Is Size 10 Considered Plus-Sized?? (girl, head, look, clothes)
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Wouldn't it depend on how tall you are? I'm 5'11 and would be thin at a size 10, not model, scary thin but probably a very healthy thin. Someone that is 5', while they wouldn't necessarily be in the actual plus sizes, would certainly be at least a little overweight.
At my very thinnest, I'm size 10. On my body, this is just plain skinny, so I think it depends upon one's body type (I'm tall). If I could pick a size to stay at for life, it would be a nice roomy size 12. At this size my body is balanced, I have a little boobage, and my hips are balanced with my shoulders, etc.
I've seen small women on TV who look fat in a size 6, so it just depends.
That's sooooo true. Some taller, and bigger boned/muscled woman can easily pull off a good size 14 and ye wouldn't know that it wasn't a couple sizes smaller unless one saw the tag.
We won't discuss what Hollywood considers "plus-sized"
Of course, it would depend on the body. I'm never above a 0 on my most bloated day, I am 5'3" and generally a 0 or 00 depending on the brand. Someone who is my height or shorter who is a 10 would likely be overweight.
My mother is 5'6 or 5'7 and wears a 10-12 and I would consider her not plus size, but definitely overweight. So again, it just depends on the individual body, but generally, if one is under a certain height and a size 10 or above, then they likely are overweight.
Also, regarding European sizes....I am both from overseas, as well as own both French and Italian labels in my closet.
A 2 is a Eur 34
A 4 is a Eur 36
A 6 is a Eur 38
10 is 42, 12 is 44, 14 is 46
and so on....
BTW, although I wear a 00 or 0 in American sizes, a European 34 fits me, which just goes to show how inaccurate the American sizes are, because though I am small, I am muscular and should not be 00
I wish I could remember the name of a book I read in high school. It was about a girl who reinvented herself and went to a new school, where she became a cheerleader. A big deal was made in the book of how she dieted her way to the "perfect" size 10.
I remember a similar story that I read in 17 Magazine in the 60's when I was a pre-teen. It was about a girl who lost a lot of weight and became a "perfect" size 9 (the junior equivalent of a 10). Size 9/10 was nothing to be ashamed of back then.
I was never a small girl. I'm 5'7" and big-boned. I was wearing 13/14's in high school until I dieted and got down to size 7/8. Believe me when I say I was a stick back then! I don't recall my petite friends being anything smaller than a size 3/4 - in fact I'm not sure there even were size zeros and ones back then.
Fast-forward 40 years. I'm 54 and wear a size 8 for slacks and skirts, 10 for tops. I'm not fat but I'm certainly not as skinny as I was in high school and I'm quite sure the size 8 jeans I wear now are larger than the size 8 jeans I wore in high school. And I have never in my adult life, even at my heaviest (post-pregnancy), been big enough to fit into those size 14's I wore as a young teenager.
My daughter is quite tiny; 5 feet tall, less than 100 lbs. and wears a size zero. She used to be a double-zero until college food put a little meat on her bones. As I've said, I don't remember size zero even existing back in the 60's and 70's. Back then, my daughter probably would have worn a size 3.
Based on my experience, I'm quite sure that American sizes have changed over the past 40 years. What was a 12 then is probably an 8 now.
In the 1940's-50's models were average height (5'5") and a size 8 or 10 was the preferred size. Shows how much things changed around the mid- to late '50's.
Since almost none of us are tall and thin like today's models, I wish they would bring back the average height and weight woman to model myself. I have a heck of a time imagining some dress on me usually since I'll never be tall or bone skinny....and, if I don't quit reaching in the candy bowl....
I remember a similar story that I read in 17 Magazine in the 60's when I was a pre-teen. It was about a girl who lost a lot of weight and became a "perfect" size 9 (the junior equivalent of a 10). Size 9/10 was nothing to be ashamed of back then.
I was never a small girl. I'm 5'7" and big-boned. I was wearing 13/14's in high school until I dieted and got down to size 7/8. Believe me when I say I was a stick back then! I don't recall my petite friends being anything smaller than a size 3/4 - in fact I'm not sure there even were size zeros and ones back then.
Fast-forward 40 years. I'm 54 and wear a size 8 for slacks and skirts, 10 for tops. I'm not fat but I'm certainly not as skinny as I was in high school and I'm quite sure the size 8 jeans I wear now are larger than the size 8 jeans I wore in high school. And I have never in my adult life, even at my heaviest (post-pregnancy), been big enough to fit into those size 14's I wore as a young teenager.
My daughter is quite tiny; 5 feet tall, less than 100 lbs. and wears a size zero. She used to be a double-zero until college food put a little meat on her bones. As I've said, I don't remember size zero even existing back in the 60's and 70's. Back then, my daughter probably would have worn a size 3.
Based on my experience, I'm quite sure that American sizes have changed over the past 40 years. What was a 12 then is probably an 8 now.
Easy way to figure it out....put your measurements on this chart of US standard sizes (these are the ones from the 40s-50s, apparently) and you can see what your size would have been back then.
Easy way to figure it out....put your measurements on this chart of US standard sizes (these are the ones from the 40s-50s, apparently) and you can see what your size would have been back then.
It's so flawed. I'm a 0 now but on that I'd be a 7. ew.
"ew"? Are you insulted because you would be considered a 7 or a higher number?
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