85AA bra size
A 85AA bra is cut for an underbust of 82.5–87.5 cm and a bust of 95–97 cm. Below it is the same size as every other system prints it, and the sister sizes that hold the same cup.
85AA in every system
- EU
- 85AA
- RU
- 85AA
- US
- 38AA
- UK
- 38AA
- FR
- 100AA
- IT
- 4AA
- JP
- 85AA
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 82.5–87.5 cm all round to 85. The cup is how far the bust exceeds that band’s nominal value: 10–12 cm gives this letter, at two centimeters per letter starting at ten. Add them and you get a bust of 95–97 cm.
The cup is measured against the nominal 85, 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, 85AA is an underbust of 32.5–34.4" and a bust of 37.4–38.2". Note that the UK and US band number is not that measurement: 85 cm is 32.5–34.4", and the band is called 38AA because the English notation adds four inches.
Same cup as 85AA, different band
One band up is one letter down, because the cup is measured over the band — which makes 80A the same volume as 85AA. 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
85A, 80AA, 90AA — a letter either side of 85AA on this band, and this letter on the neighbouring bands.