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Vanity Sizing and My Brain
Aug. 7th, 2006 12:42 pmI took advantage of the tax holiday this weekend to go out and buy some more pants that actually fit. The last time I bought dress pants, most of them were a size 10, with a few size 8s that were within a few pounds of fitting. Lately, they have all been too big, even the 8s, so it was time to restock.
Most of the 8s that I tried on fit fine. A couple were too big, and a couple were too short waisted, but none were too tight. I never once thought of trying on a 6. This is the way my brain works. My last set of pants were mostly 10s, so I must be an 8 now, right? What's more, I was a size 6 right before my Dad died in 1997, and then I was about 18 pounds lighter than I am now. So how could I possibly be a 6?
Vanity sizing, that's how.
My goal is to eventually weigh about what I did in late 1997. I was a size 6 then, so I just assumed that I was shooting for a size 6 now. Where was my brain? If I'm a "small" 8 right now (or even a 6, who the hell knows any more), there's no way I'm going to still be a 6 after another 18 pounds. I'll probably be a 4. A 4??! That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
What moron decided that women needed to be fooled into believing that they are thinner than they were before? Why are our sizing charts not only different between designers, but now between years as well? When will the numbers have any real meaning associated with our measurements? Can I propose a bill into Congress about this?
*fuming* - but thinner
Of course, these are all pants sizes. I will never be a 4, or even a 6, on top. That's what you get when you are built like a short, stocky, baseball player. :)
Most of the 8s that I tried on fit fine. A couple were too big, and a couple were too short waisted, but none were too tight. I never once thought of trying on a 6. This is the way my brain works. My last set of pants were mostly 10s, so I must be an 8 now, right? What's more, I was a size 6 right before my Dad died in 1997, and then I was about 18 pounds lighter than I am now. So how could I possibly be a 6?
Vanity sizing, that's how.
My goal is to eventually weigh about what I did in late 1997. I was a size 6 then, so I just assumed that I was shooting for a size 6 now. Where was my brain? If I'm a "small" 8 right now (or even a 6, who the hell knows any more), there's no way I'm going to still be a 6 after another 18 pounds. I'll probably be a 4. A 4??! That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
What moron decided that women needed to be fooled into believing that they are thinner than they were before? Why are our sizing charts not only different between designers, but now between years as well? When will the numbers have any real meaning associated with our measurements? Can I propose a bill into Congress about this?
*fuming* - but thinner
Of course, these are all pants sizes. I will never be a 4, or even a 6, on top. That's what you get when you are built like a short, stocky, baseball player. :)
