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Interesting article from Weight Watchers on sizes
Carol Mendoza   Intermediate LA USA Member since 5/1/06 Posts: 447	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/29/10 10:11 PM I was sent this through Facebook today from Weight Watchers - hopefully the link will work without an account with Weight Watchers. If it doesn't work - it is about women being hung up on sizes. It has a chart with RTW sizes by certain stores and also pattern sizes and how they compare to the RTW sizes in each of these stores. Very interesting article -- Edited on 9/29/10 10:13 PM -- Are you hung up on a size. Fixed link so it wouldn't open up my account with WW! -- Edited on 9/29/10 10:17 PM -- ------ Bernina 730E; 440QE; Vintage 121; Babylock Imagine; Janome 900 Coverstitch
no7262 Beginner NJ USA Member since 6/5/09 Posts: 1341	Login to reply to this post In reply to Carol Mendoza Like this post Date: 9/30/10 7:25 AM Wow! That is an eye opening article! Thank you for posting this. Nora :) ------ Nora :)
lisalu Advanced Beginner GA USA Member since 10/5/08 Posts: 1787	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 8:28 AM Oh yeah, we all know how the clothing designers try to cater to our vanity. Laugh....I am sitting here in my size 8 Levi jeans sewing a size 16 dress! What is wrong with that picture! ------ Margaret (Singer 201-2), Betty (Singer 15-91), Bud (Singer 503), Kathy (Singer 221), Liz (Singer 221 Centennial Edition) http://runningstitches-mkb.blogspot.com/
Restart06 Intermediate USA Member since 10/29/06 Posts: 2056	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 9:43 AM Thanks!!! An very informative article...makes me feel better. ------ There is no easy way! quote from my Grandfather Sharing is caring! Stash yds sewn in 2013 - 18 from quilting stash, with more cut out!!
kittykate Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 12/18/02 Posts: 1052	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 9:58 AM For men, here is a similar article from Esquire Magazine . They call it "down-waisting".
Lookingpast Intermediate TX USA Member since 3/12/08 Posts: 12	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 11:10 AM Excellent article! Thanks for posting it. ------ http://www.robbiesews.blogspot.com
knitmachinequeen Advanced MI USA Member since 9/3/07 Posts: 82	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 11:18 AM Great article. Thanks for the heads up. ------ knitmachinequeen I aspire to be the kind of woman that when my feet hit the ground each morning the devil says, "OH CRAP, SHE'S UP"!!!!
Kathleen Fasanella   Advanced NM USA Member since 1/12/05 Posts: 698	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 9/30/10 11:59 AM Designers are not catering to your vanity. Somebody made up this myth of "vanity sizing" and it just won't die. It is really annoying -and I'll be writing Kallal later. What's worse is that there are no proofs, they just say "x" and have no data to back it up. Well I work in the industry, I'm a pattern maker. I have the data, I've been writing about it for years. I've been cited by the New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal etc. It just takes so long for solid information to filter down to the masses. Below are links to proofs if you want the truth. Btw, the article wasn't bad except for the psycho-babble claims and the quote from Elaine Perlov -who happens to be one of my designers. The Myth of Vanity Sizing Fit and Sizing Entropy Push manufacturing; subverting the fit feedback loop Sizing evolution Shrinkage and fit Alternatives in Women’s sizing Tyranny of tiny sizes? The history of women’s sizing pt 1 The history of women’s sizing pt 2 The history of women’s sizing pt 3 Sizing is a variety problem The birth of size 10? Vanity sizing shoes Tyranny of tiny sizes pt.2 Vanity sizing: generational edition Vanity sizing: generational edition pt.2 Vanity sizing: the consumer spending edition ------ http://fashion-incubator.com Lessons from the sustainable sewing factory floor
lisalu Advanced Beginner GA USA Member since 10/5/08 Posts: 1787	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kathleen Fasanella Like this post Date: 9/30/10 1:25 PM Kathleen, I will go and read your links, but even before I do, can you give me the short answer for how most of us fit in to a RTW size that is 3-4 sizes smaller than our pattern sizes - which are supposed to be the "standard". How come I have clothes in my closet ranging from size 6 (some of which I CAN fit into) to size 12 (some of which I CAN'T fit into)? My average RTW size is 8-10 but my pattern size is size 16. In other words WHAT SIZE AM I? ------ Margaret (Singer 201-2), Betty (Singer 15-91), Bud (Singer 503), Kathy (Singer 221), Liz (Singer 221 Centennial Edition) http://runningstitches-mkb.blogspot.com/
Erica B. Advanced AL Member since 6/6/06 Posts: 358	Login to reply to this post In reply to Kathleen Fasanella Like this post Date: 9/30/10 1:28 PM I'll go through all of the links when I get a chance. But I do have a question: Is it true that sizes vary so much is because designers have their own size scale? I'm a RTW size 12 in one brand/designer, a size 10 in another and even a size 8 in a different one. ------ Erica B. Birmingham, AL http://www.ericabunker.com

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