clothing sizes

[sunnythirty3]

Was just reading the article on the new size 000. 23 inch waist. LOL. Back when I was a teenager sewing my own clothes, a 28 inch waist was a size 14, a 26in was 12, 24in was 10, and 22 in was 8. So the new US 000 was between 8-10. size 0 was about a 12. "Ooo, look at me, I was a 8 and now I'm a 0!" Dream on, Babycakes, the only thing that has

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[beffeysue]

Bless you. It drives me crazy the way sizes are always being manipulated. I've been trying to find online stores I would like to order from that list measurements a different way. Deluth Trading Company is the only one I've found that could tell me what the measurments were when the garment was laid flat on a table, and measured across from underarm to underarm, and from side to side at the waist, side to side at the hip, and from the shoulder seam to hem. Wouldn't that be much simpler for everybody?

[quaffswinegaily]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if this was available on all clothing?
It would save buying stuff which ends up the wrong shape and fit.

[droxy]

Oh FFS, size changes for marketing reasons? Again! I dont buy clothing because it looks awful and doesnt fit..

[kittylefish]

and that explains why i always felt fat - because even when i weighed 112 pounds, my waist was never smaller than 30 inches.