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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:12 PM Original message |
Clothing manufacturers scaling down sizes as Americans get bigger |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. that's why i don't understand sizes for women... why not measure in inches like for mens pants? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's why I buy men's pants - waistband is in inches instead of an arbitrary number |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is why I like how men's clothing is labled. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. while a women who wore size 10 years ago can still wear size 10 even though she's a 14. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I had been thinking this for a while. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why not just nix size 26 and use that fabric for a couple more 64s? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. So, if I currently wear either a size 2 or 0 in jeans......what size would I have to buy now? n/t |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. - 2? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And....Where the hell would I find that size? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. children's section |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. you will be invisible |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've noticed this happening for years. When I was in high school, I was 5'5", |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Shoe sizes are kinda weird also, not consistent |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. There haven't been "uniform" sizes for a number of years now. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. This has been going on for a while |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. RTW? |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think it's for women in denial. They can say they fit in a size-whatever |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. It used to be, top lables like Lord and Taylor ran big, but discounters were smaller. |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Duh - might have been news a decade ago. n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. AGAIN?? They already did this a while back.. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. Men have this too.. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. heh. ok. let's start calling a 14 a 2. would that make those with "size issues" more comfortable? |
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