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Friday, April 29, 2011

Understanding the history, myths, and adventures of women's sizing

I'm just going to put it right out there. Women's clothing sizes are not helpful. Consider the following images. Same person, same month, no major changes in body size or type (I would know; it's me).

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How does this even happen? What does this say about how we're marketed and sold to? And are we (the shoppers) participating in or even -- the cause of -- sizes changing and varying so drastically? 


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Labels: clothes, frustrating, hitosry, women's sizing

posted by Anna W. at Friday, April 29, 2011

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