Victoria's Secret
- Labels
- US cup letters
- Range
- 30 to 44 bands, AA to DDD cups on its international chart
- Band
- Its UK measuring page: snug underbust, rounded to the nearest even number. No inches added.
- Searches
- "victoria's secret bra size chart": 3,600 a month (US)
What its chart shows
Victoria's Secret sells US sizes. Its international chart puts a US 34DDD at UK 34E, EU 75F, France 90F and Australia 12E, and a US 34DD at UK 34DD and EU 75E. Every row of that chart, bands 30 to 44 and cups AA to DDD, matches our converter exactly.
The E and F on its labels
Its bralette charts print the cup rows as "DD (E)" and "DDD (F)". So a VS "E" is a US DD and a VS "F" is a US DDD: a UK E, not a UK F.
What we could not check
Its US online calculator did not accept scripted input when we tried it, so we have no recorded answers from it. The band rule above is from its UK page.
Convert a Victoria's Secret size like 34DDD · Victoria's Secret's own page
ThirdLove
- Labels
- US cup letters
- Range
- 32 to 44 bands, AA to H cups, plus half cups (for example 32B½)
- Band
- In our runs its calculator put the band 2 in above an even underbust and 3 in above an odd one.
- Searches
- "thirdlove bra size chart": 2,400 a month (US)
What its calculator printed
We gave its bra size calculator six tape measurements. 30/34 in came back 32B½, 32/35 came back 34AA, 33/37 came back 36A, 34/38 came back 36A and 36/41 came back 38A; 38/44 returned "we don't currently carry your size". Our measured-band engine gives 30D, 32C, 34C/D, 34D, 36DD and 38E for the same pairs.
Its letters
ThirdLove's own measuring guide says a DD is the same as an E and a DDD is the same as an F. Its half cups sit between two letters, so a 34C½ has no exact label at another brand: try the letter above and below.
Reading it
The padded band is the older +4 idea in a milder form (+2 or +3). Its cups did not follow one subtraction rule we could reproduce from six pairs, so we publish what it printed and nothing more.
Full ThirdLove size chart, converted · Convert a ThirdLove size like 34DDD · ThirdLove's own page
Wacoal
- Labels
- US cup letters
- Range
- US labels; its chart pairs US and UK cups from AA to O
- Band
- In our runs its calculator put the band 2 in above an even underbust and 3 in above an odd one, then took one cup per inch of difference.
- Searches
- "wacoal bra size chart": 1,900 a month (US)
What its calculator printed
Five of our tape measurements returned a size: 29/33 in gave 32A, 33/37 gave 36A, 34/38 gave 36B, 36/41 gave 38C and 38/44 gave 40D. Every one fits the same rule: band = underbust + 2 (or + 3 if odd), cup = bust minus that band, one letter per inch. Three other pairs (30/34, 32/35, 28/30) returned "Your overbust measurement should be larger than your underbust" in two separate runs.
What its chart shows
Wacoal America's size chart page prints the US and UK cup ladders side by side: US DDD = UK E, US G = UK F, US H = UK FF, up to US O = UK K. That is exactly the ladder our converter uses.
Full Wacoal size chart, converted · Convert a Wacoal size like 34DDD · Wacoal's own page
SKIMS
- Labels
- US cup letters
- Range
- 30AA to 46H for cup-sized styles; letter sizes XXS to 5X for wireless
- Band
- Its chart puts each underband 4 in higher: a 26 in underband sits in the 30 band, 28 in the 32 band, 34 in the 38 band.
- Searches
- "skims bra size chart": 260 a month (US)
What its chart shows
SKIMS sizes cup-sized bras from an underband and an overbust. On its chart a 30 in underband with a 34 in overbust reads 34A, and 34 in with 38 in reads 38A. For the same two bodies our measured-band engine gives 30D and 34D.
The missing DDD
Its sizes run DD, F, G, H with no DDD or E. Its own cup table says US DDD = UK E and then pairs US F with UK F, US G with UK G and US H with EU K. That differs from Wacoal's and Freya's charts, where UK F = US G. With SKIMS, follow the SKIMS chart rather than a general converter.
Convert a SKIMS size like 34F · SKIMS's own page
Marks & Spencer
- Labels
- UK cup letters
- Range
- UK 28AA to 46K on its conversion table
- Band
- M&S calls a tape measurement "a rough starting point" and recommends a fitting with its lingerie stylists.
- Searches
- "marks & spencer bra size chart": 10 a month (US)
Its letters
The M&S conversion table runs DD, E, F, G, GG, H, J, K: no FF, HH or JJ, which most UK specialists (Freya, for one) use.
Its US column
On the M&S US size guide, bands 30 and 34 to 46 list the US size one cup letter below the UK size (UK 34C = US 34B, UK 36DD = US 36D), while bands 28 and 32 keep the same letters (UK 32C = US 32C). Wacoal, Freya and Victoria's Secret all print UK 34C = US 34C. If you shop M&S from the US, compare with the UK label.
Its fit advice
M&S: if the band rides up, you might need a smaller band size; if the straps are doing all the work, the band may be too big; spilling out means a bigger cup, gaping or creasing a smaller one; a centre that lifts away means a bigger cup. Its sister-size example is the same as ours: 34C holds the same cup volume as 32D and 36B.
Convert a Marks & Spencer size like 34E · Marks & Spencer's own page
Freya
- Labels
- UK cup letters
- Range
- Bands 28 to 44 and cups B to K on its size chart; it states B to O across its ranges
- Band
- Its band table: UK 34 = EU 75 = France 90 = Australia 12 = US 34 = Japan 75.
- Searches
- "freya bra size chart": 170 a month (US)
What its chart shows
Freya prints one row per country. UK E is EU F and US DDD; UK F is EU G and US G; UK FF is EU H and US H; Japan runs one letter ahead of the EU. Its UK, EU, France, US and Japan rows match our converter cell for cell (our Japanese column stops at I).
Where it disagrees with us
Freya's Australian row keeps the UK letters, FF and GG included. Berlei's Australian chart skips FF and GG, and our converter follows Berlei, so for a UK FF we print AU G where Freya prints AU FF. Buying Freya in Australia, go by Freya's label.
Convert a Freya size like 34FF · Freya's own page