Women's Clothing Size

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  • LeviLeDoux
    LeviLeDoux Posts: 151 Member
    I'm 5'2 and at 120 lbs I wore a size 4. At 103 I'm wearing a 0/1 now.
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    I seem to have a pair of "size 18" pants for all the sizes on my way down. I have 18s that are falling off, 18s that fit comfortably, 18s that I can just squeeze into, and 18s that I can't even pull up.

    For now, when I shop for new a pair I usually start by trying on the 14s and go from there. I'm 5'5½ " and 210 pounds.
  • Doctorpurple
    Doctorpurple Posts: 507 Member
    I'm about size 2 height is 5'4'' and my weight fluctuates from 117-121
  • invisible1030
    invisible1030 Posts: 8
    Women's sizes are really weird. Most expensive brands run smaller than they should, and places like Walmart can be bigger. I'm 5'7", about 174lbs, and I fit anything from a 4 to an 8, and even a 10 at some places. I was trying in clothes the other day and fit into a small at Victoria's Secret, then at express I was fitting a six in some styles, an 8 in others, and a 10 in shorts. I usually don't worry too much about clothing sizes since they fluctuate so much, I just measure my body fat percentage estimate.
  • dreamingof_thin
    dreamingof_thin Posts: 40
    I weigh 104lbs, and I recently found out that I fit in UK 6 trousers, so I wear UK 6/8 bottoms and UK 8/10 tops because I like my tops to be a little baggier
  • jr235
    jr235 Posts: 201 Member
    I'm 5'9" and my last major shopping expedition I was about 145. I'm very bottom heavy, big butt and thighs, small boobs and waist and I wear a size 14 or 16 UK for pants, a S or M for shirts, and anywhere from a 6-10 for dresses.

    If only I could transfer some of the weight from my thighs to my boobs. Then I would be rockin it.
  • jadethief
    jadethief Posts: 266 Member
    We have the same problem in the UK. I have size 14 to 22 (UK sizes) in my wardrobe and all of them fit me, though the jacket that is a 22 is a bit looser now.

    I'm a long term M&S shopper and know for a fact that a few years ago they downsized their range so a 14 today used to be a 16. They said that it was to make us 'feel' better about ourselves. Size 16 is the UK's average size. The 14s I have now are the old size 16s. How do I know? Because I have some 'old' size 14s I just can't get into.............yet!

    We're all different sizes whether it's in clothes or on the scales. I'll never be less than 11.5 stone/161lbs (5'10", age 54) as I have a large frame and below that weight all my ribs and hip bones stick out. Another lady the same height would probably look great at a lower or higher weight than that. Just don't get hung up on what other people do. We are all different and we should celebrate that :-)

    Hate that sizing stuff, they call it vanity sizing. I believe Old Navy here is a pretty big culprit of that!! (I could be wrong, but I think that is the company I read a lot about with vanity sizing )

    I rode the crest of the vanity sizing. In 1968, I was 5' 7 " and weighed 118. I wore a size 12, couldn't squeeze into a 10. They didn't sell anything below an 11/12 except in specialty stores. I remember when they opened a store called 5,7,9. For the really tiny people. I wore a size 12 until I hit 170 pounds in the 1990's. I kept getting bigger and so did the size 12's. Now I am 188 and wear a 14 in pants. It amuses me to see my teens shop for 0 and 00 jeans. What is next? Minus sizes?

    I weighed 100 lbs in 1979 and wore a size 7/8. The 5,7, 9 store was my favorite place to shop. I try not to think about what my size today would be in 1979 terms, lol
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I don't think the actual clothing size matters. It's only a measure based on how you see the changes. Your own clothing getting bigger and looser on you, needing to buy a smaller size, then needing to get it tailored, then tailored again, then needing to buy a smaller size. That was how it was for me. After having my babies I was wearing a size 4. Then the size 4's were falling off of me (literally). So, I bought size 2 and had the waist made smaller, then a little while later I needed to take it in and have them made smaller again. So, I went back to the same store and was now wearing a 00 in the same brand/style. I'm 5'2", I weigh 100 pounds, my waist is 23 inches and my hips/booty is 34 inches. Certainly sizing number could be influenced by vanity sizing. And I don't really care about that. I've never cared what the number was. Only cared to see the visible changes. I was eating at maintenance and lifting weights. I only lost 5-9 pounds at most.
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    Vanity sizing has really escalated in the past few years. I have one pair of jeans in my house from my freshman year in HS. They are Calvin Klein "size 10." These are 15 year old jeans. Last time I lost weigh, they finally fit again when I got to a GAP/Eddie Bauer size 6.

    Right now, I weigh 163 lbs, 5'3", bust 40, waist 34, hips 43. Jeans/dresses I am a 12. I can imagine that I will be a 2-4 when I get to goal--which seems crazy, because that was most definitely an 8 when I was middle school HS. They are "just numbers" but honestly, vanity size scaling is part of the weigh problem. If you're getting bigger--and not weighing yourself, and you go to the clothing store and find that the *same* numerical sizes are fitting you, you will be less willing to acknowledge there's a problem.

    I wish we could just buy things by measurement, like men's clothes.

    Ah well...

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