In 1958, a woman who had a 34-inch bust and a 25-inch waist was considered a size 12 ... among the most fit women in the population. Between then and now, clothing brands have either decided ...

The standard included the first modern women's clothing size charts, and it provides the first data points in the charts above. Women's sizes ranged from 8 to 42. A size 8 woman had a bust of 31 ...

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 Melville’s teen-“friendly” SoHo store, where the only size is ...

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. Now we select sizes 0 and 2 because the sizes are ...

Shopping for clothes that actually fit is downright agonizing—especially for women, when a size 8 varies so ridiculously across clothing brands ... published size charts, then shows you the ...

At this point we’re all aware of vanity sizing—where certain brands alter clothing sizes to make us ... but it shows the percentage of men and women wearing a size “small” who have to ...