Women's sizes and weight

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It depends on the brand, pretty much. At 213 I was in XL or 1X and 18, now at 133 I'm in 6s, 4s and S (if it's a brand that has XS size) or M otherwise (I have a medium/large frame).
  • JoyeII
    JoyeII Posts: 240 Member
    Weight has nothing to do with size. Your measurements and the manufacturer are the only things that will determine the "size" you wear.
  • queenb39
    queenb39 Posts: 54 Member
    I am 221 lbs. and in a 24. I was in a 26-28.
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    Clothing sizes are so arbitrary it seems. I'm 5' 7", 183 lbs and I regularly wear clothes ranging from a UK size 10 to a UK 22. I generally fall in the 14-16 area.
  • mking1005
    mking1005 Posts: 2 Member
    I am 5'8 and when I wear a size 8 usually weigh about 155
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,894 Member
    I'm 5'10", and I weigh around 216. I'm a size 16/18 on bottom, and a L or XL on top. 30 lbs ago I was an 18 on bottom and an XL on top. Not much difference at all....in another 30 lbs I expect to maybe be all the way out of 18, but who the heck knows. It depends on the brand, cut, style, etc.

    I will probably NEVER be a size 8. I think the smallest size I remember in high school was a 10, and I was a super active athlete.

    I'm 5'9" and dropped 66lbs so far and can still just barely wear my old size 28 shorts without them falling off (watch out if I put keys and phone in my pockets though). However, I also have a pair of 3x (24/26 shorts) that are getting baggy and a pair of 26 which are as well. All my 4x tops (I am weird about how shirts fit) are now tent-like on me and I can wear some of my old 3x ones, all of them for size, some feel weird to me.

    As you can tell, I haven't bought new clothes :P Even when I was an athlete (travel softball and hs rugby) as a teenager, I was never under a size 12, lol.
  • carolineat111
    carolineat111 Posts: 97 Member
    I'm 5'10" 160lbs and wear a size 8, at 150lbs I wear a 6.
  • bluntlysally
    bluntlysally Posts: 150 Member
    sizing changes from brand to brand, as well as over time. so does your body.

    so if in 1992, you were a size X, right now that very same clothes might be called a size Y (even assuming same brand).

    also, if those pants that fit in 1992 when you were a size Q and Z lbs... it doesn't mean that your body will magically fit in the very same pants once you hit Z lbs again.

    and if you did actually keep the pants AND fit into them at some magical, and likely different weight than when they fit originally, i can almost guarantee that they won't fit "right" anyways. both styles and shape of your body change. an exception would be if you gained and lost a lot in a short amount of time (1-2 years?) or are talking about a very small amount of weight (10-30 lbs).

    going down in size is very exciting. i think i might end up at a size i never ever was "back when" - mostly because of all of the vanity sizing these days!! buuuuuuut, please focus on something other than size as a goal. like being able to do something longer, faster, lift more, etc...
  • Tracey_B_72
    Tracey_B_72 Posts: 1,021 Member
    I'm 5"6 and I'm 141lbs right now and it tops I'm a small or a UK size 10, this summer I've been wearing a UK size 12 jeans but they fall off me so I've bit the bullet and can actually wear a UK size 10 skinny jean, the dress in my profile pic is a UK size 10, I'm aiming to get to 133lbs so I don't know if I'll own any UK size 8's by then, actually I do own one size 8 jumper.
  • Kate7294
    Kate7294 Posts: 783 Member
    When in high school I had to have my tonsils removed. I lost down to 130 lbs I could wear a 7/8 though I looked very unhealthy at that weight. I'm 5'7"ish . At 187 lbs I can wear some 12's and larger depending on maker/etc.
  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    I'm 5'2 and must be oddly shapen because I'm in a 14-16 and weigh 163
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    Teen sizes are so unpredictable. ~_~ 125-130lb I can wear a size 5-6 but also can wear up to a 10, it has a lot to do with the fitting and if the fabric stretches. I can also wear a kids 16.

    They just need to do dresses by waist size instead of giving a single number that is meaningless.
  • deborahgillion55
    deborahgillion55 Posts: 21 Member
    So true not worth working about. Manufacturers Chang a size up or a size down according to the need @ the time of a particular sale. Unbelievable but true.
    Does anyone have an idea how a woman's weight relates to dress size?

    I'm 202 lbs today and wear a 16. I know when I'm 180 lbs I wear a 14. But how do the other sizes run?

    Obviously this won't be exact--sometimes you need to size up or down because your own personal bust or hips don't match a particular designer's dimensions for a particular size. But in general, what has been your experience?

    A group just formed today saying "I'll be size 8 by Christmas, you can count on me". I know by extrapolating my weight loss rate and then adding back a fudge-factor for screw-ups, that I should be in the vicinity of 170 by Christmas, but how that translates to size? Harder to predict. 14, like at 180? or 12? And where does the weight for "10" begin?
    First, clothing manufacturers get bored and change the sizes of certain garments just for the hell of it. They giggle at how all those women will order shorts and get them and have them be a size too big or small. They have to amuse themselves somehow.

    I sell my clothes on eBay as I lose (because I go through them so fast!) and I'm always saying things like, "It's marked as an 18, but it's really more like a 20 than a 16." Sizes mean nothing!

    I think it differs from person to person. I'm about 183 and in a 14, some 16. In a month or two, I'll start adding 12s. I'm just now getting rid of my last 18.

    You go through sizes faster as you lose more. They add way more room between 2X and 3X than they do between 14 and 16.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,894 Member
    I consider it unpredictable. I'm five three, 129 lbs, and wear a size 10 in most things and an 8 in some. I always seem to wear bigger sizes than other people at my weight, despite being only 26% body fat at this point. People tell me they're five three and 120 lbs and wear a size two? lol.... no clue. none at all.

    My 5'9 and 1/2" daughter weighs 125(I think) and wears a 0/1. Of course, she is 14 and still doesn't have hips, lol.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I wear the same size now as I did over 50 lbs heavier. It just really depends on your body type. I see people all the time my same weight who wear clothes much smaller than I do. And people much heavier than me wear the same size I do (Obviously since I wore that same size heavier and now)
  • willrun4bagels
    willrun4bagels Posts: 838 Member
    Women's clothing sizes make zero sense to me. I am 6'2".

    I was 291lbs five years ago, wearing a size 20.
    I lost 100lbs through mostly cardio, and was a skinny-fat size 12 at 190lbs.
    I gained almost all of that weight back, and started again in September 2013 at 281lbs at a size 18.
    I am currently 215lbs wearing a very loose size 12/size 10 in some brands. So, I am 25lbs heavier - and am smaller than I was when I weighed 190lbs. Go figure.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,371 Member
    i honestly just wish someone would realize that not all size 20 girls are TALL!

    Likewise, I wish someone would realize that not all size 2/4 girls are SHORT! Lol
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    Interesting. It depends on your body comp. At 180 (and I am only 5'2) I was a size 10/12...and not tight either. The 12s were baggy, 10s fit just right
  • willrun4bagels
    willrun4bagels Posts: 838 Member
    i honestly just wish someone would realize that not all size 20 girls are TALL!

    Being 6'2", I wish more "tall" jeans actually were tall. Shorter people can fold the bottoms and take them to be hemmed. Tall people can not add length to pants if it doesn't exist to begin with. I wear a 36"-37" inseam in pants and have to spend a small fortune to find pants that I can wear.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    i'm 5'5, 140, us size 6 jeans/ s t-shirt

    I'm 5'5", 133, size 8 pant. and small/medium shirt. Body type will greatly affect what size you wear. This is an example (see how we're the same height and roughly the same weight?
  • lizzybathory
    lizzybathory Posts: 229
    i'm 5'5, 140, us size 6 jeans/ s t-shirt

    and I'm 5'5", 125, and wear a US 6 / s t-shirt. Even wore the 6 jeans when I was as low as 119. Goes to show how different sizes can be. :)
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    It definitely varies, as others have said.

    I am 5'8" and technically pear shaped (from measurements) but feel I appear more hourglass due to semi-broad shoulders. Anyway, to the best of my ability I've listed my past sizes and weights below - starting with all-time heaviest & ending with my current and lowest.

    280-307 lb = size 22 pants, occasionally 24. 22/24 dress. 3X top. Occasionally I bought 4X or 26/28 tops because if anything came even close to touching my fat rolls I wouldn't wear it...so lots of baggy stuff. Technically I think I was 2X-3X, 22/24.

    260-279 lb = size 22 pants, 20-22 dress, 2X top.

    259-240 lb = sizes 18-20 pants, 20-22 dress, 1X-2X tops.

    220-239 lb = size 18 pants, 18 dress, 1X top.

    204-219 lb = size 16 pants, 18 dress, 1X top.

    190-203 lb = size 14 and juniors 13-15 pants, 14 dress, XL top.

    180-189 lb = size 12 and juniors 11-13 pants, 14 dress, L-XL top.

    from 179 to present, 173 lb = size 10-12 and juniors 11 pants, 10-14 dress (totally depends on the cut...10-12 are best but I need space for my bust and hips), M-XL top (totally depends on the style/cut, I have M that are perfect and XL that still aren't remotely too big).
  • Crystlee80
    Crystlee80 Posts: 25 Member
    I'm 5'8" and currently at 211 size 12 loose. A few months ago I was at 228 size 14 and a few 12's but tight. Top XL. Now even when I am at 200 I still am around a 11/12. The smallest I have been was at 165 size 8. I consider myself to be large framed. I don't think realistically I will ever see smaller than a 8 maybe even a 9/10 after my 4 kids but that's okay. It's not so much about the size but as to how I feel.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,371 Member
    Being 6'2", I wish more "tall" jeans actually were tall. Shorter people can fold the bottoms and take them to be hemmed. Tall people can not add length to pants if it doesn't exist to begin with. I wear a 36"-37" inseam in pants and have to spend a small fortune to find pants that I can wear.

    I've had good luck with jeans from Alloy, their inseams go up to 37". I think they have dress slacks as well. Not expensive.

    Things are a lot better now, back when I was a young woman "tall" sizes always started at size 8. Which was waaaaay too big for me. And they were always kinda "mature' styles.
  • NoMoreBlameGame
    NoMoreBlameGame Posts: 236 Member
    I've lost 49 lbs. so far but I'm still in the same jeans I was in 49 lbs ago. a) I have a big butt and a big lower belly and they hold them up and b) just because one *can* wear a certain size doesn't mean one *should* xD My belly used to hang over the top of these jeans and now there's no rolls over the top...and there is technically too much space in my waist (I belt it)...but because I have a bigger butt than I would like...and a large lower belly....they're snug in the bohonkus. I'm pretty sure I can't go down a size yet, due to my backside and lower tummy. My upper tummy down to my waist is showing huge differences but my lower belly is like "nope, I'm not going anywhere!" (mouthy stomach).
  • HestiaMoon1
    HestiaMoon1 Posts: 278 Member
    Not only are body types different, but designers ideas of sizes are as well.
  • QAPmom
    QAPmom Posts: 458 Member
    I'm 5'4" and 171, shirts are some size M, mostly L and pants are 11/12 or waist between 29's and 31's/
  • kdhamner
    kdhamner Posts: 309 Member
    I'm 5'7.5" , 212 lbs, and wear a size 14. It varies so much, because of a persons height, how they carry their weight, etc.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    i honestly just wish someone would realize that not all size 20 girls are TALL!

    Being 6'2", I wish more "tall" jeans actually were tall. Shorter people can fold the bottoms and take them to be hemmed. Tall people can not add length to pants if it doesn't exist to begin with. I wear a 36"-37" inseam in pants and have to spend a small fortune to find pants that I can wear.

    yeah I can understand what both of you are saying. I'm 5'8" and honestly felt like 99% of plus size clothing was cut PERFECTLY for my height and body type. The only problem I EVER had was arm holes being way too big in sleeveless tops & dresses. Aside from that, I felt like clothes in sizes 18-24 were cut for ME. Not for someone shorter than me or taller than me. Which is odd because there are a huge number of women much shorter/taller!

    Now that I'm in large "misses" sizes I find the height/length thing still true, and understand that most of my shorter friends have to hem things and taller friends have a rough time when brands don't offer tall (and sometimes even then).

    As for difficulty finding tall jeans, I feel for you ^ at 5'8" with average length legs I have worn some tall jeans that were fine for me so I can imagine with some brands, tall does not mean much :-( I have given up on maxi dresses for similar reasons. They're not a style that really appeals much to me anyway, but I have tried on like 10 of them and 8 of them came above my ankle and the other two were trailing badly on the ground.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    I wear the same size now as I did over 50 lbs heavier. It just really depends on your body type. I see people all the time my same weight who wear clothes much smaller than I do. And people much heavier than me wear the same size I do (Obviously since I wore that same size heavier and now)

    i've seen you say this on a few posts now and i've seen your pictures. you look so much smaller now !!

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