Biggest Loser aka Biggest LIAR!!

[tulip]

I'm 5'4" and 170 lbs and I easily wear a size 10 dress. Actually, I have a dress that's an 8 that I can still wear too. It all depends on the shape of the person, the clothing and the brands you are buying.

Yes, it completely depends. I'm 5'6" and for most of my adult life until a couple of years ago I weighed around 145. I was between a 10 and 12.

[michelem]

FWIW on the sizing issue, I am approximately the same height and weight I was in high school (eons ago!), definitely larger measurement-wise. Way back then, I wore a size five. Today, I wear a size 00 (double zero -- what kind of ridiculous size is that???). Give me a break. This is a marketing ploy, plain and simple. They call it "vanity sizing," hoping that women will want to buy more if they can fit into a smaller number. Sigh . . . it works the opposite for me because it is so difficult for me to find anything that fits!

[emily_in_nc]

What michelem said -- I wore a 6 or 7 all the way through high school and college. Now, at the same weight, I wear a 2, sometimes even a 0. Size inflation for sure. Sure, it's nice to wear a "tiny" size, but frustrating when you never know what size to buy, since some stores are much more prone to size inflation than others....higher end stores are the most prone to this, it seems, so their customers will feel good about themselves.