Women's Clothing Sizes , a New Sickness Posted: 06-12-07 18:09pm
I'm not a woman, but I know how much
dieting and such is important to some
women as well as body image. Well, be
wary, the clothing industry is on to you
and this is one of the most despicable
things I've ever seen, though not entirely
healthy related. My wife, who enjoys
physical fitness, came up to me after
going to the store to say that she thought
it was strange she seemed to have jumped
down a few sizes. Here's why, and it's
just sick.
So you're saying that it's bad to make
more normal sized women feel as if they
are wearing normal sized clothing, instead
of having a size 0 only fit someone as
small as me? True, this means that for me
to still fit in clothing, it's going to
have to be size -4. Or 0000.
I guess I just don't see this as
"america's desire to conform to the desire
to be ultra skinny". I think instead that
it is a far healtheir view, to let a woman
who is perfectly proportioned but would
normally wear a size 10 because she is
voluptuous, to get to wear the size 2 or
3. We're setting 0 as the normal size,
instead of the anorexic size. I don't see
why that's bad.
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Stan
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Posted: 06-13-07 08:40am
First off, it could possibly keep
promoting unhealthy eating. If you're
concerned about your weight but are
unaware of this change and suddenly find
you've jumped down 4 sizes, you may think
you're doing fine. Bit of a stretch, but
people are stupid sometimes. The main
problem for me is they're manipulating
this in order to get women to buy more
clothing. If you find you've miracirously
jumped down some sizes, you'll buy more,
that's why they do this. There are other
points made in the article as well, such
as drawing younger girls into stores they
normally wouldn't go to as well as
limiting choices of women who have natural
figures.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 06-13-07 10:58am
Stan Stepanic
wrote:
First off, it could possibly
keep promoting unhealthy
eating.
"It could possibly." It could... or it
could help put a stop to anorexia,
bulemia, and other eating disorders by
making normal sized women realise that
they are the ones wearing the normal
clothes. I can't think of how many women I
know who are a healthy, voluptuous weight,
and who I do not consider "Large", are
forced into that very same size category
in stores. If that's not negative
marketing, what is? "I'm sorry honey, your
beautiful hips are too big for a medium
(aka "normal") or large skirt! They're
extra-large!" Extra-large... aka fat.
That's just not right. These women are not
fat.
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If you're
concerned about your weight but are
unaware of this change and suddenly find
you've jumped down 4 sizes, you may think
you're doing fine. Bit of a stretch, but
people are stupid sometimes.
I think you underestimate the women of
america who are concerned with their
weight. Most of them actually go by their
weight, not their skirt size. They go by
the actual circumfrence of their waist,
not shirt size. Women who are putting in
actual effort to diet and loose weight are
not dumb. You said yourself you're not a
woman... I'm not surprised you'd think
they'd be "confused" by changing skirt
sizes.
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The main problem
for me is they're manipulating this in
order to get women to buy more clothing.
How so!? That's just ridiculous. I'm
sorry, but knowing I'm a 00 is not going
to make me buy more clothes...
Quote:
If you find
you've miracirously jumped down some
sizes, you'll buy more, that's why they do
this.
I'd like to see some data supporting this
claim. From other sources.
Quote:
There are other
points made in the article as well, such
as drawing younger girls into stores they
normally wouldn't go to as well as
limiting choices of women who have natural
figures.
I don't know how scaling up the sizes is
going to hurt full-figured women, as most
stores carry more of the "small" sizes
anyway... now they're going to have even
more clothing available for normal sized
women.
As for younger girls going into new
stores.. how is that bad?
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mc4ever02
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Posted: 06-13-07 11:37am
Something that women know: A size 7 from
one store will not be a size 7 from
another...
We (women) all shop (for the most part) at
many different stores. And we have to try
things on every time. Because The 'nicer'
(more expensive) the clothing is, the
smaller size you seem to wear. We (women)
are on to this, this is not new. I have 4
or 5 different sizes in my closet right
now that currently fit. It has been this
way for as long as I can remember.
Also, America made this change long ago. A
us size 7 is nowhere near a uk 7.
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thelmas4sale
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Posted: 07-18-07 19:31pm
you are right about the size change now
that you mention it!!
everywhere i shopped i would anywhere from
a 5 (if i was lucky) to a nine!! i noticed
recently that i dropped to a size 3..and i
was stupid enough to think i had lost
weight..although..i must admit..it didn't
lead me to buying more clothes (price is a
major issue to what i do or dont buy)
but i do like the changes..i don't feel as
big..i feel like im more fit now and i wasn't bad
before!! i weighed 124 pounds and was a
size 9?! thats crazy..i think the bigger
sizes encouraged eating disorders A LOT
more because i found myself wishing i was
smaller..now i can proudly say im a size 3
and im happy where
i am
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Jodilynne
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Womens Sizes.. Posted: 07-29-07 08:02am
Here is my take on the womens size issue.
I do the majority of the shopping for our
family of 6. I have noticed that womens
clothing stores are the only stores that
manipulate sizes. I have actually heard
this..."oh my gosh you look stunning in
that dress, could I get you a size 0
?"...On the otherhand...I was in a wedding
a couple of years ago and all of the ugly
bridesmaid dresses ran very large...my
sizes was like a 12. All of the shopping
that I do for my four children and my
husband, I have never run across any size
variations for the others in our family.
One last observance, back to the "oh my
gosh..you look stunning..." Have you ever
gone to the womens department in any
Target anywhere and gotten that? No,
probably not. Target is Target. Sizes are
real. Just an observance.
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meblonde01
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Posted: 07-29-07 08:28am
I think you're right. Sizes really don't
mean to much. Some people say they ware a
two and then when they go to some sizes
marked 2 guess what? To small. So does
that now make them a 4? No.. They can ware
some 2, and some 4's it just depends on
the maker and the cut.
and i wasn't bad
before!! i weighed 124 pounds and was a
size 9?! thats crazy..i think the bigger
sizes encouraged eating disorders A LOT
more because i found myself wishing i was
smaller..now i can proudly say im a size 3
