r/countwithchickenlady • u/froggyman151 Streak: 439 • 19h ago

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u/AnInsaneMoose Put your text here! - Streak: 1 19h ago edited 19h ago

Actual question

What does additional letters mean? Like, what's the difference between a 32D and a 32DD?

I know a letter means an inch from the band size (with each letting being 1 more inch) but idk what multiple letters means

Edit: I hate non-standardized systems

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u/shteamyboi 19h ago

DD is the same as E, 5 in from the band some systems use double letters for some reason

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u/AnInsaneMoose Put your text here! - Streak: 1 19h ago

I don't get it

So like, DD is equal to E, so E in that system would be equal to F? Then EE would be G?

Why do womens clothing sizes have to be so annoying and needlessly complicated?

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u/Veryegassy 19h ago

Because clothing companies hate everybody and want us all miserable

- Signed, something that had to fight bra sizing to get its first bra just a couple days ago

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u/Bobahn_Botret 18h ago

The only reason mens sizes are standardized is because of war to my knowledge.

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u/JacuulTheSecond 17h ago

And as a straight dude, that's slowly slipping away. I bought two different brands of jeans, with the same measurements and should have both been straight cut, and one fit and the other didn't, by several inches around the waist.

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u/thecravenone 16h ago

The manager at a Levi store told me to take multiple pair of the same size into the fitting room because they'd each be different.

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u/EnlightenedDragon 14h ago

That's because mass manufactured clothing is cut in stacks. There will be a variance between the piece on top and piece on the bottom of there is any warping to the blade.

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u/Saint_of_Grey 14h ago

Inches and centimeters have different lengths depending on the factory pants come from. So you aren't even safe getting the same brand.