Well today I tried on about quite a few bras - Fantasie Smoothing T-shirt Bra 36G (cups way too deep), Freya Deco 36G which I will elaborate on later as this is what I ended up buying, Freya Flourish 36FF which surprisingly fit, some Debenhams own brand bras in 36G and also some M&S bras. The Deco seemed to be ... the nicest and I really needed a nude t-shirt style bra. I tried it on in a 34G as people say to go down a band and cup size but the cup was too small and the band was really tight, so I tried it in my normal size 36G and it seemed to fit. BUT wearing it at home under a tshirt rather than a thicker viscose shirt.... it looks awful!!! It is super visible under tshirts for me and I have no idea how to 'fix' this. Am I wearing a totally wrong size? Actually I have no idea why I chose the Deco as plunge styles don't really work for me (I get spillage at the gore usually)... arggh so mad at myself for getting this especially as I won't be able to return it for a while!!
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Well, all Eveden brands already have EU sizes on their labels. Whatever version of EU they think is right. Which so far has been the same as their UK. Now the question is if they will be changing their current EU sizing. Really I think it is more likely that they change their US sizing after being acquired by @wacoal.
Again, this boils down to the fact that there is no one EU sizing, each brand makes up whatever they want. Kris Line dies their own version, Comexim also has their own, Ewa Michalak has cups that look like Eveden UK. Chantelle alsi has their own thing. Parfait By Affinitas has changed their minds a handful of times in the last years .
Anyway, what I think is harmful is to change whatever you are doing. Since there is no "right" way, then there is no "wrong". The way to screw up is to be inconsistent and that is by changing the way you do sizing.
But if we use cup index sizing then we're protected against the ;-)
There is indeed no consistent EU sizing system. Some European brands -- Change Lingerie and Chantelle for example -- do include a DD between D and E (but they don't use other double digits), but others (e.g. Triumph) don't. The Polish brands are again different.
Cup index sizing does indeed solve part of this problem, but it isn't exactly the holy grail either as many European brands use a 2cm increment between cup sizes whereas UK and US brands tend to use 1" (2.54cm).
It would, in my opinion, be great if a system emerged based on listing actual measurements, like cup depth or something, but even then I'm sure we would find issues with it ;)
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