size ?

[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

[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!!

~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.

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

[Popoki_Nui]

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

Nice one!
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.

[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??

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.

[SouthernBelle]

Nice one!
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?

[Bikingmomof3]

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

[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!!

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.

[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...

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