what do you consider to be plus size?

Hoosier_born
Hoosier_born Posts: 127
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For australia?
and for the US?

For me 16+
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  • Dexy_
    Dexy_ Posts: 593 Member
    I agree 16+ is a real plus size. People trying to say 12+ really need to look in the mirror!
  • Renee0608
    Renee0608 Posts: 138
    I agree.........16+ is probably a good cut off. Now if I could just get under that cut off....
  • JennyAnn35
    JennyAnn35 Posts: 45
    I would also say 16+, but for US models it is size 6-12. How stupid is that! No wonder we all have a warped sense of what a woman's body is supposed to look like.
  • stefstaf13
    stefstaf13 Posts: 4
    I think about 14+......12 pretty small still.
  • Hoosier_born
    Hoosier_born Posts: 127
    Size 8 here is in Australia is really, really tiny. I think size 12-14 is what I would consider average
  • PeaceLoveVeggies
    PeaceLoveVeggies Posts: 673 Member
    I really think 18+ is plus size. Anything smaller than that is not so bad.
  • maryjay51
    maryjay51 Posts: 742
    so im in between at a 14 lol.. usually 14/16 is in the plus size stores though
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    14+
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
    Plus size is when you have to shop on segregated sides of the store. I have graduated to the sans W side of Cato Fashions...Woot!!!
  • Dexy_
    Dexy_ Posts: 593 Member
    I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.
  • Watchthebody
    Watchthebody Posts: 2
    Any one that is really and truly a size 18+!
  • Watchthebody
    Watchthebody Posts: 2
    I agree when there is separate side of the store for you to shop in.... You are plus size! That is me now.
  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    When you have no choice but to shop in the plus sized section of the store, I suppose.
  • ShrinkingChelle
    ShrinkingChelle Posts: 187
    I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

    We have 00 in Canada ... even smaller then zero.
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    14+
  • nataliemae2011
    nataliemae2011 Posts: 37 Member
    I agree when there is separate side of the store for you to shop in.... You are plus size! .

    lol thats so true! funny but in some stores my reality as well.
  • leomentlines
    leomentlines Posts: 440 Member
    either a 12 or a 14, just because most designers don't carry anything past these sizes.. i.e. Forever 21/Express don't go larger than 31/size 12.

    If it is carried, its part of the plus size line.
  • Carlamere84
    Carlamere84 Posts: 38
    In the US size 20 because that's where the plus size starts in department stores.
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    I'd say 16+ in women's or when you start to go to XXL shirts without big boobs..
  • silentnacht
    silentnacht Posts: 53
    16 and above in US sizing though with all of the variances between brands it is almost impossible to give a definitive answer.

    I tried on a pair of size 4 jeans the other day that were HUGE on me, and I usually size pretty consistently, ugh.
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

    honestly American sizes are messed up.... a 0 today was a 6 .... seriously they are making clothing bigger and saying the size is smaller...That's why I only care about measurements

    I wear a size 12 and I'm obese... so really size means nothing...
  • Hoosier_born
    Hoosier_born Posts: 127
    sizing is so difficult.
    In Kmart there will be an 18 in the plus section, and an 18 in the normal section. In the normal section for instance, it would be so freaking tight on me.
    There are stores too that are geared for plus sizes as well. I wish there was a universal sizing. I like Target and Kmart for the fashion. I like this sit http://www.volupture.com.au/
  • ishallnotwant
    ishallnotwant Posts: 1,210 Member
    either a 12 or a 14, just because most designers don't carry anything past these sizes.. i.e. Forever 21/Express don't go larger than 31/size 12.

    If it is carried, its part of the plus size line.

    This is what I always thought as well.
  • STARSHINE1975
    STARSHINE1975 Posts: 168 Member
    I size 6 Aus is a size 0 US (which wtf people, 0 means you don't exist. What a stupid way to size people.). So 8's are TINY in my opinion.

    I was just explaining to a young co-worker how size 0 never existed when I was younger. People were tiny then too. Manufacturers just make the sizes smaller so that women will shop at their stores "I'm a size 2 at Hollister!" Which is such BS because there's no way to gauge sizes. The other added fact is there is now spandex in almost all jeans. Didn't used to exist.

    Now back to the subject. I was a (tight) size 16 at 195 pounds (5'8"). I didn't consider myself plus size even though I was big for me. I would have to agree that size 20 would be plus size (US) because that's the size the women's section starts in.
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    Any size one size larger than what I wear.
  • PeekABooGirl
    PeekABooGirl Posts: 218 Member
    I tend to feel if you can buy in the regular ladies department (vs the womens) then it's not yet plus size. I am wearing 14/16 right now - depends on the brand, etc. But if I go to a place like Lane Bryant or to the plus size section, a 14 or 16 there is too big. Guess they're just cut a bit differently. :huh: I'd be interested to know what MEN view as plus sized or not.
  • JJhoney
    JJhoney Posts: 29
    18+
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    14+ I think is where the actual plus size starts....
  • rydanip
    rydanip Posts: 62 Member
    16+
  • Keto1on1
    Keto1on1 Posts: 23 Member
    WELL THE WOLD TO DAY SAYS ANY THING FROM 12 ON UP IS PLUS SIZE. BUT MODELS SAY ANY THING ABOVE4 CRAY !

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