Feel like a cow

kate21797
kate21797 Posts: 77 Member
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Nothing like shopping for a prom dress at a designer boutique to make you feel like a bloated pig. I keep trying to tell myself they're designer, they run small, but that still doesn't erase the number from my mind.

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  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    Find something that fits great and just revel in how amazing you look. I would rather look stunning in a size 10 than look uncomfortable or unflattering in a size 6. Good luck finding your perfect dress!
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Dress designers are sadistic a-holes. I was in a wedding a couple years ago and my bridesmaid dress was like 8 sizes bigger than the size I actually wear. Like WTH?! It was evil. I'd never worn anything in that size before. Forget the size - you know it's not a true size anyway and I'm sure you'll find something you look fantastic in!
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Nobody sees that number but you. It's a total mind game but there's nothing to feel bad about.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    Dress designers are sadistic a-holes. I was in a wedding a couple years ago and my bridesmaid dress was like 8 sizes bigger than the size I actually wear. Like WTH?! It was evil. I'd never worn anything in that size before. Forget the size - you know it's not a true size anyway and I'm sure you'll find something you look fantastic in!

    I have to agree - when we took my niece shopping for her wedding dress we had to start 2 sizes bigger than she was - the sad thing is she worked hard to lose some weight before the wedding - wtf is wrong with those people!
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    You're not a big girl....keep your head up.
  • Hauntinglyfit
    Hauntinglyfit Posts: 5,537 Member
    Sizing varies greatly. Focus on how you look, no one sees the tag of your dress.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    I think a lot of the time they go by pattern sizing and not regular sizing. That's why the numbers are so crazy big.
  • Ciniharts
    Ciniharts Posts: 60
    Dress sizes are moronic and not be taken seriously - I have dresses that are labelled as being 6 sizes apart but are EXACTLY the same size as each other! So you could be trying on something labelled as an 8 but it's the same size as a 2 - it's insanity! Don't let it mess with you!
  • Chezzie84
    Chezzie84 Posts: 873 Member
    Being from the UK your dress sizes confuse me lol
    To me you are all stick thin =)

    Its the same here. In one shop I can be a size 14, in another a 16 and in another an 18.
    its disgusting really and while I understand this and don't worry too much. I feel sorry for young girls who are influential and prone to warped ideas on what is normal.
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,303 Member
    Please do not let dress sizes get you down. The off the peg chain store sizes are not the same as they were 50 years ago, and fashion houses are often worse. We the general population are different too. Be pleased with yourself that you are fit and healthy. There is a conspiracy in the world of food manufacture and fashion which says women and increasingly men are not what they should be, the insurance industry is also in on the act. More people under the prescribed weight level get health issues rather than those a little above.

    Rejoice in who you are. Be healthy. Enjoy life. Question Conformity, live your differences with pride.
  • Beckilovespizza
    Beckilovespizza Posts: 334 Member
    Cut the label out and enjoy looking pretty in ur party dress :) shops are mean, I can fluctuate 3 sizes from shop to shop!
  • waytobeduck
    waytobeduck Posts: 82
    Nothing like shopping for a prom dress at a designer boutique to make you feel like a bloated pig. I keep trying to tell myself they're designer, they run small, but that still doesn't erase the number from my mind.
    at least u don't feel like a bloated blue whale. :flowerforyou:
  • lucylousmummy
    lucylousmummy Posts: 348 Member
    Being from the UK your dress sizes confuse me lol
    To me you are all stick thin =)

    Its the same here. In one shop I can be a size 14, in another a 16 and in another an 18.
    its disgusting really and while I understand this and don't worry too much. I feel sorry for young girls who are influential and prone to warped ideas on what is normal.

    this exactly,also, i used to work in a clothing factory that manufactured m&s knitwear, and it was notorious for sowing the wrong size labels in things, if it was caught before leaving the factory (which wasn't often) the jumpers were either shrunk or stretched on steam beds to fit the label, so if ever you've bought something from there and its stretched or shrunk the first time you washed it thats the reason why

    op please don't let the size of your dress ruin your prom, just find a dress that fits and you look stunning in, if it's not the size you want, cut the label out, i can assure you your not going to look like a bloated pig :flowerforyou:
  • LCgymnast
    LCgymnast Posts: 258
    Don't look at the number. It's just something to categorize everything. How do you feel when you look in your dress is what's all about!!

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