what do you consider to be plus size?

Hoosier_born · January 2012

For australia?
and for the US?

For me 16+

Dexy_ · January 2012

I agree 16+ is a real plus size. People trying to say 12+ really need to look in the mirror!

Renee0608 · January 2012

I agree.........16+ is probably a good cut off. Now if I could just get under that cut off....

JennyAnn35 · January 2012

I would also say 16+, but for US models it is size 6-12. How stupid is that! No wonder we all have a warped sense of what a woman's body is supposed to look like.

stefstaf13 · January 2012

I think about 14+......12 pretty small still.

Hoosier_born · January 2012

Size 8 here is in Australia is really, really tiny. I think size 12-14 is what I would consider average

PeaceLoveVeggies · January 2012

I really think 18+ is plus size. Anything smaller than that is not so bad.

maryjay51 · January 2012

so im in between at a 14 lol.. usually 14/16 is in the plus size stores though

MelMoly · January 2012

14+

Amy911Gray · January 2012

Plus size is when you have to shop on segregated sides of the store. I have graduated to the sans W side of Cato Fashions...Woot!!!

Dexy_ · January 2012

I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

Watchthebody · January 2012

Any one that is really and truly a size 18+!

Watchthebody · January 2012

I agree when there is separate side of the store for you to shop in.... You are plus size! That is me now.

JacksMom12 · January 2012

When you have no choice but to shop in the plus sized section of the store, I suppose.

ShrinkingChelle · January 2012

I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

We have 00 in Canada ... even smaller then zero.

SergeantSunshine_reused · January 2012

14+

nataliemae2011 · January 2012

I agree when there is separate side of the store for you to shop in.... You are plus size! .

lol thats so true! funny but in some stores my reality as well.

leomentlines · January 2012

either a 12 or a 14, just because most designers don't carry anything past these sizes.. i.e. Forever 21/Express don't go larger than 31/size 12.

If it is carried, its part of the plus size line.

Carlamere84 · January 2012

In the US size 20 because that's where the plus size starts in department stores.

JediMaster_intraining · January 2012

I'd say 16+ in women's or when you start to go to XXL shirts without big boobs..

silentnacht · January 2012

16 and above in US sizing though with all of the variances between brands it is almost impossible to give a definitive answer.

I tried on a pair of size 4 jeans the other day that were HUGE on me, and I usually size pretty consistently, ugh.

MelMoly · January 2012

I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

honestly American sizes are messed up.... a 0 today was a 6 .... seriously they are making clothing bigger and saying the size is smaller...That's why I only care about measurements

I wear a size 12 and I'm obese... so really size means nothing...

Hoosier_born · January 2012

sizing is so difficult.
In Kmart there will be an 18 in the plus section, and an 18 in the normal section. In the normal section for instance, it would be so freaking tight on me.
There are stores too that are geared for plus sizes as well. I wish there was a universal sizing. I like Target and Kmart for the fashion. I like this sit http://www.volupture.com.au/

ishallnotwant · January 2012

either a 12 or a 14, just because most designers don't carry anything past these sizes.. i.e. Forever 21/Express don't go larger than 31/size 12.

If it is carried, its part of the plus size line.

This is what I always thought as well.

STARSHINE1975 · January 2012

I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

I was just explaining to a young co-worker how size 0 never existed when I was younger. People were tiny then too. Manufacturers just make the sizes smaller so that women will shop at their stores "I'm a size 2 at Hollister!" Which is such BS because there's no way to gauge sizes. The other added fact is there is now spandex in almost all jeans. Didn't used to exist.

Now back to the subject. I was a (tight) size 16 at 195 pounds (5'8"). I didn't consider myself plus size even though I was big for me. I would have to agree that size 20 would be plus size (US) because that's the size the women's section starts in.

MaximalLife · January 2012

Any size one size larger than what I wear.

PeekABooGirl · January 2012

I tend to feel if you can buy in the regular ladies department (vs the womens) then it's not yet plus size. I am wearing 14/16 right now - depends on the brand, etc. But if I go to a place like Lane Bryant or to the plus size section, a 14 or 16 there is too big. Guess they're just cut a bit differently. :huh: I'd be interested to know what MEN view as plus sized or not.