If you’re a size 6

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chest size matters a lot for these questions. People who are size 0 or 2 tend to be small chested, unless you are just looking at pant sizes. Once someone is a C cup or larger, you are going to be a 4/6 at a minimum (even in vanity sizing) regardless of your weight or height.

Same thing with shoulder width or hips. You can have a low weight but if your frame is structured a certain way, you will need to size up. I used to work in a department store and was always fighting this battle with customers. People have a mental block about certain sizes (for some people, that might be a size 8, for others it's anything 10 and up, for others it's anything in the plus range). Sometimes this is reasonable because some brands don't carry sizes past a certain size, so it's a desire to fit into more clothes (though that's thankfully changing). But sometimes it's just this weird vanity where people can't accept that a size 8 is going to fit them better because of their body shape, and don't understand that you have to fit clothes to the widest part of your body and then take them in to accommodate.

The one exception is tall women, who seem to get this very quickly. I think it's because tall women have been tall their whole lives, so they are more used to it. I'd have someone walk in who was quite trim but 5'10, and I'd say "let's try the 8 to see if get the length we want and then take in the waist" and they wouldn't blink. But then I'd encounter someone whose bust size had changed with pregnancy or who had only gained a small amount of weight but all in their hips, and they'd be adamant that they had to be a size 4 and disappointed if it didn't fit correctly. Why? What matters is getting it to fit your body properly. It's not like the size on the garment makes your body larger by osmosis. Your body is what it is, and then you just need to find the clothes that work best with it.

So true! My sizes are a mess and I basically have to try everything on before I buy. I’m 5’4”, 110lbs, but a 32H. Tailoring is everything!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5-11 and 145lbs

6 but can do a 4 on top or some cuts of dresses. 6 in the ass/hips though.

This is VERY thin! Size and weight is basically meaningless without height and body type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5-11 and 145lbs

6 but can do a 4 on top or some cuts of dresses. 6 in the ass/hips though.

This is VERY thin! Size and weight is basically meaningless without height and body type.

I am the same height and weight and it's not very thin for me. I have a small frame and was even thinner in my 20s and 30s, around 125. When I was 9 months pregnant with each of my children, I was 155. Frame size matters.

[Anonymous]

5'9 and 135-138.

I can sometimes wear a 4.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'3" 108

What? I am 5'3 and 128 and I wear a 4.

+1
5'2 and 125 and almost always a 4.

[Anonymous]

when one is large chested, buying a dress is impossible. I'm a 4 on the bottom and a 12 on top. Good times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:when one is large chested, buying a dress is impossible. I'm a 4 on the bottom and a 12 on top. Good times.

I doo think if it's just the chest, there are certain styles of dress that are more accommodating so you don't have to adjust size so much. You really have to hunt, but I've found cross-over necklines, halters, and smocking that allows me to buy a smaller size dress that still works with my chest, and maybe avoid having to do a major overhaul at the seamstress.

I find formalwear to pose the biggest challenge because most of the styles that are easier to work with are also more casual. This is why women with larger chests always wind up in strapless wedding and bridesmaid gowns. Annoying, as this is not really the most flattering style for a large test.

[Anonymous]

size 6
5.7
130 lbs

[Anonymous]

5'4, 138. Really fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'3" and 115

How is this possible? Aren't you a 2 or 4? I'm a true 6 at 5'4 and 135 lbs.

[Anonymous]

5'7, 135lbs

[Anonymous]

British sizes are two up from US for clothing and two down for shoes.

For example, a U.S. 6 is a UK 10 dress

However, my US size 7 shoes are size UK 5.

It’s been that way for 20+ years. Absolutely nothing to feel bad about.

[Anonymous]

Size 4. 5'5" 140 pounds. Very muscular, large boned. People think I weigh 120.

[Anonymous]

5’8” 136lbs. 36”-25”38” measurements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Size 4. 5'5" 140 pounds. Very muscular, large boned. People think I weigh 120.

Curious how this comes up in polite conversation. Let me guess, they also think you’re ten years younger than you are.