Dress size V. Pants size

Ilovepeppers
Ilovepeppers Posts: 396 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is there a difference for anyone? I used to be a 22 pants/20 dress and haven't gotten a dress in about ten months and 62 pounds, but I'm a14 pants now!! Is there a dress/pants difference for anyone here?

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  • marquesajen
    marquesajen Posts: 641
    At my smallest I was a 14pants and 10/12 dress, probably could've worn a 12 pants in some brands. My biggest I was barely fitting in 16pants don't wear dresses so I don't know, but my wedding dress size was 18, however wedding dresses run weird. Now I'm wearing a 14 in pants, still no idea for a dress.
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    I am teetering between 8-10 in pants but I am between 10-12 in dress. The difference is cause of the boobs! Dresses have to account for chest sizes as well!
  • woja9640
    woja9640 Posts: 450 Member
    Is there a difference for anyone? I used to be a 22 pants/20 dress and haven't gotten a dress in about ten months and 62 pounds, but I'm a14 pants now!! Is there a dress/pants difference for anyone here?

    Dress size and pant size are different because with dresses you have to account for upper body as well as lower body. I would suggest just trying on dresses until you find one that you like, makes you look fabulous and fits like a dream. With out seeing a picture I can't tell which dress type would suit you best.

    However a womancan't go wrong with a wrap around or empire waist.
  • a_stronger_steph
    a_stronger_steph Posts: 434 Member
    I am teetering between 8-10 in pants but I am between 10-12 in dress. The difference is cause of the boobs! Dresses have to account for chest sizes as well!

    ^^^ This!

    I'm now wearing pants/skirts in sizes ranging from 4-8 (some 10s with a belt). There is NO WAY you'd fit me into a size 4 dress. No way. Boobs + ribcage = never being a size 4 dress. My dress size is between 6 and 10 depending on the brand.
  • kbrogan78
    kbrogan78 Posts: 158 Member
    And I'm just the opposite- SOOOO pear-shaped. At my thinnest, years ago, I was still in a size 10 pants but had dresses and A-line skirts in my closet that were a size 4. As long as it didn't have to fit my thighs, I could wear a much smaller size.

    It all depends on body shape. :)
  • a_stronger_steph
    a_stronger_steph Posts: 434 Member
    And I'm just the opposite- SOOOO pear-shaped. At my thinnest, years ago, I was still in a size 10 pants but had dresses and A-line skirts in my closet that were a size 4. As long as it didn't have to fit my thighs, I could wear a much smaller size.

    It all depends on body shape. :)

    Ahhh, so very true! :) I used to be a lot more pear-shaped than I am now. I could do a medium sized top but need large sized pants - or a size 10 dress but a size 12 pants! I think I've ended up losing lots of weight from my hips and bum! Waiting for the rest of me to catch up, hehe.

    Body shape affects things a great deal!!
  • inlander
    inlander Posts: 339 Member
    I have a larger dress size than pant size because I have broad shoulders and consequently need to buy bigger size dresses than I would if I were more pear/hourglass shaped.
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