This really TICKS ME OFF.

mamashatzie
mamashatzie Posts: 238 Member
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
So I generally do clothes shopping at the Salvation Army. I have a toddler who outgrows a size a month so there's no sense in spending a ton of money on clothes for him. And I don't want to spend much money on clothes during my weight loss.

Anyway, I have to shop the plus size section. Grr. And you know what? Their plus size section starts at SIZE 10 (US sizes). 10 is not plus size!! Not even close.

Who the heck thinks size 10 is plus size?
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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Plus size models are usually size 8.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,030 Member
    Lol, I'd hate to see what makes you really mad.
  • BeLightYear
    BeLightYear Posts: 1,450 Member
    Lol, I'd hate to see what makes you really mad.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • VeganGal84
    VeganGal84 Posts: 938 Member
    ooh, that ticks me off, too. I'm a 12 or 14 (US) and don't consider myself to be plus-size. I hate when stores start the plus size section at anything smaller than 16. But only because usually the plus-size options just aren't as cute as the other clothes. :grumble:
  • nikki91950
    nikki91950 Posts: 647
    that's total crap. plus sizes should be like 16 or 18 and up >.<
  • turlykerd1
    turlykerd1 Posts: 54 Member
    midgets ??
  • jstrick2527
    jstrick2527 Posts: 1 Member
    Well at mine SA they mixed all the clothes together so I quit shopping there. So be thankful yours are still seperated. I used toget hte best Halloween costumes there. =)
  • Suzannemvw
    Suzannemvw Posts: 1 Member
    I love your vanity goal! Can I steal it, or share in it? :) Lady riders who are strong and sexy. Love it. Go for it!
  • racha2424
    racha2424 Posts: 58 Member
    I don't consider 10 to be a plus size at all!! I'm a size 20 right now and I'm a plus size. I wanna get down to a 12 and I sure as heck wont consider myself a plus size then!!
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Plus size is 14+.
  • TMcBooty
    TMcBooty Posts: 780 Member
    Plus size models are usually size 8.

    if this is true, it's ridiculous!
  • mamashatzie
    mamashatzie Posts: 238 Member
    I love your vanity goal! Can I steal it, or share in it? :) Lady riders who are strong and sexy. Love it. Go for it!

    Definitely!:drinker:
  • TMcBooty
    TMcBooty Posts: 780 Member
    Plus size is 14+.

    you look amazing :D
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    A US size 10 is a UK size 14.
    We would consider this to be rather large in England..
  • chnkydnknmomma
    chnkydnknmomma Posts: 258
    Ticks me off, too...and I AM a plus-size (16-18)
  • emccand
    emccand Posts: 195 Member
    That just doesnt seem right, a 10 is still small in my opinion not a plus size at all. I am in 18s now and know that its plus size so I would love to be as small as a 10 lol.
  • mamashatzie
    mamashatzie Posts: 238 Member
    A US size 10 is a UK size 14.
    We would consider this to be rather large in England..

    I have known more than one person who is quite thin and wears a size 10.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    This reminds me of a funny story. A friend of mine shopped at Lane Bryant for some unknown reason and the shirt she bought was too big so she returned it. She asked the clerk whey they didn't carry size 10. She said they glared at her and said that it was a plus-size store, so she told them, "Well, gosh, 10 is double digits! That's plus size!" I can only imagine how much they wanted to throttle her. :laugh:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I totally understand where you are coming from. I am almost 6 feet tall with broad shoulders and hips. Even at my ideal weight, I could never be a 10. I would literally have to be anorexic skinny to be a 10, and to be an 8 I am pretty sure I would have to have some pieces of my hip bones removed. It would be nice if the fashion industry were a little more realistic about the standards of the female body. This is what destroys a woman's body image and causes them to lose all hope of ever having a healthy body. My eight year old thinks she is fat because she has to where size 14 and 16 to get clothes that fit in the waist. She has the same body type as me and I am trying to explain to her that she is carrying that extra body mass now because she will need it when she hits her puberty growth spurts. Its difficult as a mother to combat society's warped sense of idealism.
  • TinaLTaylor79
    TinaLTaylor79 Posts: 140 Member
    Thats just wrong!!!! Someone in a size 10 would not be over weight..maybe if you were 3inches high...............Size 16 and up as far as i am concerned is a plus size....thats why so many ppl feel bad about themselves and feel like they almost need to starve themselves to look right or fit in with our society....if your a healthy weight for your height, then good for you and feel good about yourself.....ppl dont need to be walking around pencil thin, and thats what ppl are made to feel.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Awww sweetie. . Sorry your are upset. . .apparently someone needs an education on sizing. . But honestly there are much larger things to be upset about. . .

    * I get upset that there are so many people that go hungry when there are people deciding which overly priced sports car or boat to buy. . .. . . oh did I say for their collection. . .

    You are doing great on your journey just keep rockin on. . . . and yes thrift stores are the best when it comes to childrens clothes. . as well as adults. I love resale stores too. . . I have found brand new clothes there for next to nothing~
  • chanstriste13
    chanstriste13 Posts: 3,277 Member
    Plus size models are usually size 8.

    models don't count. :grumble:
  • mamashatzie
    mamashatzie Posts: 238 Member
    I totally understand where you are coming from. I am almost 6 feet tall with broad shoulders and hips. Even at my ideal weight, I could never be a 10. I would literally have to be anorexic skinny to be a 10, and to be an 8 I am pretty sure I would have to have some pieces of my hip bones removed. It would be nice if the fashion industry were a little more realistic about the standards of the female body. This is what destroys a woman's body image and causes them to lose all hope of ever having a healthy body.

    Yes. This is what makes me mad about it...especially your last line.
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    A US size 10 is a UK size 14.
    We would consider this to be rather large in England..

    I have known more than one person who is quite thin and wears a size 10.

    But do you mean a UK size 10 or a US size 10.. This is where it gets very confusing!
    If your a UK 10 then u are nice and slim..
    But according to the fact that a UK 10 is a US 6. Then i would imagine that a UK 14 is a US 10.
    And a UK size 18 is our cut off point, i think you have to get clothes made if you are bigger than that.. Or mayeb its 20..
    Which is like a US 14, if im getting my calculations right..
    Its hard to picture how big someone is when they wear a foreign clothes size.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Plus size models are usually size 8.

    if this is true, it's ridiculous!

    Actually, this is true. I only started watching America's Next Top Model last year and they had a girl on the show that was a size 8 and considered to be plus size. I remember an episode where she was in tears because none of the clothes that they had brought on the set were her size. The poor thing had a gorgeous figure but she was utterly humiliated on national television because the fashion industry couldn't accomodate her!!
  • mamashatzie
    mamashatzie Posts: 238 Member
    A US size 10 is a UK size 14.
    We would consider this to be rather large in England..

    I have known more than one person who is quite thin and wears a size 10.

    But do you mean a UK size 10 or a US size 10.. This is where it gets very confusing!
    If your a UK 10 then u are nice and slim..
    But according to the fact that a UK 10 is a US 6. Then i would imagine that a UK 14 is a US 10.
    And a UK size 18 is our cut off point, i think you have to get clothes made if you are bigger than that.. Or mayeb its 20..
    Which is like a US 14, if im getting my calculations right..
    Its hard to picture how big someone is when they wear a foreign clothes size.

    I mean a US size 10.

    This is what a US size 10 looks like:

    http://www.mybodygallery.com/photos-9958-body-shape.htm#img

    http://www.mybodygallery.com/search.html?height=any&weight=any&pant=10&shirt=any&zphoto=Large&new=1
  • jessbennett1986
    jessbennett1986 Posts: 243
    Plus size models are usually size 8.

    if this is true, it's ridiculous!


    It's true, but that's why they are called models. Many models are skin and bones and put theirselves through HELL to get to where they are. I feel as though many "plus" size models are absolutely gorgeous and look very healthy.
  • rosied915
    rosied915 Posts: 799 Member
    My GOAL is a size 10 and I'd be delirious if I EVER got to an 8!
  • jessbennett1986
    jessbennett1986 Posts: 243
    I totally understand where you are coming from. I am almost 6 feet tall with broad shoulders and hips. Even at my ideal weight, I could never be a 10. I would literally have to be anorexic skinny to be a 10, and to be an 8 I am pretty sure I would have to have some pieces of my hip bones removed. It would be nice if the fashion industry were a little more realistic about the standards of the female body. This is what destroys a woman's body image and causes them to lose all hope of ever having a healthy body. My eight year old thinks she is fat because she has to where size 14 and 16 to get clothes that fit in the waist. She has the same body type as me and I am trying to explain to her that she is carrying that extra body mass now because she will need it when she hits her puberty growth spurts. Its difficult as a mother to combat society's warped sense of idealism.

    I am only 5"2. I have nevery been a size 6. My smallest was a size 8 and because of my body shape I looked very trim. My friends and family even warned me that I should eat more so that I didn't look so skinny!
  • crikee15
    crikee15 Posts: 155 Member
    I am only 5"2. I have nevery been a size 6. My smallest was a size 8 and because of my body shape I looked very trim. My friends and family even warned me that I should eat more so that I didn't look so skinny!

    I'm 5'2.5", and I was a size 6/8 at 115 lbs in middle school (I hit puberty early and had curves). I thought I looked fine, but then was told by my modeling agency that I needed to lose weight because I was considered "overweight" at that point. Definitely a blow to my adolescent self-esteem.

    P.S. 14 years later and I would give anything to be back at that size!!
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