I'm still bummed about Marcella's post about vanity sizing, the band reading smaller and the cup reading biggger than the real deals.
Oh go buy a skirt and get over it. I can fit an American size skirt that is at least 2 sizes smaller than they were labeled just a couple of decades ago.
#288443 - 08/04/0804:31 PMRe: About Skeleton Size, Body Weight And Diet
[Re: Deena]
Marcella
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USA clothes come in vanity sizing most of the time. If you want a real hit to your vanity go and buy vintage. A size 12 from the 60s is like a size 8 now.
No, Jenny. The band doesn't refer to the girth under the boobs but to the girth at the boobs level. It's a common mistake, so common that the bra's main strap is now called the "band" too.
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#288445 - 08/04/0804:33 PMRe: About Skeleton Size, Body Weight And Diet
[Re: Deena]
Hope_WA
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Originally Posted By: Deena
Originally Posted By: Hope_WA
I'm still bummed about Marcella's post about vanity sizing, the band reading smaller and the cup reading biggger than the real deals.
Oh go buy a skirt and get over it. I can fit an American size skirt that is at least 2 sizes smaller than they were labeled just a couple of decades ago.
If they label them my skirts and pants any smaller, they're going to have to start using imaginary or negative numbers
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#288452 - 08/04/0804:45 PMRe: About Skeleton Size, Body Weight And Diet
[Re: jenny_w]
Marcella
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Nah, the band is the rib cage at the boobs height without the boobs. But since you cannot take the boobs out to measure, you measure below and _hope_ that by adding 4" you make up the difference. Which is not always the case. It can be just the same as it is below the boobs, or one inch more, or two inches, or four. But it's never less.
Ah f'getaboutit.
_________________________ This a spiritual thing and I am the laughing Buddha sitting on top of the world. Donnalee.
LOLOL Girl that's all I'm 6'3" and used to be 240# before my dieting now i'm down to 218# and still droppping.
Don't worry the short girls will hate you because you like me will have legs all the way up to your ass and they'll have stubbs....don't hate girls you know it's true!!
Keep you chin up and BE YOU...
Tat
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Nah, the band is the rib cage at the boobs height without the boobs. But since you cannot take the boobs out to measure, you measure below and _hope_ that by adding 4" you make up the difference. Which is not always the case. It can be just the same as it is below the boobs, or one inch more, or two inches, or four. But it's never less.
So THAT'S it. I know a dozen cisgendered women that have no idea how band sizes are figured. They all do the "measure blow and add 4 or 6" thing but they all claim it has never once worked for them, and it surely doesn't work for me. I'm 35" below my boobs and 36" - 38" bras work the best for me; 40" or 42" (by the measure below, round up to the even number and add 4 or 6 method) - and I've tried - are FAR too big.
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#290297 - 08/18/0809:34 AMRe: About Skeleton Size, Body Weight And Diet
[Re: Tatiyana]
Hope_WA
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Originally Posted By: Tatiyana
Don't worry the short girls will hate you because you like me will have legs all the way up to your ass and they'll have stubbs....don't hate girls you know it's true!!
That's it, "No More Soup For You!" I'm sharpening my teeth so I can bite your ankles off
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His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him. " John 9:2-3
#290317 - 08/18/0811:26 AMRe: About Skeleton Size, Body Weight And Diet
[Re: Hope_WA]
YvonneV
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Originally Posted By: Hope_WA
Originally Posted By: Tatiyana
Don't worry the short girls will hate you because you like me will have legs all the way up to your ass and they'll have stubbs....don't hate girls you know it's true!!
That's it, "No More Soup For You!" I'm sharpening my teeth so I can bite your ankles off
I think 5'0" is awesome! I would trade you 5'9" in a heartbeat.
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