British and American sizing, what is your size 6?

Question

Some people seem to think, the british equivalent to a US size 4 is a british size 8. But on stuff i've seen on tv, some guides i've seen online and stores i've been to.
Say it is a british size 6. Which i always thought it was. You know, goes up in 2's. Though some people's opinions are different. I was reading a magazine, and the woman said ''She had anorexia and went down to a size 8 at her height". " Equivalent to a US size 4". But i always thought the difference went up in 2's.
Because the clothing i've seen, states ''UK 6", ''US 4".


So what do you think?
Do you know the correct answer?

I think it's 2's.

http://www.usatourist.com/english/tips/sizes.html

Above is what i think is correct.

Below says different..
http://www.bigbadbuffalo.com/extras/size-chart.asp

On a programme that was on tv, a woman was doing a test to show the health risks women take on, trying to get down to a size zero. So she went from size 8 to size zero. And the sizing on the programme, went up in 2's like i thought..

I'll go by wikipedia's definiton, which says it goes up in 4's..So i guess that's right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size_zero

Answer 1

I am a size six and in the US I had to buy a size 2, Have seen lots of charts on sizes and they never seem to be the same, they all say a six uk is a 4 US so like you not really sure...

Answer 2

American Size 4

Answer 3

American size 0 is a british size 4. American size 2 is a british size 6. american size 4 is british size 8 and so on. ( so i'm told) x

Answer 4

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British and American sizing, what is your size 6?
Some people seem to think, the british equivalent to a US size 4 is a british size 8. But on stuff i've seen on tv, some guides i've seen online and stores i've been to.
Say it is a british size 6. Which i always thought it was. You know, goes up in 2's. Though some people's...

Answer 5

I've looked at many sizing charts for both UK and US and have found that a US size 0 is listed as measurements 31-32 bust, 23-24 waist and 33-34 hips. This is much closer to a UK size 6, I'm still not completely sure of the exact measurements for the UK size 4, because there are very few online stores that stock size 4. The measurements I've seen listed for a UK size 6 are usually something along the lines of 31-24-33, which is very much like a US size 0 (although the waist measurement is slightly bigger).

So basically a UK size 6 is between a US size 0-2, but closer to a US size 0.

It is also not as simple as always adding a specific number to find the equivilent size. The difference between the US and UK sizes appear to increase as the sizes get bigger (see chart below).

Here is a comparison of other sizes:

US size 0 = UK size 4/6
US size 2 = UK size 6/8
US size 4 = UK size 8
US size 6 = UK size 10
US size 8 = UK size 12
US size 10 = UK size 12/14
US size 12 = UK size 14
US size 14 = UK size 16

I hope this answers your question.

HTH : )

Answer 6

American 0 - English 4
American 2 - English 6
American 6 - English 8
American 8 - English 10
American 10 - English 12
American 12 - English 14
American 14 - English 16

shops like new look can't even get their English sizes right so i wouldn't be surprised if some shops get their conversions wrong but what is above is definitely correct.

Answer 7

I think a womens 6-6.5 uk is an american 10.

Answer 8

The difference between us and uk is 4sizes i.e

us4 = uk8
us6 = uk10
us8 = uk12

that is the standard but some shops just get their sizes wrong all the time

Answer 9

1

Answer 10

UK: 2
US: -2
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UK: 4
US: 0
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UK: 6
US: 2
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UK: 8
US: 4
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UK: 10
US: 6
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UK: 12
US: 8
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UK: 14
US: 10

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And so on.