Hey girls - what size makes you feel the most confident?

[TheGirlNextDoor]

Mine either. But I do like how my body looks when it's not too skinny. I look way better naked at size 8 than 6. I don't even want to imagine how revoltingly skeletal I'd look if I ever went below a size 6. I think one has to be quite short or have a petite Asian body type to fit into anything that small.

I agree. I have more of an atheletic build and while I still have some work to do on my own body (it's always a work in progress.. lol) but I couldn't imagine how I'd look if I were a really small size. At one point I was wearing a size 5 and I looked sick.... not healthy and I wasn't. I'm in better shape now at 41, than I was at age 20. I'm good with myself and I suppose if someone wants to judge me by what size I am, that's their gig.

 

[Aunt Spiker]

Well - I'm tempted to say 'size 4 or 6' - but even when I was a size 0 or 2 I wasn't confident.
Apparently my clothing size doesn't affect my personal opinion of myself. . . it's how they fit and my health that really makes a difference (looking back on all my different phases in life).

I'm far more confident with myself now - but I'm heaviest, now. I think it's maturity, life experiences, health. I'm heavier but far healthier (I use to be anorexic). And it's satisfying to be able to find clothes that *do* fit - when I weighed 95 lbs that just wasn't going on. Clothes did not fit me, I was too damn skinny.

 

[rathi]

I can't believe that nobody has developed a sizing system for clothes that actually have practical quantitative measurements. Given the huge range of human body sizes and shape, having a single number for size is stupid. A dress should have at least 3 numbers for the hips, bust and hip to armpit length. I understand the psychological fun with dress size and social pressure towards beauty standards, but there isn't enough of a market for just one practical system?

 

[rivrrat]

I can't believe that nobody has developed a sizing system for clothes that actually have practical quantitative measurements. Given the huge range of human body sizes and shape, having a single number for size is stupid. A dress should have at least 3 numbers for the hips, bust and hip to armpit length. I understand the psychological fun with dress size and social pressure towards beauty standards, but there isn't enough of a market for just one practical system?

Not only that, but different brands use different sizing methods. A size 4 in one brand would be a size 6 or 8 in another brand. But guess which brand the self-conscious, body drama queens are going to buy? The one that puts them in a "smaller" size. It's so retarded it's ridiculous. It make buying clothes a huge ****ing hassel.

 

[StandUpChuck]

I can't believe that nobody has developed a sizing system for clothes that actually have practical quantitative measurements. Given the huge range of human body sizes and shape, having a single number for size is stupid. A dress should have at least 3 numbers for the hips, bust and hip to armpit length. I understand the psychological fun with dress size and social pressure towards beauty standards, but there isn't enough of a market for just one practical system?

Like jeans?

 

[Shayah]

I'm only an inch shorter than my sister, so what works for her usually works for me also.

I agree that the industry should adopt a universal-global size standard for female clothing.

 

[rivrrat]

Like jeans?

Jeans hardly have a standardized system. They're my biggest complaint when it comes to trying to find clothes that fit right. (I *can't* find a pair that fits right)