5'5, 125 - help me with sizes

[Anonymous]

I'm the same height, and the lowest weight I've been since college was around 132. At that weight I wore a 4 pant (Ann Taylor, Banana Republic), but if I had lost 7 more lbs., I would've probably worn a size 2. I think it just depends on how you're built. I usually wear a 6 button up top or jacket (but a small pullover top), because of the width of my shoulders. Any smaller and shirts feel tight across the upper back.

[Anonymous]

Wow. When I was 125 lbs at 5'5, I wore size 10s. This was decades ago. They must have sized everything differently by now, or maybe it was because I had large bust and hips with small waist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. When I was 125 lbs at 5'5, I wore size 10s. This was decades ago. They must have sized everything differently by now, or maybe it was because I had large bust and hips with small waist?

Yes, we now have vanity sizing. What used to be a size 10 is now a 6 on average. I think in the 80's when I weighed 120 lbs. at 5'5", I wore a junior size 5 or maybe even 7.

I don't know whether this is to reflect how overweight we have gotten as a population (maybe they always want 10 to be "average", so they made 10 larger), or to sell more clothes (if you can fit into a smaller size, it appeals to your vanity, so you're likely to buy more).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. When I was 125 lbs at 5'5, I wore size 10s. This was decades ago. They must have sized everything differently by now, or maybe it was because I had large bust and hips with small waist?

Yes, we now have vanity sizing. What used to be a size 10 is now a 6 on average. I think in the 80's when I weighed 120 lbs. at 5'5", I wore a junior size 5 or maybe even 7.

I don't know whether this is to reflect how overweight we have gotten as a population (maybe they always want 10 to be "average", so they made 10 larger), or to sell more clothes (if you can fit into a smaller size, it appeals to your vanity, so you're likely to buy more).

It's out of control. I'm 5'5" and 130lbs, and I am a ZERO in Ann Taylor dresses and pants, XS in tops, 0 or 2 in BR pants and dresses, etc. When I was pregnant and ordering maternity clothes from UK designers, I was a 10UK. Love those Brits for not bowing to vanity sizes.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'5" and 120, and I usually wear a 2 or a 4. I have a petite upper body and heavier legs. Ann Taylor is the worst ... I'm an XS and lots of their clothes are still too big.

[Anonymous]

Hm, it must really depend on how you are built. I'm 5'5/125 and I wear xs/0 in most brands, 2 in Boden.

[Anonymous]

Interesting to read this. I am 5'4" and 120lbs, and wear 6P in Loft pants (the styles that ankle skim) and 28 in J Crew jeans, for examples. I do have a large undefined waist.