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I went shopping for a pair of trousers yesterday, spent six hours in Birmingham's bullring and couldn't find any to fit! I have a 25.5" waist, which according to most tables should make me a size 8-10. I tried on trousers in a siz six that were hangin off my hips and one sharp tug would have had them off. Now, I think this is pretty rediculous and must be due to clothing downsizing, one of my m other's skirts from way back when is a size 10 a more than a snug fit on me. I undrstand some of the shop's motivations for this downsizing but it leaves us size '6' people in a bit of a dilema...
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All shops sizes are different though which is annoying, i always find Miss Selfridges sizes quite big, but most shops now do go down to a size 6, i think it's more an unfortunate case of hunting around and trying different things on. Back in the day when my size 8's were to big for me, i just used to wear belts a lot
a standard size 8 is now bust: 33" waist: 25.5" hips: 34.5". that's a good couple of inches bigger than it used to be. they'll have to start making a size 4 soon
the 26 on jeans generally refers to the waistband size, rather than the natural waist size. most people wear their jeans low rise these days, so the waistband measurement is bigger than it would be if they wore them around their narrowest parts.
different in the good old days, kaff?
Guess it depends what shop you're in.
you may jest, but you will be saying the same in 10 years time
It really does. The difference can be quite spectacular.
i got some size 6 trousers from french connection and they use american sizing
the smaller the number on the size label, the more likely it is that it will be bought (apparently). gap's sizes do run big, but the assistants are trained to bring you the equivalent size (so if you were a UK 8, they'd bring a size 4, if you were a UK 12, they'd bring a size 8) because then when people try them on, they almost always find they're a wee bit too big, and need a smaller size bringing (unless they're being optimistic about their size). this makes people more likely to buy too.
(can you tell i worked for gap once?)
also known as vanity sizing.
it's been shown that if a woman who normally takes, say, a size 14 finds something in a 12 that fits, she's more likely to buy it than if it were the same thing in a 14.
Am dying to go to Gap now to see what I can find!
I wouldn't get too excited if I were you... They had three styles, low, medium and high cuts, each of which came in two colour choices- that's a choice of six pairs of trousers, four really when you consider that only a loon would go for the high cut ones! I went for the low ones because as they're still a little big, it's better to have hipster ones as it just looks like it's part of the style, and the fabrics were better quality too.
Anyone been in Mango recently? I seem to remember them having little sizes?
i used to be a 26'' waist n now im like 29.5'' not good is it? lol
i was going to recomend gap to you but you already went there..x
Probably not explained that too well, but this is what I basically mean:
I wanted an Addidas tracksuit but it was far too big for me. I then tried on a nIke tracksuit in the same size which actually fitted.
because standardised sizing has gone out of the window, and now manufacturers pull sizes out of their arse.
at one point you would have found that the shops with the most generous sizes are aimed at a more mature figure. M&S and Next have had massive sizes for years. But since younger and younger kids have been worrying about their weight, a lot of teeny bopper shops have inflated their sizes too, so it's a tricky one to call.
True... speaking from the experience.
Went shopping the other day with a budget of 11 pound (weird budget yes, but with student discount it'd bring my 11 pound total down to roughly 10 pound depending on the shop). Saw a top i liked for 14.... decided to try it on. Now, im currently going through a weird weight gain for no apparent reason so i tried on a 12. it drowned me. I tried on the 10 (the size i should be). That drowned me. Confused, I tried on the 8, thinking it'd be too small for my stomach, if not my bust. Fited perfectly. So despite the the extra money, I bought it
How naughty.....
Seems that way...
And I tried on a really old st michael's skirt in a size ten a couple f months ago and it was tight. too tght to wear confortably... now their sizes b huge!
not all fat people are "mingers" (no im not fat and trying to stick up for myself)
Sizes are bigger so that larger people are more likely to buy stuff, if they can fit into a size "14" when they normally would need a 16, then it is a confidence boost and they will probably buy it
About magazines though, i dont tend to read them but when i have flicked through i always see pictures of larger women and comments about cellulite, wobbly bits etc, so i dont know where you get the idea that it is socially ok to make fun of skinny people!
Skinny people are more readily accepted in society. I remember at school the larger people were always getting the piss taken out of them but never skinny people.
Whenever i go shopping the things that i want always seem to be in a size 8, or 14 and above. (im 12..)