Question for the Gals

[musclemom]

Is a size 6 big for womens clothing?

IMO it's tiny A petite 4'11 woman is going to think a six 6 is big, for her it could be. Me, I'm 5'9" and I've never been able to get my upper body below a 10.

You have to take height and frame into consideration (put it this way, my wedding band is an 8.5, most women I know can put my wedding band on their thumb and have room to spare).

Sizes are bullshit. You have to buy the clothes that fit your body. Women who bodybuild/seriously lift weights start running into some really strange problems

 

[yonkers weights]

FACT - US size 0 is really a 2 and so on these days. Designers had to do that about 2-3 years ago. Go to Europe and you will see the difference.

 

[covergrl80]

FACT - US size 0 is really a 2 and so on these days. Designers had to do that about 2-3 years ago. Go to Europe and you will see the difference.

So why did they HAVE too?

 

[yonkers weights]

To make women feel better about themselves. They have to appeal to the masses and in this case they are the masses.
It all comes down to marketing and moving a product.

 

[covergrl80]

To make women feel better about themselves. They have to appeal to the masses and in this case they are the masses.
It all comes down to marketing and moving a product.

So if a two is a zero then what size do I wear? lol

 

[yonkers weights]

The one that fits ya!

So if a two is a zero then what size do I wear? lol

 

[Mickey36]

I thought the same thing over the last two years. I am a size 0 but I do not think that I should be. I don't have the problem with a size 0 falling off, you are going to have to go to juniors or girls.

 

[velvett]

IMO it's tiny A petite 4'11 woman is going to think a six 6 is big, for her it could be. Me, I'm 5'9" and I've never been able to get my upper body below a 10.

Sizes are bullshit. You have to buy the clothes that fit your body. Women who bodybuild/seriously lift weights start running into some really strange problems

You're not kidding.

Coats, jackets, blazers and cocktail dresses I always buy large and have them tailored or I just wear loose and go for the orphan annie look (which seems to work for me)

I'm tall but I don't have a large frame but I'm still bigger than my friends (who all seem to be under 5'2") so no matter what size I'm wearing next to a shortie I'm a giant. (thank God boys come in different sizes too)

I remember this one accountant that worked in the same offices and as me, she was about 5' and maybe 85 90lbs and her clothes floated on her she was so petite and like a china doll all her features were just the right scale for her. One day we were talking and we were both leaning over a desk and I noticed just how tiny her hands were - the tips of her fingers were where my middle knuckles were. I was stunned at the realization.

People come in all different scales... LOL

Get it scales....


PHHHHHHHHhhhhhhbbbbbbbbbbb ... architectural joke..

Damn where's frisky

 

[Bikini Mod]

I go shopping and find my size which is a 0 or 1. Take the stuff in to the dressing room and try it on. For some strange reason when I zip the skirt, pants or shorts up I can pull them right off without unfastening them.

Are they changing sizes to make the fatties feel skinner or to make the skinny feel anorexic???? This is really starting to bother me! I have never had this problem.

My time as a model helped my *head* with this bigtime.

Did you know that clothing is made to fit a *fit* model? This is a man/woman whose measurements are supposed to be perfectly "X" amount of inches for this measurement and "X" amount for that - and perfect height. Then with mathematical calculations they size up and down, pettite and big/tall, etc. If the fit model shows up for the job and is not the size she is SUPPOSED to be, guess what? Throws the entire line off.

Since I found this out (a fit model was laughing about it during a swimwear gig we were doing together) I was like, "Cool, so it isn't ME it is the clothing." I am pretty intune with my body and my mirror works fine, so I know when I have put on some bodyfat or lost some muscle mass. I dont NEED the label on jeans to tell me something about ME that I already know.

I take clothing anywhere from size 0 to 6. I also wear children's sizes (because I am so short) 12 to JR 4. I also wear some men's pants because I like the way they sit on my hips. 28/32. (I like my pants to bag at the bottom).

Also you have to take into consideration the fabric - does it have give? If the fabric is stiff there is NO WAY I can get tops over my still really large lats and fake boobies so I dont even bother.

And yes, American clothing is cut bigger than European clothing because in general Americans are much fatter than their European counter parts - hence "relaxed fit" was born to make Americans feel less self-conscious about this FACT.

 

[musclemom]

My time as a model helped my *head* with this bigtime.

Did you know that clothing is made to fit a *fit* model? This is a man/woman whose measurements are supposed to be perfectly "X" amount of inches for this measurement and "X" amount for that - and perfect height. Then with mathematical calculations they size up and down, pettite and big/tall, etc. If the fit model shows up for the job and is not the size she is SUPPOSED to be, guess what? Throws the entire line off.

Since I found this out (a fit model was laughing about it during a swimwear gig we were doing together) I was like, "Cool, so it isn't ME it is the clothing." I am pretty intune with my body and my mirror works fine, so I know when I have put on some bodyfat or lost some muscle mass. I dont NEED the label on jeans to tell me something about ME that I already know.

I take clothing anywhere from size 0 to 6. I also wear children's sizes (because I am so short) 12 to JR 4. I also wear some men's pants because I like the way they sit on my hips. 28/32. (I like my pants to bag at the bottom).

Also you have to take into consideration the fabric - does it have give? If the fabric is stiff there is NO WAY I can get tops over my still really large lats and fake boobies so I dont even bother.

And yes, American clothing is cut bigger than European clothing because in general Americans are much fatter than their European counter parts - hence "relaxed fit" was born to make Americans feel less self-conscious about this FACT.

I like to watch the show Project Runway and I finally got an inkling of just how obtuse clothing manufacturers are. These designers REALLY don't know how to MAKE clothes for people whose bodies are dramatically different from their dressmaker's dummies (the perfectly proportioned size 6 or whatever it is).

There was one challenge where they had to make clothes for each other's female relatives. The designers were at a total loss what to do/how to dress the big women, it was no accident that the designer whose model was close to having a "normal" size and shape won the competition. The sad part is at least one designer was downright nasty to his model. Look, no matter what her size, she's a potential customer.

Supposedly some of the stores are getting machines in that measure you (without taking your clothes off) and give you a list of what size you are in various clothing manufacturer's and they're supposed to take into consideration things like calf size and shoulder slope. One of these days I'd like to try one out:

http://www.intellifit.com/Intellifit/AboutUs.aspx