and another example of the maddness - I'm supposed to order a work related polo type shirt, and when I looked at the sizing chart it gave the measurements of the shirt (width from seam to seam) . So now I get to go home and measure another polo shirt that fits comfortably to see what it's chest measurement is! I have never seen clothes sizes given in the width from seam to seam.

One time, Pre-K, I went to one of those high end boutiques just to see what they had, and the designer had her own sizing. So I'm looking for something in the 8-10-12 range (my "normal" size) only to discover that translates to her size 2. Gaak! If sizing wasn't confusing enough!!!

Does anyone else out there remember when ladies blouses and dresses were sold by bust size? If you wore a size 34 bra, then you wore a size 34 blouse.