How much do you weigh & What size do you wear? Vanity Sizing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about "vanity" sizing--it's all just arbitrary anyway. You may as well wear size 'A, B, C' or "yellow, red and blue.'

I think this is just a bunch of carping from thin women who want to make heavier women feel shittier than about themselves than they already do. I seriously doubt that fit, average height women are having a hard time finding stylish clothing that fits them well. Most overweight women find shopping a misery.

Also, some of the PPs don't seem to realize that being short does not mean you wear a smaller size. Being short means you wear petite sizes, which are cut for shorter women (generally 5'4" and under). Pant lengths are shorter, arm holes are cut higher, pockets and trim are placed in proportion to the shorter torso. Petite sizes are often a size smaller, so a size 8 regular is a size 6 petite, but not always.

This is such B.S. Some of us are talking about the fact that clothes have become so supersized that we can not find anything that fits. Get it? I can not find clothes that fit me anymore unless I want to buy skanky cheap clothes at some junior's store at a suburban mall. OK? I am a middle-aged woman and it's ridiculous that I can't even wear size 0 petite anymore. I do not want to shop in the children's section or with my daughter's friends at Forever 21.

[Anonymous]

You also have to realize (my grandmother told me this the other day) that sizes 0, 2, & 4 didn't exist back in the day. 6 was 0, 8 was 2, 10 was 4, 12 was 6 and so on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about "vanity" sizing--it's all just arbitrary anyway. You may as well wear size 'A, B, C' or "yellow, red and blue.'

I think this is just a bunch of carping from thin women who want to make heavier women feel shittier than about themselves than they already do. I seriously doubt that fit, average height women are having a hard time finding stylish clothing that fits them well. Most overweight women find shopping a misery.

Also, some of the PPs don't seem to realize that being short does not mean you wear a smaller size. Being short means you wear petite sizes, which are cut for shorter women (generally 5'4" and under). Pant lengths are shorter, arm holes are cut higher, pockets and trim are placed in proportion to the shorter torso. Petite sizes are often a size smaller, so a size 8 regular is a size 6 petite, but not always.

This is such B.S. Some of us are talking about the fact that clothes have become so supersized that we can not find anything that fits. Get it? I can not find clothes that fit me anymore unless I want to buy skanky cheap clothes at some junior's store at a suburban mall. OK? I am a middle-aged woman and it's ridiculous that I can't even wear size 0 petite anymore. I do not want to shop in the children's section or with my daughter's friends at Forever 21.

I have a hard time finding clothes that fit too. I wish I could shop at Ann Taylor for work clothes- instead I have to spend more than I want on Theory or some European brand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares about "vanity" sizing--it's all just arbitrary anyway. You may as well wear size 'A, B, C' or "yellow, red and blue.'

I think this is just a bunch of carping from thin women who want to make heavier women feel shittier than about themselves than they already do. I seriously doubt that fit, average height women are having a hard time finding stylish clothing that fits them well. Most overweight women find shopping a misery.

Also, some of the PPs don't seem to realize that being short does not mean you wear a smaller size. Being short means you wear petite sizes, which are cut for shorter women (generally 5'4" and under). Pant lengths are shorter, arm holes are cut higher, pockets and trim are placed in proportion to the shorter torso. Petite sizes are often a size smaller, so a size 8 regular is a size 6 petite, but not always.

I haven't found this at all - I am in between petite and regular, and while I'm a 6/8 regular, I'm a 10 petite.

And I find shopping annoying, although I'm "regular sized", while my plus-sized friend is always shopping for new clothes and ordering stuff online that fits her well.

At any rate, vanity sizing makes it really difficult to order clothes online unless you know the brand, because if I'm anywhere from a 6 to a 10, it's really impossible to tell what will actually fit.

It is true re. the petite sizing. Go online and look at the size charts for Ann Taylor for example. A 6p bust is an inch smaller than a size 6 bust, and so on.

[Anonymous]

I am 5'2" and 135. My actual measurments are 34D, 27 waist, 35 hips, 12 biceps and 21 thighs.

I wear a 2 or 4 in BR, a 2 or 4P in AT and a 6 or 8 in nicer brands (Theory, etc.)

[Anonymous]

5'10" and 180. Size 14, size L or XL depending on the brand. Trying to motivate to lose 25-30 lbs. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

5'5 and 169, size 14 pants, medium tops. Was 184 and a size 16 on the bottom. Struggling to lose some more weight.

[Anonymous]

5'8" and size 6. Pre-baby, (4.5 years ago), I was 142 lbs and a size 6. Turning 40 hit my metabolism hard. Now I'm trying to get down from 152 and I'm still a size 6, though some of my jeans don't fit.

I don't really care what size I am, but I want to lose weight so I can wear my old jeans again. I spent a fortune on them! Plus I like seeing 140ish on the scale vs. 152. 152 feels larger to me. (I'm muscular, a daily exerciser and a runner. The heavier the runner, the harder on the joints.)

[Anonymous]

Im 49 yrs old. I weighed 190lbs in september. I currently weigh 141lbs. Im wearing a size 10 american eagle skinny kick jeans. I was curious how much more id have to loose to get in a 7/8.

[Anonymous]

5'5" and 168 (this morning). I wear a 10 in bottoms and a L in tops. Unfortunate apple shape

[Anonymous]

5'4" ..130 lbs...17% body fat ...... sz 0-2 /xs .... its about weight yes..but its also about how much muscle n fat u have...

[Anonymous]

5'9" 120-125, size 4

[Anonymous]

5'0" 95, size 0P in AT. Have always wondered why they need to have a size 0. Can't they be numbered 1, 2 etc?Does it actually make women feel good? Not for me at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'5" and 168 (this morning). I wear a 10 in bottoms and a L in tops. Unfortunate apple shape

5'6" and 165. Wear a 12 in bottoms and sometimes M, sometimes L, on top. Pear shape,

[Anonymous]

5'-11" 139#. Wear a size 6.