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Bust measurement even more than waist measurement is critical when determining what size shirt or blouse to buy. This measurement should be ideally done with no bra on.

How To Measure Your Bra Size Real Simple

To measure your bust simply take some measuring tape and wrap it around your breasts and back.

Measuring the bust. Measuring your bust circumference wrap the measuring tape around the fullest part of your bust. To get the most accurate measurement get a flexible plastic measuring tape and bring it around your torso to the fullest part of your breasts. The bust is the widest part of the dress s chest area.

If you re wearing one at least make sure it s not padded. We ve all seen instances where a size 8 from one brand is a size 6 or even a size 10 in another brand. Wrap a flexible tape measure around your bust.

Learn how to measure yourself or others to record accurate body measurements for dressmaking. So if your bust is 33 1 2 inches round up to 34 inches. Make sure the tape lays flat and goes only over your chest and shoulder blades not over your arms or your cat or anything else.

The number on the tape measure is your true bust but for fitting bras you need to round to the nearest even number. Make sure the tape measure is level all the way around. In this tutorial i will explain how to measure your bust waist hip back length and bicep the key.

In this video lisa explains how to take your bust waist and hip measurements correctly so you can accurately choose your size on a sewing pattern. Make sure the tape is wrapped straight around your body and covering your nipple area. Line up the 0 on the measuring tape at the far left edge of your dress s bust.

Wrap the tape around the biggest part of your bust which on most gals is somewhere at or slightly above nipple level. Make sure the tape is not pulled so tight that it causes a crease in the dress but don t allow any extra slack either. Lay the measuring tape along the bust of the dress.

Ignore the manufacturer s sizing system.