In 1958, a woman who had a 34-inch bust and a 25-inch waist was considered a size 12. Today, a size 12 would fit a woman with a 39-inch bust and a 32-inch waist. If those size discrepancies sound ...

In the world of women’s clothing, a 4 is a 2 is a 6. Everything is relative unless, of course, you’re shopping in Brandy ...

According to these graphs, as women have gotten larger, sizes have gotten smaller. In other words, Americans have gotten heavier over the last 50 years (The Washington Post points to data released ...

In the example above, Anthropologie's size 10 size chart lists a 38" bust measurement, 30-32" for the waist, and 40" for the hips. Banana Republic's size 10 measurements are 37" bust, 30" waist ...

American women are on average between a misses size 16-18, or what is considered a plus-size 20W, according to a new study in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.

The standard included the first modern women’s clothing size charts, and it provides the first datapoints. Women’s sizes ranged from 8 to 42.

Converting kid shoes size to women’s For the most part, a youth shoe size, plus two, is a woman’s size. So, for example, a youth size 5 is typically a women’s size 7.

I don’t think it’s done as a marketing tool anymore. I think it’s done because the women are getting bigger, and we’re just addressing that. The original sizing charts never had sizes 0 and 2.

Chloe Martin, 18, posted the image last Friday with the caption “In case you’ve ever wondered why women get so frustrated with our clothing sizes” and it has clearly struck a chord with ...