Midsize

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is consuming!

I feel like I'm "mid size", and I feel large compared to many of the people around me. I am 5'8", 155, and size 8 / Medium.

Size 12/14 and up is large, isn't it? I thought that was considered overweight.

I’m 5’8”, 149, and mostly size 12. So if you’re not overweight, neither am I.

[Anonymous]

Originally it meant size 10-12 in reference to the models. Most of them are around size 4-6, plus sized are 14+, so in the middle are the midsized ones. Keep in mind that the models are pretty tall, so 10-12 looks more like 6-8 proportions wise on an average height woman.

Now, on social media it can mean anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is consuming!

I feel like I'm "mid size", and I feel large compared to many of the people around me. I am 5'8", 155, and size 8 / Medium.

Size 12/14 and up is large, isn't it? I thought that was considered overweight.

I’m 5’8”, 149, and mostly size 12. So if you’re not overweight, neither am I.

You are definitely not overweight!

Our proportions must be quite different or maybe I buy more clothing that uses vanity sizing

I carry all my weight in my hips/thighs/butt, flat stomach with big boobs and wide shoulders.

[Anonymous]

I’m a 2-4 now but I used to be an 8-10. Same size. I consider myself midsize. 16 is plus size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instagram was obviously listening to me on dcum, because I had several midsized fashion influencers recommended to me, haha.

I looked at one- a gorgeous woman, 5’10” and size 8/10/12. I mean, isn’t that no different than a 5’4” woman who is size 4/6? I’m not sure I’d call that midsized.

I’m 5’10” and have been all of those sizes, and I mostly agree with you. At size 8, I could wear anything I wanted without regard for how it was cut, etc. There were no body parts to “work around.” At size 10, I had to try things on and make sure the size was correct, but most things worked. Size 12 is getting closer to true “midsized.”

I’m now at 14 and need to google up some of those midsized influencers, because now fashion is a struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone help me understand what "midsize" means and if it's an actual thing?

I am in my early 40s and see a lot of fashion reels and a lot of the women in them call themselves "midsize." Like, "As a midsize woman, here's what I wear to brunch/on a run/on vacation!" The thing is, these women are typically size 12-16, which is totally fine but I don't understand how that is "midsize."

I first started seeing it and thought "Oh! I'm kind of midsize!" (meaning I wear about a 6, often a M) but then I realized that's not what it seems to mean and we do not wear the same size at all. I am confused. Is the "mid" referring to between regular and plus? Is it suggesting that this is the new M? Is this a thing? Or just a random narrow subset of reels I am seeing (that don't actually pertain to me, which is odd.)

It isn't.

This is the result of marketing. If women (fwiw like me) who are a size 14 consider themselves "mid" instead of "plus" ... they feel better and buy more stuff. And, perhaps more importantly, influencer marketing in this area will be more effective if women can consume it and not hear the word "plus." Also, as a practical matter, at this point given the epidemic of overweight/obesity in America, a 14 probably is about the average size, so I can see where calling it "plus" would gradually fade away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a size 6/8 and that's M so I've been told I'm midsized. Literally medium

The naming conventions are so strange. I wore sz4/S bottoms my whole life and was called “tiny” by everyone, could refer to model photos to figure out how most things would look on me (although this might be more about build and proportion). After kids I seem to have settled into a sz6/28 ie Medium, but I don’t really feel “mid-sized”. I just feel small-ish. I have a friend who wears 29s (in the segment of NYC that cares), but it surprises everyone and she is fit and looks small. I think it’s a combination of vanity sizing (I keep hearing about how “Well Marilyn Monroe was a sz 12!” but like…look at her? That’s not a sz 12 of today) and the fact that language evolves, so illusory truths become truth if enough people participate (“chaise lounge” etc)

Marilyn Monroe was only 5’5” tall and she was a size 6 in today’s standards which is pretty curvy.

Now, if she were 511 with the same body shape, she would bea size 10/12

Yeah, her waist was like 24". She was curvy, but also tiny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people on this post are having a vocabulary issue.

Small medium and large are standard sizes.

Then they came out with plus sized clothes.

Now there is something in between standard sizes and plus sizes and they call that midsize. It’s not synonymous with medium because medium is part of small, medium and large, which is part of standard size sizes..

There was a time where women in this size bracket couldn’t really find clothes because small medium and large didn’t fit them and plus sizes didn’t fit them. Hence creating midsize.

"Midsize" is not a clothing sizing term. It's the term fashion influencers use for that generally 10-16 size band. 10-14 are covered in "standard" sizing at stores, but when all you see in social media is 0-4 size women, it can be hard for the 10-14 size woman to visualize what might work best for her. Thus, midsize influencers have stepped into that gap. As a size 10-12 woman battling menopause belly I really appreciate the midsize social media feeds.

It is actually a clothing size term used by companies when hiring models. It’s not just an influencer term.

When people were sick of buying clothes where every model is a size 0 they started hiring models for the pictures online where the model is “midsize” witches size 12-16

No. A size 10 is "plus size" if you are talking about models.

-- a model

[Anonymous]

Size zero is ideal size, size 4 is mid and above 6 is plus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a size 6/8 and that's M so I've been told I'm midsized. Literally medium

The naming conventions are so strange. I wore sz4/S bottoms my whole life and was called “tiny” by everyone, could refer to model photos to figure out how most things would look on me (although this might be more about build and proportion). After kids I seem to have settled into a sz6/28 ie Medium, but I don’t really feel “mid-sized”. I just feel small-ish. I have a friend who wears 29s (in the segment of NYC that cares), but it surprises everyone and she is fit and looks small. I think it’s a combination of vanity sizing (I keep hearing about how “Well Marilyn Monroe was a sz 12!” but like…look at her? That’s not a sz 12 of today) and the fact that language evolves, so illusory truths become truth if enough people participate (“chaise lounge” etc)

Marilyn Monroe was only 5’5” tall and she was a size 6 in today’s standards which is pretty curvy.

Now, if she were 511 with the same body shape, she would bea size 10/12

Yeah, her waist was like 24". She was curvy, but also tiny.

Well, she was 55 so that makes sense. If she was 511 her waist would not have been 24 inches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people on this post are having a vocabulary issue.

Small medium and large are standard sizes.

Then they came out with plus sized clothes.

Now there is something in between standard sizes and plus sizes and they call that midsize. It’s not synonymous with medium because medium is part of small, medium and large, which is part of standard size sizes..

There was a time where women in this size bracket couldn’t really find clothes because small medium and large didn’t fit them and plus sizes didn’t fit them. Hence creating midsize.

"Midsize" is not a clothing sizing term. It's the term fashion influencers use for that generally 10-16 size band. 10-14 are covered in "standard" sizing at stores, but when all you see in social media is 0-4 size women, it can be hard for the 10-14 size woman to visualize what might work best for her. Thus, midsize influencers have stepped into that gap. As a size 10-12 woman battling menopause belly I really appreciate the midsize social media feeds.

It is actually a clothing size term used by companies when hiring models. It’s not just an influencer term.

When people were sick of buying clothes where every model is a size 0 they started hiring models for the pictures online where the model is “midsize” witches size 12-16

No. A size 10 is "plus size" if you are talking about models.

-- a model

Yes, that was true. 10 years ago.

That was the last time you modeled

[Anonymous]

I used to work at Altar'd State. We had very little that would fit a size 10, and virtually nothing that would fit a 12. We had xs (00) s(0 to 2), m (4 to 6) and l (8 to maybe a 10). We carried virtually no xl. If you wore a 10, you might fit into an l swearer but not an l dress that zipped, if that makes sense.

Yes, these clothes are marketed at juniors/teenagers. But plenty of grown women shopped there. I think of mid-size as the normal adult sizes that were larger than we carried there. The sizes you could get at Ann Taylor next door that weren't plus.

I'll add that I think the definition of "plus" has been pushed for sure. I have always thought of a 14 as plus. Some folks on here are saying it starts at more of a 16 or even 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people on this post are having a vocabulary issue.

Small medium and large are standard sizes.

Then they came out with plus sized clothes.

Now there is something in between standard sizes and plus sizes and they call that midsize. It’s not synonymous with medium because medium is part of small, medium and large, which is part of standard size sizes..

There was a time where women in this size bracket couldn’t really find clothes because small medium and large didn’t fit them and plus sizes didn’t fit them. Hence creating midsize.

"Midsize" is not a clothing sizing term. It's the term fashion influencers use for that generally 10-16 size band. 10-14 are covered in "standard" sizing at stores, but when all you see in social media is 0-4 size women, it can be hard for the 10-14 size woman to visualize what might work best for her. Thus, midsize influencers have stepped into that gap. As a size 10-12 woman battling menopause belly I really appreciate the midsize social media feeds.

It is actually a clothing size term used by companies when hiring models. It’s not just an influencer term.

When people were sick of buying clothes where every model is a size 0 they started hiring models for the pictures online where the model is “midsize” witches size 12-16

No. A size 10 is "plus size" if you are talking about models.

-- a model

Yes, that was true. 10 years ago.

That was the last time you modeled

Which was a lot more recently than you did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To answer your question- yes, it refers to women who don’t really fit in regular sizes but also don’t really fit in plus sizes. Personally, I still consider these large sizes but I see why they have made the distinction. It must be frustrating to not really have stores that target you.

That's true in a variety of places on the size spectrum. I'm smaller than a 00 for tops and dresses (thankfully not for at least some bottoms), and there's definitely no stores targeting me either.

Same. I buy a lot of kid’s clothes

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it’s a specific size, but a ratio or general look. Tiny and thin like Kendall Jenner was the original size model. Plus size is like Ashley Graham (she is gorgeous, btw). And midsize is anyone in between, which is most people.