Comments on: Women’s Clothing Size Standards

By: Grumba

Grumba — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:03:02 +0000

I’ve always had trouble finding clothes to fit, even though I’ve put on 23Kgs since leaving school and thought I might fit a standard size now I’m larger! In my twenties being short, and what would now be around a size 6 to 8 with a relatively big bust, it was impossible to get standard clothes and I often bought kids stuff- I discovered I could wear jeans meant for 14-yr-old boys! A little boutique in Sydney stocked tiny sizes for “best” outfits, but everyday stuff was a lost cause. Then along came Country Road and I was able to get nice stuff for quite a few years (but always too long in the sleeves etc) when I earnt a good salary. These days with a middle-aged large waist (some might say “tummy”!!) and a tiny bum and skinny legs nothing fits! As for designers like Bettina Liano- I don’t think the needs are in the designer price range mainly- it’s just the low to moderately priced clothing that MOST people could afford. Rich normal to larger people can have things altered, as far as I’m concerned! Size 14 is the new “normal/average”- so the majority of clothing should be that size and the rest statistically distributed around that! My dad used to be a government statistician in a small country in the 1950s and I can remember him coming home and saying that certain sizes were the most “popular” and writing reports to send to garment manufacturers! What’s happened to that these days?

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:05:14 +0000

What I do is take about 2 or 3 different sizes of the garment that I like into the change room because sizing is so irregular depending on which shop you go to, you never really know what size you are! I am tall with a tiny waist and roundish hips and I really struggle with skirts & pants, forget about dresses, it won’t work with my hip/bust ratio, usually if the pants/skirt are snug around the hips they bag in the waist. You can’t win! Anybody else have this problem or am I a freak? Sometimes I feel like one. I think I am a size 10-12 but this can vary! Maybe I should just start sewing my own clothes.

By: omo

omo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:40:44 +0000

you are some times you try two sizes bigger for those shops that reduces sizes, and some times a size smaller. mays you wonder if you are going bigger or smaller
thanks
omo

By: y-o-e-l

y-o-e-l — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:58:20 +0000

I agree

I hate especially when have to try 1 or 2 size bigger… >.<

By: Violet

Violet — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:27:17 +0000

I agree 100%. I am a very small girl and find myself swimming in size 8 clothes. I hate having to buy expensive clothing but nothing at Target fits me except the kids clothes.

I think there is trouble on both ends of the spectrum and until we have a set guide line of sizes it’s going t remain this way.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:06:45 +0000

Finding clothes for a smaller build is equally as frustrating. I am in the healthy weitght range but the chances of finding clothes that are what used to be an old size 8 is almost imposible. I buy kids clothes with short arms and look stupid but I dont want to have to buy everything in a boutique store. I would like just to be able to buy average work clothes that fit from the normal chain stores. I have not changed shape over 15 years and buying clothes used to not be so problematic.

By: Lena

Lena — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:01:17 +0000

Indeed, shopping is so annoying. I’ve quit a big size so I don’t like it at all.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:46:04 +0000

I agree, I love clothes but I hate shopping…specially when I have to try on so many different sizes before finding the one that fits. When you find you are a size larger than what you thought it’s really depressing.

By: Mistress B

Mistress B — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:47:57 +0000

It’s so frustrating! And really screws with my head. I’ll think that I’m losing weight and buy one thing in a size smaller than usual only to them have to go a size bigger somewhere else because there is no consistency at all.