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[docsquid]

A little rant here: I'm fed up of buying clothes that are too big. I've always been pretty small and have had the same measurements since I was about 14 (I'm now 50 something).

 

I used to be a size 10 when I was 14, and you got a good range of clothes to choose from. Then it slipped to a size 8 and there were fewer shops stocking a size 8, and an even smaller choice of clothes.

 

Then it slipped to a size 6. Now this is fine if you want to look like an anorectic teenager, since all size 6 clothes seem to be made for this age group, but not if you want to look elegant and appropriately dressed for your age. However at least they fit without needing a belt to hold them up and avoid looking like the teenage boys in a thread on this forum

 

And now...I ordered a pair of size 6 trousers and they are TOO BIG!

 

I suppose this is a function of being at one of the extremes of size, but honestly I'm not underweight! If there was a good range of clothes available at the lower end of the size range in the 1970's, why not now? This probably goes for the upper end of the size ranges as well, but I can't speak from experience.

[Snowy]

Oh drat So thats why I've gone from a size 18 to a 14 without any apparent effort

 

Must admit that must be very frustrating, but it works in my favour!

[Egluntyne]

docsquid, you have just made 7257 enemies! Just kidding!

 

I wish I had your problem!

[Space Chick]

Does this mean I am a size 18/20 in disguise

 

I shall be measuring all my size 14's (and the occasional pair of size 16 jeans and trousers )

[jlo]

I find it really annoying when sizes don't mean what they say. I am about 6 foot tall and on the upper side of normal weight and, depending on which shop I go into, I am a size 12, 14 or 16!

 

I am pleased that I am not standing at the side of Docsquid or I would look like a complete giant!

[majorbloodnock]

I find it really annoying when bathroom scales don't mean what they say.

 

Edited to be more relevant to me.

[jlo]

I find it really annoying when bathroom scales don't mean what they say.

 

Edited to be more relevant to me.

 

 

Me too if I am honest!

[BeckyBoo]

Yes, if ever I buy stuff it depends on where it's from as to which size I buy - my Omlet t-shirt was a 16 and was alright but not a lot of room, anything from Next is a 14 and anything from Primark (boo, hiss) has to be an 18 (so I tend to shop in Next if ever I can, makes me feel better! )

 

BeckyBoo

[craftyhunnypie]

I must be the bog standard size 16 bottoms - as everywheres size 16 fits me. However tops vary so widely. Anything from a 14 River Island, to an 18 Primark.

 

You could always cut out labels & sew in your own size 10 labels in everything.

 

Emma.x

[ChrisP]

I find that. I'm an 8 (New Look), 10 (NL and other shops) or 12 in trousers and 8,10 in top

[Guest]

So when I was a size 28 I was actually only a 24????

 

Damn now that I'm a size 10 I'm really a 14

[docsquid]

docsquid, you have just made 7257 enemies! Just kidding!

 

I wish I had your problem!

 

Oh dear! I hoped I'd make friends here

 

Seriously, it is a big problem trying to find anything to wear! Like I say, I'm not underweight or anything, just pretty short - the original "petite" size. Workwear is incredibly difficult (they don't apparently make it in kiddies' sizes) and as for chainsaw trousers, or a brush-cutter harness that doesn't end up off the shoulder....

 

Sigh!

[Rhapsody]

I have problems as I am short and a non-standard shape. Everything is cut for a classic pear-shape but I look more like a pigeon! Since I lost my weight I have ended up with size 8 on the bottom and big ol' bangers on a size 10 top. Try buying a dress or coat. Bravissimo have done well out of me this year, but they dont do petites..

[ubereglu]

I know what you mean, and all sizes vary between shops too and styles as well. I usually have to buy trousers in a size 12, but now I seem to be back into size 10s again...It's a bit strange really.

 

Think this might also be to do with running up and down five flights of stairs 5 days a week too, now I'm at college!

[..lay a little egg for me]

Went into Per Una the other day and took 3 prs trousers to the changing rooms to try on all in the same size (supposedly): one pair was too small and I couldn't do up the waistband, one was too big and practically slipped off and one was right. How can that be?

[ubereglu]

I think it's the way the material is cut and the style...it's still a bit strange really.

[..lay a little egg for me]

I think it's the way the material is cut and the style...it's still a bit strange really.

 

I understand the cut affecting how an item hangs, but for any given size there should be a waist, hip and bust size that the item must fit...my waist could not change by 2 inches within 10 minutes (I didn't even take any cream cakes into the changing rooms with me ).

[Chucky Mama]

I have very healthy and slim children. It is a nightmare getting trousers for them especially my nearly 16 year old son.It has taken a month to find school trousers that almost fit him. He is nearly 5 8 but has a small waist. Both children's trousers and men's are huge. Slimmer fitting trousers are too short

[BarbaraJ]

i love fatface i'm a 12 there , havent been a 12 since my 20's lol i've been 10,12,16, 18 and back to 14 now (unless fatface )

[BarbaraJ]

I have very healthy and slim children. It is a nightmare getting trousers for them especially my nearly 16 year old son.It has taken a month to find school trousers that almost fit him. He is nearly 5 8 but has a small waist. Both children's trousers and men's are huge. Slimmer fitting trousers are too short

 

john lewis did slimmer fit for my son who was 6' +

Edited October 10, 2009 by Guest

[Chucky Mama]

I have very healthy and slim children. It is a nightmare getting trousers for them especially my nearly 16 year old son.It has taken a month to find school trousers that almost fit him. He is nearly 5 8 but has a small waist. Both children's trousers and men's are huge. Slimmer fitting trousers are too short

 

john lewis did slimmer fit for my son.

 

funnily enough we went there today but no joy there was not much of a selection (2 pairs that were too short), maybe next time I could try ordering them. They need to be flat fronted otherwise they look ridiculous. He says he feels like he is playing dress up in his dad's clothes! He is wearing his current ones half way down his bottom, not to be trendy but because it is the only way they are long enough!

[jlo]

I have very healthy and slim children. It is a nightmare getting trousers for them especially my nearly 16 year old son.It has taken a month to find school trousers that almost fit him. He is nearly 5 8 but has a small waist. Both children's trousers and men's are huge. Slimmer fitting trousers are too short

 

john lewis did slimmer fit for my son.

 

Thanks for that tip. I have the same problem with my DS. He is 15, 5'9" (actually I think that he grew an extra inch in the night as he is almost my height today!) and is really skinny so all his school trousers have to have belts. Off to look at John Lewis....

[ubereglu]

Oh, yes, and if you're thin like me don't go to White Stuff. Their size 8s are huge and don't fit me and I'm normally a 10.