Question for people who were buying clothes in the seventies: I'm looking at this Sears catalog page [link] , and what's up with the half sizes? There are sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18, and then half sizes 16 1/2, 18 1/2, 20 1/2, and 22 1/2. My guess is that these were the women's sizes (by the way, why is it that so many stores call the regular sizes "ladies" and the plus sizes "womens"?), but what did the 1/2 signify, and why the overlap with 16 and 18?
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Hil R. - Mar 07, 2008 4:43:46 pm PST #3676 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kat - Mar 07, 2008 4:46:17 pm PST #3677 of 10001
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I am so fucking tired and hungry and cranky.
Kristen - Mar 07, 2008 4:49:00 pm PST #3678 of 10001
There are sizes 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18, and then half sizes 16 1/2, 18 1/2, 20 1/2, and 22 1/2.
I know that there's a difference between 14 vs. 14W and 16 vs. 16W but I've never seen half sizes before.
beth b - Mar 07, 2008 4:53:21 pm PST #3679 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I believe you are right, Hil, but my brain almost remembers
Hil R. - Mar 07, 2008 4:57:48 pm PST #3680 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I was figuring it was just an old way of marking the W sizes, but then I noticed the ad in the corner for the special catalog of half sizes AND women's sizes. Which would imply that there's a difference.
Kristen - Mar 07, 2008 4:58:40 pm PST #3681 of 10001
Could they be tall sizes?
ETA: I looked again and they have tall sizes. Maybe petites then?
beth b - Mar 07, 2008 5:02:17 pm PST #3682 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
They might have been plus sizes for teen not women's bodies.
My dinner was inspired by Hil. I haven't eaten very well today. so I just sauteed some yellow squash and onions with thyme, basil, salt , and pepper I sprinkled parmasan cheese on it.
Hil R. - Mar 07, 2008 5:07:48 pm PST #3683 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Could they be tall sizes?
Nope, petite and tall sizes are also listed separately on that page.
They might have been plus sizes for teen not women's bodies.
Interesting.
-t - Mar 07, 2008 5:09:59 pm PST #3684 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel like I used to know what half sizes were all about, but I can't dredge it up.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2008 5:16:15 pm PST #3685 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wikipedia makes it look like it's a variation on petite. [link]