Let’s talk about clothes and, more specifically, those little tags sewn inside that are supposed to tell us our size. For many, especially in the plus size community, these numbers can feel more like ...

It’s been said that in America, vanity-sizing has appeared sporadically throughout time since the mid-50s. Vanity-sizing is when an industry-determined size clothing is altered to reflect a decreased ...

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When J. Crew last month announced it was introducing a new triple-zero size, equivalent to an XXXS, the blogosphere erupted in irritated frustration and condemnation of the supposed routine, and ...

It feels great to slip into a size 10 when you know you’re really a 14 – but is vanity sizing doing you more harm than good? Every woman in Australia has experienced that heady change room thrill when ...

Not all clothing sizes are created equal. Annoyingly, a medium T-shirt you might buy from Forever 21 may not fit as well as one you bought from H&M. That’s because fashion retailers don’t have ...

SHOPPING for clothes is never an easy task, it seems all shops have their own sizing systems to work with meaning you can be a size 6 in one, a 12 in another. One slim woman has become so fed up with ...