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It also doesn't help that the clothing manufacturers keep screwing around with the sizes.
I'm 5'6". In high school, I weighed 115#. I bought a pair of black slacks at Macy's in 1980 and they were size 8 (I still have those slacks in my closet and they're tiny). In 2002, after gaining a bit of weight, I dropped back down to 135# and all the new clothes I bought were size 6. I gained weight and moved up to a size 10. Back in January, I was buying more slacks. My weight was unchanged but size 10 was now too big and I had to buy size 8. Yet the size 8s I bought when I was on my way down to a 6 are too tight.
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a size 0. Not only do we now have a size 0 but even a size 00. We also didn't have size 2X or 3X. It's almost like the clothing manufacturers don't want women to feel bad about gaining weight, otherwise they might stop buying new clothes.
Mens' clothing sizes remain the same. My husband wears a 32x34. 32 means a 32" waist and 34 means 34" inseam. Why can't womens' clothing be as straightforward?
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