Here is a link to a chart with standard US clothes sizes:
http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/class/6m105/projects/fabfit/size.htm#chart
Just wondering how your clothes size that you normally wear actually compares to the size you would be from the chart? Is it bigger, smaller or the same?
TIA
2006-10-25 16:41:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
The chart is not inaccurate, these are the true standard sizes, which many retailers choose to ignore. A true size 0 would be a 22/23 inch waist, yet retailers often put their size 0 clothing as a 25/26 inch waist!!
2006-10-25 16:52:51 · update #1
Seems like it varies. For me I found I usually wear smaller than the size stated and others seem to have found the opposite. I guess it probably depends on where you shop?
2006-10-25 16:57:22 · update #2
Us 10 = Uk 12. Compared to the weensy size 0 actresses and models I am 'Hollywood Obese' but I am slim/medium in the rest of the world's eyes!!!
2006-10-25 22:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Andielep 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Presently I wear size 12 -- same as the chart.
In the old days that size 12 would have been a size 14. I guess as Americans got bigger, the manufacturers resized the clothes. I have suspected this.
Explanation: When I was young and 35 25 35 I always wore size 12. Now that I am old and 36 31 37 I still buy and fit size 12 .
2006-10-26 00:56:40 · answer #2 · answered by Lynda 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm living in Japan and none of the charts compare to the supposed American and European sizes. A "c" cup bra here is between an "A" and "B" cup size in Europe. Also the proportions are weird. All dresses have the waist practically under the armpits and jeans have no room for a bum to go in them.
I can only buy imports which cost a fortune here and sometimes you find what fits you in Britain from a clothing company doesn't fit you in Japan as it's been altered for the Japanese market.
So I think there is no reliable chart in existence.
2006-10-26 01:17:43 · answer #3 · answered by shirley 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am at an 11 and I am trying to get down to a 10 what I have now realized is it matters on the brand of clothing in like old navy pants i am a 10 but in dollhouse jeans i am an 11 i am an 11 in levi's to so it all depends what brand of clothing
2006-10-25 23:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by dymeshyne01 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is sort of like the UK sizing system because a 2 in the US is like a size 6 in the UK.
Kind of depressing because I usually wear a size 2 but it says here that I'm a size 6. I'm a size 6 at H&M, so maybe they use this system.
2006-10-26 00:26:42 · answer #5 · answered by La Femme 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
waheyyy im smaller according to your chart lol. Seriously tho it does depend on where i shop, i need to slim down but i really cant be bothered at the minute lol, so now i can honestly say ive dropped a dress size by answering your question, thanks.....
2006-10-26 04:17:15 · answer #6 · answered by bunnykins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me like it runs a bit bigger. I know my measurements and I wear a larger size than what it is stating.
2006-10-25 23:54:30 · answer #7 · answered by itsjustme_erin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was recently measured for a wedding dress and I'm 35, 24, 36.
2006-10-25 23:49:34 · answer #8 · answered by OutTehWindow 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Omg I dont like this chart.. Im not a size 7 .. Im around 1 or 3 size . this shows inaccurate . oo yaa
2006-10-25 23:49:48 · answer #9 · answered by =) 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Waist 30 inch...
2006-10-25 23:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by Hacker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋