Did you know that designer clothes sizes have not changed since the 1800s? If you are a size 6 and you try on a size 6 designer gown that was created decades ago, chances are it fits! Why?
Retailers have been bumping up women's sizes since the 60s, the rate being about 1 inch every 5 years. They do this to boost women's self confidence. However it has become a permanent crutch.
Everyday on the 10:30 News we are reminded that America is getting over sized. However, since when does worth and security come from a number? If it fits you, and you feel great in it, then who cares! Ignore the number (the number being the size, not the price! Look at the price!)
I work in a fitting room at a store that will remained unnamed. I have seen girls come in accusing the size 1 jeans we have are NOT what they claim to be. "I wear a size 1" they say with their hand on their tiny hip and the jeans in the other hand thrust at me, "this is too small to be a size 1! What is wrong with your sizes?". There is nothing wrong with our sizes. There is something wrong with you. If your pride cannot handle a size 3, then you can try Sears ("Mean Girls" quote anybody?).
And I have seem some girls squeeze there way into size 2 dresses... I guess so they can pridefully say they "wear a size 2". They'll come out of the fitting room and ask, "Do you think this is too tight?". You're spilling out of it, but I ask, "Is it made of cotton?". They can decide if they can want to breathe.
Sizes are ridiculous, and like most people I know who cannot afford designer, we will probably be many sizes in our lives. Here, I'm going to be honest and prove it to you:
Smallest size I own: 0
Biggest size I own: 9
Sewing pattern size: 10
Apparently no number can contain me either.
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