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60H bra size

A 60H bra is cut for an underbust of 57.5–62.5 cm and a bust of 86–88 cm. Below it is the same size as every other system prints it, and the sister sizes that hold the same cup.

60H in every system

EU
60H
RU
60H
US
28H
UK
28FF
FR
75H
JP
60H

Where each notation comes from

What each notation means — why the British band reads 34 and the Italian reads 2 — is set out system by system on the bra size page.

Sources

Nothing here is looked up in a table of equivalents: band and cup are computed once from the metric ladder, then printed in each system’s own letters (formula version 2).

  • en.wikipedia.org the underbust ladder in 5 cm steps and the AA–H cup table
  • en.wikipedia.org the British and American cup runs, the French +15 shift, the Italian numbering
  • en.wikipedia.org the "+0" and "+4" methods, sister sizes, measuring upright and leaning forward
  • ru.wikipedia.org the Russian table: the same intervals, the same letters

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Where these numbers come from

The band is the underbust rounded to the nearest five centimeters, so 57.5–62.5 cm all round to 60. The cup is how far the bust exceeds that band’s nominal value: 26–28 cm gives this letter, at two centimeters per letter starting at ten. Add them and you get a bust of 86–88 cm.

The cup is measured against the nominal 60, not against the tape. That is what every published chart does, and it is why an underbust at the bottom of this band and one at the top get the same letter despite five centimeters between them. Near a band edge, try the sister size too.

In inches, 60H is an underbust of 22.6–24.6" and a bust of 33.9–34.6". Note that the UK and US band number is not that measurement: 60 cm is 22.6–24.6", and the band is called 28FF because the English notation adds four inches.

Same cup as 60H, different band

One band up is one letter down, because the cup is measured over the band — which makes 65G the same volume as 60H. In a shop the printed size that fits is routinely not the one the tape said, so these are worth trying on.

One step away

60G, 60I, 65H — a letter either side of 60H on this band, and this letter on the neighbouring bands.