On of the nice things about wearing's men's Levi's since high school is that I can be pretty sure I am mostly the same size, although store sizes are changing. I was always a 10 in college, and now am reliably an 8 and occasionally smaller (various insane designers and pregnancy status excepted). But a Levi's 501 32w/34l is always the same.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Sep 12, 2006 2:05:11 pm PDT #7699 of 10001
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Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:06:39 pm PDT #7700 of 10001
brillig
We who shop in the 20+ section of the size pool laugh at those of you fretting over single digits.
edit: not that you're fretting, but merely wondering.
flea - Sep 12, 2006 2:07:36 pm PDT #7701 of 10001
information libertarian
I don't think anybody's fretting; I at least am marvelling over the inconsistency of clothing sizes.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2006 2:08:31 pm PDT #7702 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Who's fretting? I'm guessing size inconsistency is the same for women of all sizes.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:09:57 pm PDT #7703 of 10001
brillig
I'd claim I edited to make flea look silly (though adorable), but I hadn't refreshed my screen to see flea's comment before I edited.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 12, 2006 2:12:06 pm PDT #7704 of 10001
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
I remember back in school when I used to be pissed that stores were always out of 29w jeans, as I reasoned that surely people must go through that waist size before moving on to the larger ones.
Alas, no such difficulties finding pants in a 40w.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:13:40 pm PDT #7705 of 10001
brillig
22-24W seems to be a popular zaftig size. I console myself with the knowledge that there's still larger sizes available in standard stores that I'm not big enough to need.
I love the word zaftig.
msbelle - Sep 12, 2006 2:13:57 pm PDT #7706 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
for all of those who have ever calle dme wee - I'm a size 8, with forays into 10.
ALSO? I'm not voting today. I haven't missed a vote for at least 10 years. oh well.
P.M. Marc - Sep 12, 2006 2:14:55 pm PDT #7707 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
12/14 remains the Size Black Hole, as I am discovering yet again.
I am kicking myself for getting rid of all my clothes that were too small for me in the last purge.
They'd fit now.
Damn it.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2006 2:15:08 pm PDT #7708 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
msbelle is curvy and wee.