SIZE ZERO!!!!!

I don't think I could ever reach a size 0, even if I tried!
I think a UK size 8 would be the smallest I could ever reach. Only because my mum was a size 8 and I have the same body type as her. But really worked really really hard and looked sickly, she even admitted herself all she did was eat salads and exercise whilst working 2 jobs.

A UK size 8 is more like a US size 4. A US size 0 is more like a UK size 4.

Oh wow!
I have a friend who is a UK size 4, but she's about 4'11" and extremely naturally skinny. She tries her best to put weight on because she hates being so skinny, she can never find any dresses that fit her, because most UK places only cover size 6 upwards.
She once told me she was jealous of me because I was curvy :laugh:

I don't think I could ever reach a size 0, even if I tried!
I think a UK size 8 would be the smallest I could ever reach. Only because my mum was a size 8 and I have the same body type as her. But really worked really really hard and looked sickly, she even admitted herself all she did was eat salads and exercise whilst working 2 jobs.

A UK size 8 is more like a US size 4. A US size 0 is more like a UK size 4.

I was just thinking if this thread referred to a US or UK size zero. There was a thing a few years ago, when size zero fascination was at its peak, about being a true zero which is being a UK size zero, which would be like a -4 in the US.

Yeah, I wear a US size 0, but a UK size 0 would be way too skinny for my body type.

I don't think I could ever reach a size 0, even if I tried!
I think a UK size 8 would be the smallest I could ever reach. Only because my mum was a size 8 and I have the same body type as her. But really worked really really hard and looked sickly, she even admitted herself all she did was eat salads and exercise whilst working 2 jobs.

A UK size 8 is more like a US size 4. A US size 0 is more like a UK size 4.

Oh wow!
I have a friend who is a UK size 4, but she's about 4'11" and extremely naturally skinny. She tries her best to put weight on because she hates being so skinny, she can never find any dresses that fit her, because most UK places only cover size 6 upwards.
She once told me she was jealous of me because I was curvy :laugh:

I don't know any high street shops that go below a size 6.
Don't know about fashion boutiques and high fashion shops.

It's not an issue of achieving it. It should not be everyone's goal. Of course not everyone is going to be a size 0, but they will all be fit and look great at their size/body type. But, for small framed people, size 0 is a normal size for them and does not look too thin. Size 0 exists because all the sizes were made bigger, and now size 2 is too big for people. And it doesn't mean they aren't curvy, either, it just means they have an overall small bone structure and small size. I do have a 23 inch waist (my hips/booty being 11 inches bigger) and I wear a size 00-0 usually. I have found I can wear a 2 in some yoga pants. I am petite.

I think BinaryPulsar may be one of the most eloquent people on the forums. I completely agree with this. A size 0 will be disgustingly sickly skinny for some people and normal for others. It's another version of the thigh gap debate. It just depends on your build.

For example, I was at mybodygallery.com looking at people who are my height (5'9") and my body shape (pear) and looking at their pics in my goal range 150-160. They looked great, fit, skinny, everything, and one thing I noticed about them was that almost all of them were listed at a size 6. If they were small enough for a 0 with their builds, they would look sick.

But then you have the opposite side, people like BinaryPulsar, who listed her measurements and sizes, and she clearly does not look sick. She's perfect in her 0. All about your body. (By *your* I don't mean OP, I mean the collective, general public)

I would not look good at a size 0, being 6 foot and all. I am not aiming for a particular size clothing-wise anyway. Aiming for a healthy body weight!

If I were dead and all the meat rotted off, then POSSIBLY, I might fit into a zero, but even then, not likely. I am Amazon. Even when I was thin, I was still a size 10. I am also 5'10".

My size 0 step-daughter fits in my size 12 leather jacket from the 80's. What's that all about?

Very simple. If you have no hips to speak of and are fairly short then a size zero may be the perfect size to be.

I have even had trouble finding a zero to fit, but I have no hips...

I was a size 00 for years and was 110 lbs at five four, and now I am overweight (40% body fat) at an eight. My ideal size is 2.

When you are little, a little bit of chub goes a long way. So does a little weight loss.

If you have big hips you will never be a zero.

No one should feel the need to be a zero if it isn't there body type. But it does stand to reason that those of us with very small build will need pants as well.

Vanity sizing is so out of control that size zero is not even that small in many brands. I tried to buy a suit at Express a couple of weeks ago and the zero fit me a bit loosely, and I am not that small- 25.5 inch waist. I don't know what truly petite women do.

Searching online, I think I would have been a 12 or 14 in pre-1970s sizing. Today, I usually wear a zero or two. What do really thin do? Buy kids clothes? It's ridiculous.

ETA: more online searching suggests vintage sizing might have put me in more like a six...still, seems much more reasonable than a freaking zero.

Yes, if one is willing to become anorexic, I am sure anyone can be this so exulted size 0. For me, personally, the only way I can achieve this is by being at least 14 Ibs underweight. I know, because even when I had a BMI of 18, I was only able to get into some Uk size 6s, which is the equivalent. I am 5'10. I think to claim everyone can be that size is stupid and irresponsible.