Here are some numbers that illustrate the insanity of women’s clothing sizes: A size 8 dress today is nearly the equivalent of a size 16 dress in 1958. And a size 8 dress of 1958 doesn’t even have a ...

Amanda Sakuma, a freelance journalist writing for The Pudding, discusses the chaotic and inconsistent ways brands come up with women’s clothing sizes.

The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than she was in 1960. Yet women's plus-size clothing, generally defined as size 14 and up, still makes up only about 9 percent of the $190 billion ...

If anybody is clued in to the weirdness of women’s apparel sizing, it’s Monica Kitt, a Los Angeles stylist whose job it is to outfit people who appear on a television makeover show. “Every day I deal ...

It was a squabble that epitomized the complicated and sometimes petty nature of the celebrity fashion world. Actress and "Dancing With the Stars" phenom Kirstie Alley claimed with giddiness that, ...

Shopping always means playing a game of size roulette. Every time I find a new pair of pants, I have to stand in front of the mirror and place them in front of my legs and then try to imagine whether ...

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Trying on new clothing can be an incredibly negative experience at times - made all the worse by the fact that sizes seem to vary so wildly between different brands, different designs... and even ...

This undated image provided by H&M shows plus-size model Jennie Runk, who is a size 12 or 14, in a swimsuit ad from 2012. The European-based retailer sells trendy clothing in the U.S. equivalent of ...

When it comes to women’s clothing sizes, there’s some funny math going on. The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than her counterpart was in 1960. Yet women’s plus-size clothing, ...

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