When did Plus Size become sizes 8-20 ?

I'm 5'9 (pushing 5'10) and I guess I will stay a plus size then. I would look horrible if I was smaller than a 6. I'm an 8 now and in my healthy weight range. I gladly accept my plus size! :happy:

so i wear a 22-24 what the hell am i considered? Geez... 8-20.. that's crazy.. Plus size doesn't really start till 14-16!!!

I believe Torrid's smallest size is a 10 or 12. Sometimes I find that their pants fit me better bc even though I'm in normal clothing store sizes, I'm still curvy...always will be.

Plus sizes in the store are still 14-16 and up. The Fashion Industry has always been whacked so I don't look to them for guidance as to what is normal.

But don't be bashing on the smaller sizes either. I'm a size 2 and I'm extremely healthy. I'm just short and small-boned.

Work with a guy that is about 5'4" and 135 lbs. Came in with a shirt I liked the other day. I said, "What were you doing in the Boy's section? They make those in Man-Size?"

but the actual sizing isn't even the same anymore!! I have a pair of size 8's that I bought probably 10 years ago and they still fit (knock on wood)...but if I try on 8's now in the store they practically fall off!! I've read that manufacturers are making the sizes bigger to make women feel better about themselves so they will buy more. I wish they would stop it!!! I always have to take 3 or 4 different sizes in the dressing room with me since I don't know what size I really am. ugh!

I have 3 pairs of the same style same brand but different wash. Two are 8s, 1 is a 6. The 6 fits best. My jeans from 6 or 7 yrs ago are 10s and fit great.

I read somewhere that just like they photoshop to make women look slim and perfect, they photoshop plus size models to make them look more plus.

5'2', size 8 jeans...

So call me plus size & fun size It is ridiculous that the fashion world considers single digits plus, but whateva :glasses:

Let me get out my soap box for a minute...

I have such a beef with this. Everywhere you look there are beautiful skinny women...on tv, in magazines, on the calendars, car ads, beer ads, cheerleaders, movies, everywhere!!! They are all done to perfection, tiny and drop dead gorgeous. Not a love handle, belly or big thigh on them. It just drives in to every woman that this is what men are looking for and find attractive. It is hard to turn a nose up to every actress and model. I struggle with this issue. I think men (in some way shape or form) to hope/wish/expect their girlfriend or wife to look like that. It just isn't real. To any man reading this, what do you think? Are you disappointed when you meet someone that isn't a super model? There is just so much pressure from every direction!

There, there is my rant :-)

so very funny...i hate the generalizations about "plus size" because when it comes down to it- there is not right or wrong or too much or too little- because we are all built differently...for example- i have ridiculously large bones (heredity is a beast) and i could probably die and just have my skin an bones left and they wouldnt fit into a size 8 hahahaha...thats why So many ppl (specifically women) in America are either "obese" or "anorexic" this country cant get it together to teach people to love themselves when they look good- not hate what they are because its not the same as all these models...im just glad that all us on here know that when we get to "FINE" and "SEXY" that we will be happy no matter what size we have to buy or what part of the store we shop in...i know i will!!!

I disagree. You can't tell how healthy or overweight someone is just by knowing their clothing size.

When I was obese by BMI, I was a size 10. Other people can be a size 10 and be underweight. Sizes are determined by a combination of bone structure, height, weight and how the clothing is cut. They have nothing to do with health.

I entirely agree. When I was 16, I was a size 13, weighed 180 lbs and had a 6-pack. I could also pick up and carry around my 220 lb guy friend and punch through a board. My 350+ lb doctor kept telling me I was obese and at risk for health problems. ???

That's about where, for many, the weight gets to be more unhealthy than just a matter of small or big is beautiful.

I disagree. You can't tell how healthy or overweight someone is just by knowing their clothing size.

When I was obese by BMI, I was a size 10. Other people can be a size 10 and be underweight. Sizes are determined by a combination of bone structure, height, weight and how the clothing is cut. They have nothing to do with health.

You are right, but if (providing, you HAVE to label something plus size, I prefer it not be a label, but that there just be "sizes" - I actually prefer a shift to measurement sizes rather than ambiguous 6,8.10, 12, sizes anyway...), but.... if you go by % of the population in certain size ranges I am sure you will find an increase in general unhealthyness as the sizes go up. Not everyone... but just a majority. Not to say that those less than those sizes are automatically healthy either... but after a certain point or size many people in that size range start to have health issues connected to their "overage" of size or weight. Sure body types are different, but the super fit all muscle size 16, and the obese size 10 is an anomaly not a majority rule. This also does not address those under weight being healthy or unhealthy compared to their size and weight etc, but we're just talking what is "plus size" here so that's a different issue.