is two numbers: the ribcage the band fits and the inches the bust rises above it. This chart draws both. Read down a column and the cups deepen one inch at a time; read across a row and the same letter grows wider with the band; read diagonally and you are looking at sister sizes, the same volume under three labels.
A cup letter is a depth, one inch per letter; a band number is a width. The drawings scale both, so a 34C holds the same as a 32D and a 36B, and a 28D is a smaller breast than a 36B. Pictures show volume, not shape.
Every US bra size from 28A to 44H, to scale
Each cell is one size. The two domes are the cups, drawn one inch deeper for every letter down the column and wider for every band across the row; the bar beneath them is the band, scaled to the ribcage it fits. The blue diagonal marks the 34C ladder (30DD, 32D, 34C, 36B, 38A): five labels, one volume. The gray diagonal is the 34DD ladder. Tap any size for its guide.
Cups above H (I, J, K in US letters; FF to K in UK letters) follow the same rule and are drawn on the biggest bra size page; AA and the sizes below 28 are on the smallest bra size page. The full text version of this chart, with bust measurements in inches and centimeters for every cell, is the bra size chart.
Cup sizes in profile: what each letter looks like from the side
The profile is where cup letters mean the most, because the letter is literally a depth. A is one inch of projection past the chest wall, B is two, and so on to H at eight. On the same 34 band the torso does not change between these eight drawings; only the breast steps forward, one inch at a time. This is the row that answers "what does a C cup look like" as honestly as a drawing can: a C is a distinct rounded profile, a DD is clearly forward of the ribcage, and a G is a major part of the silhouette.
Projection is drawn at the tape difference, which is the definition of the cup. Real breasts spread that inch across a root that may be narrow or wide, so two 34Ds can project differently; the projection guide explains the difference between depth and volume.
Band sizes compared: the width half of every size
Half of a bra size is a ribcage measurement, and it is the half most charts draw badly. Each bar below is a band drawn in proportion to the snug underbust it is cut for, with the range in inches and centimeters inside it and the EU, French and Australian labels for the same body at the end. The step between bands is two inches (about 5 cm), which is why sister sizing works in whole steps: move one bar down and the cup must deepen one letter to hold the same breast.
Bands are labeled by the snug underbust, with nothing added; a 34 band is cut for a 33 to 34 inch ribcage. Charts that add four inches will put the same body on a 38 bar. EU labels follow the site’s published rule, 2.5 times the US band minus 10, so US 34 is EU 75; the converter does every system.
Same volume, three labels: sister sizes pictured
The most useful thing the grid shows is the diagonal. Move one column left and one row down, and the cup letter rises while the band falls; the volume stays the same. A 32DD, a 34D and a 36C are the same cups on three different bands, and the drawing makes the point better than the arithmetic does: the cups are identical, only the bar under them changes. This is why a bra that fits in the cup but rides up in the band is fixed by going down a band and up a cup, not by buying a smaller letter.
Same cup, three bands: the cups do not change size, the band does
Compare any two sizes side by side
Pick two sizes and the tool draws them over each other, front and profile, and says in plain terms how they differ: in band width, in cup depth, in steps on the sizing ladder, and whether they are sisters. It is the fastest way to settle "is a 36B bigger than a 34C" (no; a 34C holds a little more and sits on a smaller frame) or to see what one step in either direction actually changes.
The drawings are geometric: one inch of depth per cup letter on a band scaled to the ribcage. Two sizes on the same diagonal are sisters and draw identical cups. For weight and volume in grams, use the breast weight calculator, whose clinical model also accounts for cups widening on larger bands.
What each cup size looks like, in words and numbers
The drawings above put a picture to each letter; this table puts words and figures to the same letters so the two can be read together. The profile column describes the shape the tape difference produces on an average root; the weight column shows the same letter on a 32, a 36 and a 40 band so the growth across the row is visible in grams; the last two columns give the UK and EU letters for the same depth and the two sister sizes of the 34.
| Cup (US) | Bust over band | In profile | Per breast on 32 · 36 · 40 | UK · EU letter | Sisters of the 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A cup | +1″ · 2.5 cm | A shallow rise; the profile barely leaves the chest wall | — · — · 460 g | A · A | 32B · 36AA |
| B cup | +2″ · 5.1 cm | A gentle curve about the depth of a cupped palm | 115 · 245 · 675 g | B · B | 32C · 36A |
| C cup | +3″ · 7.6 cm | A distinct rounded profile; the classic "average" outline | 230 · 460 · 890 g | C · C | 32D · 36B |
| D cup | +4″ · 10 cm | A full curve; projection is now obvious from the side | 345 · 675 · 1,105 g | D · D | 32DD · 36C |
| DD cup | +5″ · 13 cm | Full and forward; the apex sits clearly ahead of the ribcage | 460 · 890 · 1,320 g | DD · E | 32DDD · 36D |
| DDD cup | +6″ · 15 cm | Deep; the profile is longer than it is tall on many shapes | 575 · 1,105 · 1,535 g | E · F | 32G · 36DD |
| G cup | +7″ · 18 cm | Very full; the breast is a major part of the silhouette | 690 · 1,320 · 1,750 g | F · G | 32H · 36DDD |
| H cup | +8″ · 20 cm | Very full and heavy; the band carries a significant load | 805 · 1,535 · 1,965 g | FF · H | 32I · 36G |
Letters agree across systems up to D. Above it the US runs DD, DDD, G, H; the UK runs DD, E, F, FF; the EU runs E, F, G, H, so a US DDD is a UK E and an EU F. Always convert by position on the ladder, never by matching letters; the cup size chart has the full ladder in every system.
What a picture chart cannot show
Three honest limits. First, shape. A size is two tape readings, and the same readings describe a projected breast on a narrow root and a shallow breast on a wide one. Both are a 34D; they look different, and they need different cups. The drawings use an average root, and the breast shapes guide covers the eight ways the same volume is arranged, with root width and shallow versus projected tissue as the two that change a silhouette most.
Second, firmness. Firm tissue holds the drawn profile; soft tissue settles lower and wider in the same cup, which is why an unwired 36DD and a wired one photograph differently on the same body. The picture is the cup the size describes, not the way tissue sits without one.
Third, the chart you measured with. If a chart added four inches to your underbust, the size it gave you is two bands too large and two cups too small; the picture it points to is the wrong picture. Everything here assumes a snug underbust with nothing added, and the measuring guide shows the two-tape method the drawings are built on. Photos of people in "a C cup" are a worse guide than any of this: they show one root, one firmness and, very often, one add-four size.
Bra size chart with pictures: answered
What does a bra size chart with pictures show?
It draws each size instead of listing it: cup depth down the rows, band width across the columns, so you can see that a 34C is a different breast from a 38C and the same breast as a 32D. The pictures are geometric, one inch of projection per cup letter on a band scaled to the ribcage it fits, not photographs of people, because two people in the same correct size can look quite different.
What does a D cup look like?
On its own, nothing in particular: a D cup is a bust four inches larger than the band, which is a full, obviously projected curve on a 30 band and a wider, flatter one on a 42. In the profile row above, the 34D is a clear forward curve about 10 cm deep; by the clinical estimates a 32D holds about 345 g per breast and a 40D about 1,100 g.
Are cup sizes the same on every band?
No. The letter is the same difference in inches on every band, so the cup is one inch deeper for each step down the chart, but the breast it describes is wider on a bigger band and holds more. Read a row of the grid and the cups grow as the band grows; that is why sister sizes, one step diagonally, hold the same volume.
What is the difference between a 34C and a 36C in the pictures?
The 36C is drawn wider and holds more: the same three-inch difference sits on a two-inch larger ribcage, so the cup is broader at the root. On the sizing ladder the 36C sits one step above the 34C; its true twin in volume is the 34D, one step down the diagonal. By the clinical estimates a 34C is about 345 g per breast and a 36C about 460 g.
Why do two people with the same bra size look different?
Because a size is two measurements and a breast is a shape. Projected and shallow breasts, narrow and wide roots, firm and soft tissue all produce the same tape readings and different silhouettes. The pictures show the volume the size describes; the breast shapes guide covers why it can be arranged so many ways.
How do I find my size on the chart?
Measure the snug underbust and round to the nearest even number for the column; measure the bust at the fullest point and subtract the band, one inch per letter, for the row. The calculator does the arithmetic and links the size guide; the chart shows what the result looks like next to its neighbors.
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