Dress sizes in ladies 5'4-5'7

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  • Turtlemummy
    Turtlemummy Posts: 71 Member
    I'm 5'7, in the UK. Starting MFP I was 153lb, and size 10 UK/ size 6 US was getting too tight. Didn't want to buy the size 12/8 clothes I really needed, so lost the weight.
    I'm now hovering around 130lb and in size 8 UK/ size 4 US. Jeans sometimes a size up depending on the fit.
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    I'm 5'5" and 125 lbs.

    My dress size is largely determined by what fits my CHEST and that varies by material and cut. TBF it's usually a 10, unless something is stretchy, in which case I can get away with a 6 or 8. I'm not huge, but I'm big enough to need to watch it .

    Jeans size 6ish is fine. I don't see me going down further. The limitation there is the width of my pelvis. As in: My bones at the top aren't gonna smoosh closer because of weight loss, you know?
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    edited November 2021
    I'm a little out of your range at 5'7 1/2", and because I've got big boobs, I'm listing my top and bottom sizes separately, because they're very different:
    • 210 lbs- jeans 20, tops & dresses 20/22
    • 190 lbs- jeans 18, tops & dresses 20
    • 180 lbs- jeans a TIGHT 16, tops & dresses 18
    • 160 lbs- jeans baggy 16 tight 14, tops & dresses 18
    • 145 lbs- jeans 12, tops & dresses 16
  • mjglantz
    mjglantz Posts: 508 Member
    It really depends. When I started I was 5'8" and now 5'7". I found that changing sizes varied quite a bit as a lost weight. Initially (at 226) I had to lose about 25 lbs to see a difference in size. when I got to 170 or so I bought a lot of clothes in a size 14 and I lost about 10 lbs and they were all too big. I was doing a lot more exercise at that time. Over the next 6 months I lost about 20 more lbs and went to a size 8. And sizes are just not consistent these days.
  • mjc614900
    mjc614900 Posts: 31 Member
    Just saying - this is a strange setting of sizes. I am 5'1 and now weigh 130, presently size 8. In my professional days 30 years ago I weighed 110. Size 4. But more expensive high quality stores, I wore a 2. I think that was because they were sized differently because no one wants to wear a bigger size.
  • Chubbynomore10
    Chubbynomore10 Posts: 1,530 Member
    edited November 2021
    When I was in my 20s at 5' 5.5" at 125-130 I had a 28" waist and wore a size 9 jeans (but that was when the sizes started at 2, I think. All I really remember was the 5 7 9 shop). All of my extra weight is carried above the hips...I am an apple, so this might not apply to you. If I had any extra weight then, it didn't bother me. That was the weight at which I felt best. Since that has been 40 years I thought my waist size might help more now since they haven't messed with the measuring tape, yet....lol.

    Also, after losing 70 pounds or so, my shoe size went from 10 to 8.5

    Now at 160 I am wearing size 12/14 stretch pants but only because of my waist. They are very loose over my hips and legs. Maybe one fine day I will be in proportion again. Weight distribution makes a very big difference.
  • soldodunja2910
    soldodunja2910 Posts: 16 Member
    edited April 2022
    Right now I’m at 125 and usually a size 2. Unless there is no stretch I have to size up because im curvy. In tops I’m anywhere from an xs to s really depends on the brand. At my heaviest I was 150 and a size 6. My pant size didn't go up that much cause I had a lot of fat go to my butt / thigs / stomach. I had a mental breakdown and the medications made me gain weight, so I was more worried about my mental health at that at the time than what my size was.
  • KNoceros
    KNoceros Posts: 326 Member
    I find it massively depends on manufacturer and style.
    5ft 5 and 130-135lb.

    I wear anything (and everything) from a UK 6-12!
  • Azzie521
    Azzie521 Posts: 32 Member
    I weigh 123 lbs, 5'4", pear shape so I'm very small on top. I wear a dress size 4 or 6
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    As an update I'm sitting at 120-125 now and have toned up/tightened up/evened out over the past little bit and yeah. My dress size is still mostly a medium still because of breasts but my pants size is about a 2. Weirdness. (Same waist size (27) that had me in an 8 30 years ago though)
  • Iambored123
    Iambored123 Posts: 5 Member
    edited April 15

    I’m 5’7 and 123 lbs I wear anywhere from a size 0 to 4 .. depending on the brand.. size xs or small. I have a small frame tough .. so it’s around. My ideal weight. I feel good at this weight

  • ChelzFit
    ChelzFit Posts: 294 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48568234#Comment_48568234

    Exactly the same!

  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,363 Member
    edited May 28

    That sounds about like my sizing. The problem is I’m a different size at different stores. I had to get into the mid and upper 120s in order to get into a Size 6 Old Navy jeans/shorts and a size 2-4 pant at Ann Taylor Loft.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,731 Member

    5’7”, currently 148.

    Got as low as 127, looked ill, had to rebuild.

    Still wearing most the size 4 I got at the lower weight. The gain has been muscle. Did get rid of a few pieces which wouldn’t accomodate the new muscle in thighs or upper arms. Elastic short sleeves=yikes!

    I’ve really upgraded my wardrobe from the XXXL days, so am choosy about what I add now, and maintaining my current size so I can wear them.

    Have a particular preference for a particular brand log workout gear (Yoga Democracy) and a European clothing brand (Blutgeschwister) and it is a joy to buy without bothering to try on.

    Also have some amazing vintage pieces I wear often, colorful, hand embroidered, hand beaded, handwoven. I adore handwork and admire the inventiveness and creativity of other humans. I would never have dared wearing things that “out there” at the larger size, assuming I could even have found vintage pieces that big. My aim in those days was hiding my size.

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