Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
No size inflation ego-pampering here. If you are a 14, suck it up and order a damm 14.
Ah, but is that a 1998 size 14, a 1988 size 14, or a 1978 size 14?

-Oak, 2008 size 4/6, 1998 size 6/8, 1988 size 10/12, 1978 size 14, measurements substantially unchanged

IIRC - what I've read not what I remember personally - "misses" sizes originally indicated "young miss," what we'd call Juniors now. And the size numbers were supposed to correlate roughly with age - so a Misses size 14 would be worn by an average 14 year old girl, who of course was much smaller than today's average 14 year old girl. So this stuff has been going on for a LONG time.

In a few more years they're going to run out of sizes and someone with a 26 inch waist will have to buy size negative 4.