QOTE (9/21/04)

Question of the evening! Okay, I know this is going to sound like whining - do not bash me. I have discovered that now that I'm 136 and still dropping (darn it!) that most of my clothes are 4's and 6's (just depends on the cut) and it's getting harder and harder and HARDER to find clothes that fit. This is becoming just as bad as when I was 121 pounds heavier! Does anyone else feel this way? I mean I REALLY don't want to shop in the Jr's department being that I'm a 38 year old grandma now!

Its mainly shirts that give me fits. Most are so full around the waist that I have to place small folds in the material in back to make them wear properly. Part of the problem is that my neck is so skinny now, 15". So a large shirt is just too big in the waist but fits the shoulders. I was looking at stats for the NFL and college wide reciever's over the weekend and most were around my height and weight. Now if I just had good 440 speed and was 30 years younger.... I wouldn't be me. Ha!

Sorry... I can't help you out any. I'm no where near that. Wish I were but I probably won't ever be. It's getting too dog-gone hard. I've been stuck for 3 months now. I know this sounds stupid but I wish I had your problem.. lol. Pam

I don't have that problem...yet. I have been wondering about it, though. I'm not a small woman....almost 5'9" tall and currently weigh 159, and measure to be large framed...but in some shirts I can already wear size small! I've been wondering lately what some of my coworkers do for clothes, as they are much smaller than I am..(a couple are probably 100 - 110 lbs., and small framed) If size small fits me, how do small people find clothes? I know that sizes have gotten larger over the years. For instance, I've been trying on wedding gowns which are "true European sizing" (the sizing we USED to have in the US 30 years ago). While I can wear a size 10 or even an 8 dress to work, I require a size 14 wedding dress. Americans have adjusted the size scale as the country's waistband has expanded...but where does that leave the "healthy" people buying clothes? Probably in the juniors department, I guess. I know my one co-worker has to sew many of her own clothes because she doesn't want to dress like a 14 year old! It may be a good thing that I am larger framed, cuz I don't sew!! Kathy

I know exactly what you mean. I'm 5'9 and in my mind I'll be happy size-wise when I can wear EVERYTHING in a size 12. Already I can wear some 12s and all my shirts/coats are size large, no more XL's. It blows my mind because I'm still "obese" according to my BMI. I fit into some size 12s at Old Navy (granted they are VERY forgiving there fit-wise) but I didn't feel worthy so I put them back on the rack and didn't buy them. I seriously feel like sizes have gotten bigger even recently! I look at the girls I work with, who are all on the small size of average, and I can't believe that I'm within a few sizes of them, but I am. I have no idea how those little tiny girls find clothes, except for in the petite stores or at places like Express and Wet Seal (2 places I cannot even step into!)

Hi Kathy... it's funny that you think the sizes have gotten bigger... I feel like they've gotten smaller. I was looking around the other day and picked up a size XL shirt in Rue 21 and it looked like it would fit my 7 year old niece. It was so little. Not everyone wants to wear their shirts skin tight so why the heck would they make a size XL so dinky? I think it's ridiculous. Maybe I'm confused... you said American sizes were getting bigger and you could wear a size 10 or 8 but in your wedding dress which is European sized, you wear a 14... i would think that means American sizes are smaller. Anyway... maybe I should shop where you shop.. lol. Pam