Midsize

[Anonymous]

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

2-4 is midsized?? What???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It’s not just marketing. The proportions of plus size clothes are different from the proportions of straight misses sizes. At some point — perhaps whatever is being marketed as “mid” — maybe the proportions are different from the smaller straight sizes AND the larger plus sizes.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is interesting to me because I’m 5’7” and a size 10, but I weigh considerably more at 165. My proportions fit a size 10, 36 bust, 30 inch waist, and 41 inch hip. It seems crazy to me that the size 12 poster could weigh so much less than me. I do have relatively thick thighs, so I need to size up if an outfit is cut for slim thighs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

2-4 is midsized?? What???

There’s 00, 0, 2 and 4 then 6, 8, 10, 12 everything higher is plus. So yeah, a vanity size 4 now is midsize because it’s really a 10.

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is exactly it. It’s much, much easier to buy clothing when you are size 10 or smaller, than it is when you are sizes 12-16. When you are a 12 and something doesn’t fit quite right, chances are that you are out of options. You cross your fingers that the size 32 jeans fit because there is no size 33. And if they don’t you get to walk out of that store, embarrassed, and head to Loft or Gap or one of the two or three other stores that reliably carries sizes over 12.

everyone deserves to wear clothing that flatters them.