Comments on: Women’s clothing size charts – Nothing is standard

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:59:28 +0000

Good article. I am so frustrated and even angry with the clothing industry for making it almost impossible for me to find clothing that fits. Right now I have on an old pair of capri pants in a size 8. I have, in my closet, size 6 and size 4 and now I am looking for size 2!!

The stores in my local are not stocking size 2, because the girls and women on average are much bigger. If and when I do find small sizes, including tops, the style is for a much younger age group.

I take pride in the fact that I have been able to maintain my weight through the years….and now at age 62 I am going into a battle to find anything that fits. This has just gotten out of hand.

By: flaneuse

flaneuse — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:21:59 +0000

@jasprr I did not create this chart... It originally appeared in the New York Times, One Size Fits Nobody: Seeking a Steady 4 or a 10 on April 24th, 2011.

By: jasprr

jasprr — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:39:53 +0000

Where did you get the chart? Did you create it?

By: flaneuse

flaneuse — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00:51 +0000

You are right: a chart that looks across time would be better. Much better. I don’t have one. Have you seen one? I’ll post it in a minute if you’ve got it. In lieu of panel data, I went with cross sectional data.

On the market question: it just seems to me that if all sizing expands, the people at the bottom are left with nothing to buy – a sales loss. It would be smarter to leave the smaller sizes more or less where they are (or regress them back a bit in time) and continue to expand throughout the middle and upper end of the spectrum to continue to capture the ‘vanity’ sales and accommodate our collectively expanding waist lines at the upper portion of the sizing range.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:19:58 +0000

Wouldn’t a graphic comparing measurements of a size 8 a few years ago to the measurements for an 8 now prove the vanity sizing theory a little better? What does the difference between midprice and designer sizes prove, or just comparing different designers current sizes to each other? Perhaps that they are hoping you’ll spend more money on the more expensive clothes if they tell you that you’re smaller, but not that someday they’ll size you out of wearing 0’s.

I’ve been worrying about this for 12 years but it hasn’t happened yet. Fashion is the most market-driven industry there is, they aren’t going to stop making clothes that can be sold.

By: Lisas Liv - Klädstorlekar

Lisas Liv - Klädstorlekar — Fri, 06 May 2011 09:31:15 +0000

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