Vanity Sizing at it's Best!

So what store do you go into and find that you wear a much smaller size then most places?

I was in Ralph Lauren this weekend looking for jeans.  I grabbed a couple of 4's and a couple of 6's--jeans, capris, dress pants.  All of them were far too big.  At 137 lbs--I know that there is no way I am a size 2!  --but I ain't gonna lie---It did put a big smile on my face! 

The other thing that I find ironic--as a plus sized person I always had to buy petite length.  Now as a normal-sized person I need regular or long.  How can this be?  Did my legs get longer with my RNY?  haha  It is frustrating trying to find a 4 that is long or regular--almost all of the jeans at RL were 4 petites. 

Needless to say, no jeans/pants for me this weekend ...but boy, did I want a size 2 in my wardrobe! hahaha

Happy Monday!

I don't understand the Petites either.  I'm only 4'10" so I have always had to buy Petites but I was hoping that smaller sizes would mean shorter legs and I wouldn't have to get them hemmed...wrong.  They only ones I haven't had to get hemmed were the DKNY's. 

Oh, and I do measure taller now.  The Dr. said it's because I don't have all the extra weight pushing my joints down.   I think I stand a lot taller now too because I take a lot more pride in how I look.

Ahhh, that makes perfect sense.  Never thought about standing up straighter or that the weight was pushing down on my joints.  I definitely find myself walking taller and correcting poor posture from years of slouching.

I find Tahari sizes very generous and need a 0 in her clothes, yet DKNY I need a 2 and most others either 4 or 6.

Dockers, JCrew Favorite Fit, and Banana Republic. I need a size 2 in all of those, while I'm a size 4 in everyone else.

It's a hoot - especially since the JCrew pants have a cut very similar to what I wore in high school in the early 70's, and I still have my favorite belt from that era. It still fits in the same hole I used in HS and I WAS A 12/14 AT THAT TIME! Talk about vanity sizing!!

Rebecca - I hear ya!  I too was a 12/14 in high school and now in a 4-6.. Really????

I know - I'd figure I was actually smaller than in HS, but with that belt... nope, it's the clothing sizes that are warped!

 EXACTLY !! LOL !  I have to buy  vintage stuff from time to time to  show manufacturers   what I mean  by a certain  seam or a certain cut ...  I'm astonished  at the size difference  between  women then and now  ( height wise as well as waist wise ) 

Its very easy for  me to get complacent  shopping in  places like walmart  where  im a small x/ small and then i go to the high end jeans designers  and OOOPS  ..can't get my leg in the 25s ,maybe the 26es either .  

Im not a size freak ,...  just give me well defined arms ,a middle that  doesnt pooch out  and non existent love handles and Im  PERFECTLY  happy    .  my pet peeve is  FLAB  not  being  statuesque ...  I kind  of like the amazon  thingie ....