Thread: Dress sizes and weight loss

Originally Posted by Oerba_dia_Vanille

It's Especially Dorothy Perkins confuses me.
I have a pair of skinny jeans, bought last year, size 12 and they are saggy and loose (need a belt otherwise I'll moon my knickers) but right now, I'm wearing their stretch bootcut in size 16....(bought in december)which only fit now I've lost weight cause 2 months ago, I couldn't even close the button.

Hey Oerba_dia_Vanille, and thanks for the additional, very confusing info. From your post I am guessing... avoid Dorothy perkins if you want to leave the shop sane, got it. Lol

I guess some shops size up so people can buy a smaller size and feel good and buy more of their clothes... where as other shops seem to prefer to undercut so no one fits in and they remain more exclusive (I have a designer friend who advises me this goes on especially amongst designer labels).

It all seems bloody stupid to me. If a person feels they look good and they feel healthy then who cares what the size is?! Me personally, I just want to fit in something smaller!

And wouldn't it make faaar more sence for all the companys to standardise? So a 14 is a 14 a 20 is a 20. I genuinly think people would buy even MORE clothes if they knew the same size would fit from everywhere instead of all that tedious trying on in hot shop changing rooms.

Originally Posted by bluecatlady

Hey Oerba_dia_Vanille, and thanks for the additional, very confusing info. From your post I am guessing... avoid Dorothy perkins if you want to leave the shop sane, got it. Lol

I guess some shops size up so people can buy a smaller size and feel good and buy more of their clothes... where as other shops seem to prefer to undercut so no one fits in and they remain more exclusive (I have a designer friend who advises me this goes on especially amongst designer labels).

It all seems bloody stupid to me. If a person feels they look good and they feel healthy then who cares what the size is?! Me personally, I just want to fit in something smaller!

And wouldn't it make faaar more sence for all the companys to standardise? So a 14 is a 14 a 20 is a 20. I genuinly think people would buy even MORE clothes if they knew the same size would fit from everywhere instead of all that tedious trying on in hot shop changing rooms.

Haha lol, you're welcome

Ahh yes, vanity sizing.
It's true, many shops do that!
I prefer them to be honest about sizing, if I'm a 16, what's wrong with that?
I don't need to be fooled into thinking I am smaller and I won't feel ashamed, and I'm sure most people feel the same way.

We don't have DP here, as I live in Holland.
So I have to order
I do quite like their jeans cause they are good quality and the right price, and most importantly, come in short sizes which we lack here in the Netherlands.
I'm only 5'1", and the regular jeans/pants length here seems to be between 80 and 83 cm, and I need 78 cm (28"?) or else I'll be walking or tripping on them :P
My guess is, that maybe they stopped vanity sizing as the skinnies are almost from 2 years ago, and this bootcut style very new.

Still confused here lol.

Originally Posted by Oerba_dia_Vanille

Haha lol, you're welcome

I'm a 16, what's wrong with that?
I don't need to be fooled into thinking I am smaller and I won't feel ashamed, and I'm sure most people feel the same way.

Nothing at all, uk average after all... and I'm 5,9, my trousers are always too short! lol

19st 13lbs - size 24
High 18st - size 22
Currently 17st 12 and I'm a 18 in most tops, sometimes 20. Bottoms vary depending on style between a 20 and 22 sometimes i'm a comfortable 20, sometimes they fit but not comfortably enough for me to feel ok wearing them so it's a 22 still but they're a bit too big.

I'm 5'6" and weighed 214lb when I joined this site. Clothing wise I wear size 18/20on top and size 16 in jeans and 18 in trousers.

I am 5'5" 13.12 and size 18's are a little loose. I cant bear tight clothes though.

I think its a case of finding which shops pattern grade is closest to your shape.

I trained and worked in manufacturing and when we took orders to produce knitwear Next size 12 were different to the size 12 m&s required which were different to the size 12 we made for river Island. The shops gave us measurements to their specifications. That is the size we manufactured them in. Yet the same size 12 label would adorn the back neck of all these different sized garments.

Jilly thats interesting in relation to different stores stating their specific measurements. I am a size 14 when im a stone heavier or at current weight and in designer cuts need a 14 - 16 but everyone thinks Im smaller so who knows what size I really am I always pull a 14 off the shelf and if too big try a size smaller and if too small get the next size up but I think the size is more a starting point now. I dont think this issue can be resolved until they use standard measurements for each size xoxo

Jeans shopping I vary from a 10 to a 14 - in the same shop! I average out at about a 12 but I have some cloths that are a 10 and fit quiet well. I defiantly think there should be an industry standard or something so that one size in every shop will fit me!

I wish that there was an industry standard too. Until then we just have to suck it and see. Hopefully in smaller sizes !

At 14st 2lb, and 5' 7", I'm a size 18 on top and 16/18 bottom.

My problem is I carry loads of weight around my middle so my size 18 trousers fit around the waist but are baggy around the bum and hips! Another half stone off and I'll be able to get back into my size 16's ........

I'm also 5 foot 8, at my smallest I was 10 stone but never any smaller than a size 12 because I have hips and boobs. Then I gradually put weight on, I went upto 13 stone 10 and stayed at that for what seemed like a lifetime and I was always a size 16. When I got pregnant last year I went upto 15 stone 10 and after I had the baby in September I was in a size 18 bottoms and 16 baggy tops. When I started WW in the new year I was 14 stone and still inn a size 18. I have only just got back into my size 16s and I am 13 stone 4 now, sorry hope that helps. I am trying to get into a size 14 as I think this will be around the right size for my shape and height. I really don't know how much I will have to lose for this though as it is 3 stone different to when I was a size 12!

I'm 14st 11lb and I'm 5ft 6 I'm an 18 on bottom and 16 on top.

I am 177lbs and I am a size 14-16. Actually more of a 16, but it depends on the shop.

I tend to buy 16 because then it is slightly bigger, and therefore more flattering.

Interesting to see that CarolingG is 3 inches taller than me and a size lower at similar weights. At 5Ft6 and 19-20stone, I was in 26s, and occassionaly a 28 still fitted. Mind you, I wore those sizes at 22 stone too.

I'm 18st4lbs now and in 24s and a few smaller 26s. Very satisfactory to be in clothes I had grown too fat to wear. I am at the charity shop everyweek clearing out the clown clothes. I've also noticed my shoes are looser, and I wouldn't have said I had fat feet.....

Still wearing the 42DDD but won't be for much longer.

Roll on the 22s and some new intermediate clothes for the journey down to 10 or 12!

Ali

it's such a good feeling when you go down a size isn't it?