Quote Originally Posted by goldfinch View Post
Maybe then, like now, cheaper clothes were bigger than the more expensive stuff.
??? I have always thought just the opposite. I wear a size 2P at Ann Taylor or Talbot's, but 4P if I order from LL Bean, and take me to a Wal-Mart and I'd need at least two sizes larger! I thought it was vanity sizing so that wealthier women would feel better about themselves.