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Question about "size zero"
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I was under the impression that this is an American thing, because their sizings are smaller than ours, eg a 10 here is a 6 there or something? I'm not sure of the exact relation though. If I'm right, doesn't that mean that a size zero doesn't actually exist here and it's something like a size 6 or a size 8?
Or have I got it all wrong?
Or have I got it all wrong?
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I have a pair of size 00 jeans from the US, and I would say they fit like a UK H&M size 8. So small, but not ridiculously.
That said, I also have a size 4 shirt from Asda that is bigger than a size 12 top I've had since I was at school. So who really knows what size is what any more?
ETA: Miss Selfridge need to make a size 4, as their size 6s have been fitting like 10s for years :grump:
I think everything should come with a blank label so the woman can write whatever makes her happy on it.
Tbh, I rarely even look at sizes anymore because they are so inconsistent. I can usually pretty much eyeball if something will fit me or not.
I think everyone should do this and then we can use your idea, and then everyone will be happy, and I can go around telling everyone my jeans are size green.
Partly. I also think it's partly to do with the fact that 'size zero' is a better soundbite than 'uk size 4'. Unforch, the emphasis is on dress size/weight/BMI rather than things like body fat %, so a lot of the time, being a smaller size is equated with being lean, and the two aren't the same. I know someone who is a dress size 12 but is leaner than I am.
But yes, I think that lots of people think that size zero is something in the UK that must be attainable if it's so common in the media, and that to get to size 0 from a size 8 or something is 4 or so sizes difference but actually it's not as the 2 sizing "systems" are getting confused.
I've not bought new clothes in ages but I just buy what fits, sod the label.
And since when has most of the press ever been particularly concerned about that?
As people have been saying, as a general rule a US size 0 is a UK size 4.
Which, if it's a proper size 4, is extremely small.
I watched a show a week or two ago in which journalist Dawn Porter went to the US to find out about size 0 and to see if she could get down to it.
It was shocking the amount of girls who said they would happily cut right down in order to become a model. It doesn't look healthy at all and I don't see why many find it so attractive.
I'm 5'10 and wear size 12 trousers [because I need long ones] and size 10 tops and I'd say I look about average, a bit overweight maybe but nothing major. If I were a size 4 by UK standards, I'd look awful.
I don't see the point in worrying about sizes, if you feel good about yourself, that's all that matters.
Also remember that the difference between women's sizing isn't even, the difference between a size 4 and 6 is less than the difference between a size 14 and 16.
But if you were to Google size 0, a lot of the images are really shocking.
That's how it's portrayed in the media. I think if we weren't being fed images of shockingly slim girls then there would be no issue.
For a lot of people, if they see models looking super thin, they'll want to be thin too. I think that's where the problem lies.
I wish I was a lot shorter, being so tall if I were skinny I'd look really weird and there's no way I could fit a size zero because it wouldn't fit me length wise at all.
Like I said before, if you're happy with the way you look, that's all that matters.
I lost 14 pounds due to IBS a few year ago ending up at 7 stone 2 pounds. At 5 " 2 I looked hideous even though I know some people it would have looked fine, but I am a naturally curvy person. I managed to regain the 14 pounds and looked far healthier. Unfortunately I have recently gained 14 pounds (Something about that number) and I look a bit podgy, but not too bad, I can disguise it well, though it is mostly around my stomach. All I need to do is tone up the flab and I'll be happy, That's only so I don't have to waste money on new clothes lol. stuff what the media say we should look like. I prefer to look how I want and with how I feel happy.
Of course... Same with our obsession with youth.
I can just fit into a size four pair of jeans from Asda but my size eights from Dorothy Perkins fit just as well.. and from Topshop I wear a size six!
In any of the above, I like to think I don't look too skinny - just slim. Don't like the word "skinny" it's just sounds like an accusation like I'm trying to be thin, when I'm not, I've always been slim. (Wish I could get back to the size 8-10, nine and a half stone I was in 2002!
Yes :grump: I had my first experience with same jean different sizing the other day. Same exact pants ive worn for a few years, they've always fit close enough to the same before. Unfortunatly my experience was in a bad way. Instead of the size fitting too big I could barely get the legs past my thinghs