size ?

[Brandi]

I was on ebay and noticed this lady had posted sizes I was not familiar with. What is a ladies size 20 or 16?

[DeniseGoldberg]

Here's a link to a sizing chart that might be helpful in answering your question - it does conversions between sizes used in different countries. Of course these sizes may have nothing at all to do with reality since the actual size seems to be manufacturer-specific (at least in women's clothing). I'd love to see some consistency.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/clothing_womens.htm

[Triskeliongirl]

Very Large.

[maillotpois]

Womens' sizes don't stop at 8 or 10. They continue upward in even numbers. It's not rocket science.

[Brandi]

it is just in shirts I don't normally see 10,14 etc.. that is why I asked. Sorry to bug you.

[ridethewind]

They are sizes for larger women, sometimes called "Plus" sizes.

[Kimmyt]

2-4 XS
6-8 S
10-12 M
14-16 L
18-20 XL

etc. etc. etc.

[jobob]

I know someone who takes a size 0.

She's very petite and very very slender.

Good thing she's also very nice, otherwise I'd hate her :D

[Veronica]

One of my sisters wears a 22. Another is size 18.

Yep... they are not little.

V.

[LBTC]

Interestingly, a few years ago I was in the States and decided to shop at Target. I was shocked and amazed to be able to wear a size 3!!! A size 5 is usually as low as I could get into at the time (larger today)....

And then there is the difference between stores. In a Bootlegger I take a Large or a size 12 and in Suzanne's, just a few doors away, I was fitting into a size 6 petite. Go figure!! :eek:

~T~

[Tuckervill]

I wear a 16 pretty consistently, and it seems I can find that size in both plus size and regular size stores. Certain designers size differently, though, and in Liz Claiborne I can wear a 14, but my wedding dress was a couture size 22! (which I had to alter for my top half).

I'm not a size, though, I'm a person. :D

I really find it hard to believe that one has never run across a size 16 or plus sizes, though. Where do you shop?

Karen

[Offthegrid]

And then there is the difference between stores. In a Bootlegger I take a Large or a size 12 and in Suzanne's, just a few doors away, I was fitting into a size 6 petite. Go figure!! :eek:

This is why I almost never buy clothes online. Who knows if they will fit? Why can't we just adopt a system like men's clothing?

*sigh*

[Brandi]

I found some womens doufold shirts on ebay. I do not own any duofold unless my ll bean river driver shirt counts. All the wool shirts I own are... one I got in Australia. It is great as a base layer. A little rough though effective. And then I own a cuddle duds shirt. And that is it besides couple wool sweaters. I want to get a good wool base layer but not ibex or anything like that to much $$$$. Oh I almost forgot about my wonderful ibex cycling sweater my dh gave me for christmas last year. That is a sweet sweater. So anyway I wear a small to med and was not familar with number sizing on shirts. Seems strange I wouldn't? I don't kow I just go for s ,m or L depending on the fit.

[Popoki_Nui]

I'm not a size, though, I'm a person. :D

Nice one! :D
I do a slow burn every time I shop for clothes. I'm not hugely overweight but I do need to lose my tummy, so I wear 16 if it's a good quality garment or 18 if it's some cheaper/off brand item. Same with shoes :(
I was wearing size 14 in high school 30 years ago, and didn't have an ounce of fat. Now, I just shop for comfort and don't give a toss about what size something is.

[Bikingmomof3]

I'm not a size, though, I'm a person. :D
Karen

Karen,
I really like your attitude. :)

[Tuckervill]

Thanks. I work out.* :)

Karen

*which means it's not an accident that I think that way, and attitude is everything.

[Bluetree]

2-4 XS
6-8 S
10-12 M
14-16 L
18-20 XL

etc. etc. etc.

Grrr... no clothes in my size. I can fit a child's size L or XL... but I really hate going into the kiddie section... :mad:

At least bike clothes are stretchy-shrinky, I can try them on without feeling like such a knob.

[maillotpois]

I'm not hugely overweight but I do need to lose my tummy, so I wear 16 if it's a good quality garment or 18 if it's some cheaper/off brand item. Same with shoes :(

Hold the phone.... I don't think you meant you were a size 16-18 in shoes, right?? :rolleyes:

I'm an 11 in shoes. ;) I was a 10 before I had my daughter and went up a full size. 11 is tough enough, but if I were to have another kid, I'd have to shop at the drag queen stores for shoes.

[aggiecorgi]

Hold the phone.... I don't think you meant you were a size 16-18 in shoes, right?? :rolleyes:

I'm an 11 in shoes. ;) I was a 10 before I had my daughter and went up a full size. 11 is tough enough, but if I were to have another kid, I'd have to shop at the drag queen stores for shoes.

Maillotpois - you made me laugh...I'm a 10 now too, and I worry what will happen when I do have kids!

[Popoki_Nui]

Hold the phone.... I don't think you meant you were a size 16-18 in shoes, right?? :rolleyes:

LOL. It does kinda sound like it, doesn't it?!
But no, I take a size 9 if it is a good quality shoe, and up to 10 or 10 1/2 for crappy stuff (like the cheap sneakers and boots I buy just for working around the property and such...size 9 never fits).

[SouthernBelle]

Nice one! :D
I do a slow burn every time I shop for clothes. I'm not hugely overweight but I do need to lose my tummy, so I wear 16 if it's a good quality garment or 18 if it's some cheaper/off brand item. Same with shoes :(
I was wearing size 14 in high school 30 years ago, and didn't have an ounce of fat. Now, I just shop for comfort and don't give a toss about what size something is.

You can't compare today's sizing with that of 30 or more years ago. Vanity sizing has completely changed everything. A size 10 of the 60s is about a 6 now. There are 2 exceptions: Bridal wear and pattern sizing. Next time you go by a Joann's or Hancock's, go in, pull a pattern and look at the measurements for various sizes. They are still true to the original American sizing system.

Does anybody remember when blouses were sized 30, 32, 34, etc?

[emily_in_nc]

You can't compare today's sizing with that of 30 or more years ago. Vanity sizing has completely changed everything. A size 10 of the 60s is about a 6 now.

You're exactly right. Back then there was no need for a size zero or (gasp) double zero! :eek: I have to admit to liking the modern sizing better, but they can't keep making sizes larger and larger lest the tiniest women start needing negative sizes! :D

Emily

[Nanci]

Luckily, I like my size 10-12-14-16-18's baggy enough that when my weight fluctuates, my clothes still mostly fit.

Nanci