Waist size

I agree with everyone who says measure waist at your narrowest point. On a similar note I measure hips as my widest - round your buttocks!


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There is no such thing as normal. Google pics of girls in swimsuits. Some have waists, some are still toned / thin and look like a straight line from under the breasts straight down to hips. Everyone is built differently. Can't change that basic shape...

I have 24.5 - 25 inch waist with 33 - 34 inch hips and I wear size 24. Size 0 for the most part are loose on me. Hard to find size 0 that fit right.

When my waist was around 27 - 28, I was a size 6-8

I'm an associate fashion designer and part of my job is writing specs for clothing. Very few pants are designed to sit on your natural waist. Most pants sit on your low waist or high hip, so this may be why you can wear a size 0 (because you are a size 0 at your hips).

Clothing is also designed to fit a standard of a 10" differential from waist to hip. You can be a size 0 bottom and a size 8 top.

The measurement of our size Medium/ size 8 fit model are as follows:
waist:29
hip:39

Size small/ size 4 fit model:
waist:27
hip: 37

My waist is 12" smaller than my hips and I'm really short, so depending on the silhouette, some clothing doesn't fit me well at all.

Interesting information

I'm intruiged to know what your other vital stats are because mine are;

35
28
36

and according to various bf online calculations, my bf if 23.7% (taking my thin neck and wrists into consideration as well).

I am a UK size 10.

^ Mine are similar and I am a US/Canadian size 4 or 6
I could never fit in a 2 or 0!!

It has nothing really to do with waist size. Womens jeans sizes vary by brand and price. Usually the more expensive jeans will run bigger and the less expensive are more true to size. With that said I have many pair of size 26 Miss Me and other higher priced jeans ($100+) and then the other day I went to Rue 21 and bought their $39.00 jeans and had to buy size 1/2 (smallest size I have ever purchased ever) and the waist & hips are loose on me. I am not sure what my waist measures right now but I know it is at least 28 or 30. I am only 5'4" tall; my weight varies between 125 & 130 pounds, and my body fat percentage is still a bit higher than i would like but I am pretty much built like a guy, small hips, no butt, not really a true waist and rather wide shoulder. I say don't worry about sizes just use them as a guide and always try on jeans before you buy them.

lol... my waist is 28 in. and I am about a size 8 - so I have no idea how someone can fit into a size 0 with a 28 in. waist. Maybe you're thinking hips?

I don't think so. I measure my waist right over my belly button.

I measure my waist at it's natural nip-in, which is a good deal above my belly button. My natural waist is 33.5" and I wear a size 14, or 33-34 in pants.

My waist is 25" and my hips are 35" but I can wear anything from a size 0-4 (or 25-27) depending on the brand and the cut of the pants.

I imagine waist size is actually not all that useful for most jeans nowadays, since very few actually hit your true waist and different designers will base their measurements off of different proportions. If anything, your hip measurement is more important than your waist. Women with wide hips are going to need bigger jeans than what their waist would suggest.

I measure my waist at the slimmest point, which is just above my belly button. I guess it is right at the mid point between my breasts and where my hips begin. If I measured higher or lower, it would be bigger by at least a couple inches (the place where my bra goes is a couple inches bigger than my waist.