tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post205000278721008989..comments2023-02-24T10:39:28.462+00:00Comments on Beyond Chocolate Archive: What's in dress size?Chocolate Fairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197986641744807867noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-27749275889596404082011-12-01T18:09:22.808+00:002011-12-01T18:09:22.808+00:00I've had this with H and M! Once I bought thre...I've had this with H and M! Once I bought three long jersey dresses for holiday in slightly different style and different colours. For the same person (me) on the same day they were: size 16, size 12 and size 'S"!!!! <br /><br />Recently, I bought a pair of tailored trousers from in there - size 18. Because I'm BC I bought them because they looked nice and the size wasn't important. Because I'm human, when I got them home I held them up against the smallest size 14 trousers in my wardrobe... they were smaller! <br /><br />I might write to them too - surely they lose business from this? In the past I wouldn't have bought the '18'.Fluffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-22454369341218846872011-11-27T12:25:31.122+00:002011-11-27T12:25:31.122+00:00I am very pleased to say that after Beyond Chocola...I am very pleased to say that after Beyond Chocolate-ing for a few years now I am more or less in the same frame of mind and really don't care about size labels - my most flattering pair of jeans (and probably smallest if I took a tape measure to them) are a size 18 but I also have a pair of size 12s I wear for lounging around the house...<br /><br />I was talking to a colleague about this. She has been a very healthy size and shape for the 2 years I have known her and generally seems very sensible (does a lot of exercise that she enjoys - cycling, climbing; seems to eat a balanced diet but happy to have a slice of cake etc) but apparently there is no way on earth she would buy a pair of jeans bigger than a size 12 as it would make her feel so terrible. She is a Weight Watchers gold member (and has been for several years - one of the few to maintain a loss) but this means she still sees food as 'good' or 'bad' and still counts points!! Even though I do occasionally wish I was as fit and energetic as she is, I am SO pleased not to have all that food-and-clothes-related emotional baggage any more.Sophie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258657626429539880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-70778757914059080372011-11-25T11:07:52.889+00:002011-11-25T11:07:52.889+00:00I moaned in H&M when a size 14 shirt was clear...I moaned in H&M when a size 14 shirt was clearly MILES bigger than a size 16 and the sales assistant just said "oh, that's what you get with mass production". Clearly all in a day's work for her.<br /><br />While I'd question this premise (after all, every high street shop relies on mass production, and they aren't all this bad) it made me think, as I have in the past tried on one size and then given up (they didn't have the next size, or I was trying the biggest or even sometimes smallest available). Perhaps I should just randomly grab items off the racks without looking at the size on the label??!Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-72833993417201415432011-11-25T09:54:41.727+00:002011-11-25T09:54:41.727+00:00If it fits, it's my size - that's what I t...If it fits, it's my size - that's what I tell myself now. I have clothes ranging from 10 to 18 in my wardrobe and some of the 'larger' sizes if laid out next to the 'smaller' sizes are definitely not bigger. It's time clothing manufacturers got their house in order.Gretelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294962127349258973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-11014298416760378942011-11-24T16:53:10.064+00:002011-11-24T16:53:10.064+00:00Sizing nowadays has surely gone off kilter. When I...Sizing nowadays has surely gone off kilter. When I was a teenager/young adult in the 80's a very slim girl would be a size 10. I remember a friend of mine was a commercial model and she was a 12, slim but tall. I only knew of one girl who took an 8 and she was oriental and a tiny, tiny build. She was lucky because she got lots of stuff in the sales because there were loads of 8 left because no-one took an 8 very much! Sizes did NOT go below an 8 (no size 6,4,2 or zerothese did not exist!) if you did you had to shop in the childrens department probably because you were just that... a CHILD! Well they tell us that nowadays people are fatter than ever so what has happened to our sizing???maysienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-59866910669930940292011-11-24T13:35:17.059+00:002011-11-24T13:35:17.059+00:00I am currently the largest I have ever been and, f...I am currently the largest I have ever been and, following Beyond Chocolate principles of wearing nice clothes that fit me properly, tried on the size 16 cardi I thought I would need at H&M. In the end the one that fitted perfectly was an 8. What can I say??!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-13598210125686536942011-11-22T01:05:02.669+00:002011-11-22T01:05:02.669+00:00It bugs me that sizing can be inconsistent even wi...It bugs me that sizing can be inconsistent even within the same store, never mind between stores :(<br /><br />If someone asks me what size I am it's completely impossible to answer them, because it all depends on whose measurements I should go with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-53814804697937953412011-11-20T14:53:00.812+00:002011-11-20T14:53:00.812+00:00I remember those days! Now I just have a look at t...I remember those days! Now I just have a look at the item, take a couple of sizes into the changing room and buy the one that fits best. It doesn't matter to me anymore what size it is. If I find it getting to me I just cut the size label out.Jennyhttp://www.fuckthediets.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-58599639867850671012011-11-18T17:51:26.364+00:002011-11-18T17:51:26.364+00:00Really brilliant reminder that sizing is nonsensic...Really brilliant reminder that sizing is nonsensical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-24509973677351490762011-11-18T15:33:51.146+00:002011-11-18T15:33:51.146+00:00Great blog post, thanks!Great blog post, thanks!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680813337238122710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-70820180614006448262011-11-18T14:16:24.903+00:002011-11-18T14:16:24.903+00:00You are right Mymble! And that's the point - t...You are right Mymble! And that's the point - the whole sizing issue makes no sense and yet so many women allow the size of their clothes to define the size of their lives!Chocolate Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197986641744807867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510462680189297110.post-85404021333252104062011-11-16T23:21:59.013+00:002011-11-16T23:21:59.013+00:00Dear Chocolate Fairy, do not forget that designer ...Dear Chocolate Fairy, do not forget that designer shops where celebrities shop do the exactly opposite trick: size 12 skirt would be an 8 there. Just to make celebs buy the expensive item, good feel about themselves and come back for these feelings again!Mymblenoreply@blogger.com