Okay, I know this has been discussed before, but I just can't understand why clothing manufacturers have seemingly changed their sizing. For example, I put on a pair of capris this morning that I bought from Old Navy a couple of years ago (maybe two or three?). Anyway, they are a size 2. I also have some older Gap and Old Navy shorts and skirts that are a size 2. All this stuff fits me pretty well...not too baggy, couldn't/woudn't want to go down a size even if they did have size 0 then. Anyway, this weekend DF and I were at Old Navy and I was trying on shorts (same style as ones I've bought from them before) and I was swimming in the size 2. I'm sorry, but a size 0?!?! That's absolutely ridiculous. Zero is nothing! It's a non-number...it means none! Are they trying to convince people that they aren't a size?!?! Funny thing also is I was probably a tad smaller/thinner a couple of years ago when I "fit" into a size 2. So, I am no longer a 2?! Is that what this ridiculous sizing is telling me? Don't even get me started on the 00 sizes!!! I have also noticed this "trend" at Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, etc. The only place I have not noticed it is in my Seven jeans. I wear the same size in Sevens that I wore in Edwins (yeah, totally dating myself) in high school.
This is probably part of the reason we have such an obesity epidemic in our country. An overweight person can go into a store and fit into a regular size and then can rationalize that they are not that fat.
Ugh!!! It's positively ridiculous and infuriating!!!
Sorry, had to vent.
Lorie
P.S. I am in no way saying "oh, poor little me...a size 2...feel badly for me." The truth is, I (as we all do) work out and am conscious about my shape and put in the time it takes to stay a certain size (although, my eating habits border on awful many ties). I am also lucky because my mom is thin (I am actually built more muscularly than her) and my grandmother was small.
This is probably part of the reason we have such an obesity epidemic in our country. An overweight person can go into a store and fit into a regular size and then can rationalize that they are not that fat.
Ugh!!! It's positively ridiculous and infuriating!!!
Sorry, had to vent.
Lorie
P.S. I am in no way saying "oh, poor little me...a size 2...feel badly for me." The truth is, I (as we all do) work out and am conscious about my shape and put in the time it takes to stay a certain size (although, my eating habits border on awful many ties). I am also lucky because my mom is thin (I am actually built more muscularly than her) and my grandmother was small.