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Over several decades yes, but I disagree that they have been seriously "vanitized" since the early 1990s because as I said before the 6s I had in high school fit as well as a 6 does today, taking into account the different styles (high-waisted pants then as opposed to low-rise ones today). I also weigh more than I did in high school, but it is possible to weigh more than you did in HS and still fit into your HS clothes because you have not achieved full bone density yet as a teenager, so it is possible to weigh more as an adult yet still have the same measurements.
To the poster who said a 10 is an L or XL in Europe...a size 10/12 is an L in the US too. 6/8 is M. 10 is about average these days for a lot of western European countries. Some European countries are almost as obese as the United States is, so their "average" size is climbing too.
A 10 is not an L
Trust me. I do this for a living.
2-4 is a xsmall 6-8 is a small 10-12 is a Medium and 14-16 are XLarge.
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.
There's a thread around here somewhere asking what we women like to wear around the house, lounge pants or "house dresses." Some people didn't know what a house dress is, so I posted a link to an old sewing pattern that had several illustrations on the front. It was from, oh, the 60s or so. I looked at it again later and noticed the sizing ... 32 bust/size 12! I haven't had a 32 bust since junior high, when I was a size 3 and all my ribs showed through my skin.
In high school, I had a 24-inch waist and wore a size 6. Now it would be a size zero? Egads.
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.
You may do this for a living but I am going by the size charts used by the stores I frequently shop in, where a 10-12 is L.
A few stores I've been into label a 10-12 as large and 14-16 as XLrge or others mark a 12 - 14 as L and 16 - 18 as XLge.
Sometimes I like my shirts bigger for the shrink factor.
I flip flop between the large and extra large depending on the particular item. Same with shoes. And slippers.
I've seen some makes of slippers with a 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 and then go to a 8-9, totally skipping the 7 1/2 - 8 crowd. When asked, reply usually goes by what is "most popular sizes".
Guess it all depends on how the item is cut, and what country the item was made in. Some are more generous with the material and well, others not so. Maybe they're the ones who go by Hollywood standards where anyone over size 10 is considered 'fat'.
14 and 14W are not the same size. The W sizes are usually fuller through the hip and thigh.
I have a big pet peeve with Coldwater Creek. their pants go from size 16 to size 18W. This totally skips sizes 18, 14W and 16W. The missing sizes are the sizes I wear right now.
I have a big pet peeve with Coldwater Creek. their pants go from size 16 to size 18W. This totally skips sizes 18, 14W and 16W. The missing sizes are the sizes I wear right now.
JC Penney goes smoothly from 14W in women's to 14 and 16 in misses'.
the cruel merciless weight and height charts tell the story. 60% of americans are overweight.
it takes 10 miles of running to burn 1000 calories, but i can eat a 3000 calory fast food meal in 10 minutes.
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