Is Size 10 Considered Plus-Sized?? (brands, attractive, legs, medium)
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I dont shop A&F but I saw some jeans I liked on ebay for a deal....They are HIGH if they think 34'' hips is a double zero...LOL...talk about vanity sizes. UGH!
What the ****
I am back into the double digits from those old school charts. 10 on top 4 on the bottom.
But my middle of the of the road modern comfy size is usually a 7/8
I am insulted b/c I am only 5'1"...and 5'1" at a size 7 isn't exactly small. I've been there before and it wasn't pretty...on me.
This idea right here is the reason behind the vanity sizing. What you are seeing is your "real" size - not this vanity sized malarkey we have today.
People are afraid of the bigger number for some reason.
If I ignore the bust size, I am proud to say that I would be wearing the size 7 with you - and I'm only an inch taller than you. The number itself means nothing.
As long as I feel decent about my body shape (which, I need to get back on my DDR regimen...), then I could be wearing a size 10 and not worry about it.
But as for plus size, they're usually somewhere between a MODERN size 14-16.
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.
Zero and double zero, eh? That shouldn't be the end of it by any means!
When will clothes start being sized in NEGATIVE numbers? (Perhaps they have already and I don't know it?)
Double zero, nothing! I'm a -3, yes a NEGATIVE size 3! Take that, you other lollipop heads! LOL!
It depends on the woman's height and body build. A size 10 is not plus size for a woman who is 5'9" and 140 pounds, but it is plus size for a 5'1" woman of the same weight.
It depends on the woman's height and body build. A size 10 is not plus size for a woman who is 5'9" and 140 pounds, but it is plus size for a 5'1" woman of the same weight.
Precisely. You wouldn't believe the amount of people who think I'm 'fat' because I'm a size 13. I'm also 6'1.... even if I starved myself my hips won't let me be lower than a 9, and that's skin tight.
This idea right here is the reason behind the vanity sizing. What you are seeing is your "real" size - not this vanity sized malarkey we have today.
People are afraid of the bigger number for some reason.
If I ignore the bust size, I am proud to say that I would be wearing the size 7 with you - and I'm only an inch taller than you. The number itself means nothing.
As long as I feel decent about my body shape (which, I need to get back on my DDR regimen...), then I could be wearing a size 10 and not worry about it.
But as for plus size, they're usually somewhere between a MODERN size 14-16.
I'm not a 7 anymore...now I'm a 0...although I shouldn't be. Sizing is so weird. My waist is a 25 and my hips are a 37...and yes, I can get my butt into 0's.
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), then I could be wearing a size 10 and not worry about it.