Supersizing of America & a rant

[jessmarimba]

Veronica - interesting little piece of trivia: I studied forensic anthropology in college, and self-reporting of height on drivers licenses can actually make for difficulty in identifying bodies. According to one study, men tend to overestimate their height by an average of 2 inches, while women report theirs as 2 inches too short on their licenses.

So maybe most American women really ARE 5'6.5"?

Don't know, but have Muirenn's height and feet, it seems, so I'm thrilled that I can find pants the right length now. Before I gained weight and muscle from cycling/running and got back to normal sizes, I couldn't find a size 0Long anywhere.

I wish I had a size 6 foot so I could get all the cute shoes on clearance!

[badger]

What bugs me is the inconsistencies in sizing throughout the board. There's 26", or size 3, or XS. Which is it? Then I go to England and I'm size 8. My shoe size here is 7.5, but in Japan I'm 25cm. There should be some International Fashion Police to set some standards on what size things are, and that they will be the same everywhere.

And then there's the inconsistencies even within the same brand...

[channlluv]

Men have this challenge, too. Since he started cycling, my DH has lost almost 60 pounds and has gone from an XL jersey to needing a medium. He's 6'3". We haven't found any Medium Tall shirts anywhere, much less cycling jerseys. He likes the racing cut, the one that fits lower on the hips. Anyone got a source for that?

Roxy

[OakLeaf]

So maybe most American women really ARE 5'6.5"?...
I wish I had a size 6 foot so I could get all the cute shoes on clearance!

Maybe they are. I know at an honest-to-goodness measured 5'3", I'm below eye level. Women as well as men walk right through me on the street if I don't yield to them.

I wish I had just about any shoe size smaller than my 10-1/2 Wide.

[Veronica]

Ha ha. Discipline is remembering what you want

Shut up!!!!!

Veronica

Clearly, I want my ice cream.

[Possegal]

Self reported average height in The Netherlands is 5'7".

Although what we noticed in Rotterdam was that folks there really were tall. My friend, who is 4'10" I think, and is married to a man from the Netherlands, commented to us that had we noticed how much taller people were there, and we actually had already commented. So there may be a 'self-reporting' effect happening there, but honestly, there were some tall folks over there.

[SaNdEe]

Okay - so I'm 5'8" and all leg and a** (but nothing up top, thanks a lot there) - IF I am liucky enough to find something that fits, it is usually a price that makes me hyperventialate. Thank Goodness for consignment and thrift shops

[shootingstar]

Although what we noticed in Rotterdam was that folks there really were tall. My friend, who is 4'10" I think, and is married to a man from the Netherlands, commented to us that had we noticed how much taller people were there, and we actually had already commented. So there may be a 'self-reporting' effect happening there, but honestly, there were some tall folks over there.

It made me wonder if Danish women were also tall or at least bigger boned. I kept on exclaiming to my partner when we were in Copenhagen for...5 days, many bikes that were too big for me when we would pass a row of parked bikes.

So glad I brought my own bike to Europe. Otherwise lots of time wasted just to find a bike that fitted me. German women aren't normally known to be petite boned and short on average either.

I know this is not clothing size, but same issue.