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Reason I ask is I don't have an accurate body image. I look in the mirror and think I look thick, almost chunky. I'm 5'10 and wear a 4 or 6 jeans depending on brand, and I think to myself, how could I possibly look thick if I wear a 6? So I do a lot of comparing when I'm out and about, trying to figure out what I really look like.
So today I'm in Penney's and I see a row of mannequins wearing tags on their jeans. They were very slender -- they're mannequins! So I walk around to the back to reach the tags and the butts are tiny. I'm guessing a size 2. Grab a tag and it says 8!!! All 3 of them said size 8! No way!
They size mannequin clothes differently, right? They want the average size 12 to think they're only slightly larger than the dummy wearing a size 8.
Reason I ask is I don't have an accurate body image. I look in the mirror and think I look thick, almost chunky. I'm 5'10 and wear a 4 or 6 jeans depending on brand, and I think to myself, how could I possibly look thick if I wear a 6? So I do a lot of comparing when I'm out and about, trying to figure out what I really look like.
So today I'm in Penney's and I see a row of mannequins wearing tags on their jeans. They were very slender -- they're mannequins! So I walk around to the back to reach the tags and the butts are tiny. I'm guessing a size 2. Grab a tag and it says 8!!! All 3 of them said size 8! No way!
They size mannequin clothes differently, right? They want the average size 12 to think they're only slightly larger than the dummy wearing a size 8.
No we put the exact same clothes on mannequins. If we had a customer that needed a size that was on a mannequin we would pull it right off the mannequin and hand it to the customer. That would be annoying to have to order special mannequin clothing.
No we put the exact same clothes on mannequins. If we had a customer that needed a size that was on a mannequin we would pull it right off the mannequin and hand it to the customer. That would be annoying to have to order special mannequin clothing.
Yup ^^^.
OP, sounds like you may have a distorted body image?
Reason I ask is I don't have an accurate body image. I look in the mirror and think I look thick, almost chunky. I'm 5'10 and wear a 4 or 6 jeans depending on brand, and I think to myself, how could I possibly look thick if I wear a 6?
Exactly.
5'10" size four and you cannot see how thin you are?
So I really just bought jeans a size smaller than those mannequins? Hmmm maybe I don't have to diet after all. LOL
I've been overweight most of my life. Finally lost somewhere around 150 lb. I assume that's why I can't see myself. But that was 12 or 14 years ago. Still trying to figure out what I look like.
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