there is no standard for clothing sizes.
get five different brands of blue jeans and measure the waistline, f.ex, you'll find one brand will be 28" while another will be 30" and so on all up and down the scale.
dieting down to fit into someone else's idea of what a size 8 should measure? .... yeah, in my books, that's a bit whacked.
here:
http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/what-...g-2532831.html
Quote:
Standards-or Lack Thereof
When it comes to sizing, there are no universal standards. A woman with a traditional hourglass figure with 36-24-36 measurements can wear anything from a size zero to a size ten, depending on the brand and whether it's sold at the designer, contemporary, junior, bridge or mass level.
The only standard that does exist is to con the buyer into believing she's smaller. Over time, sizes are getting roomier, allowing women to believe they can still squeeze into a more desirable size two, four, six or even eight.
"At this point, sizes are meaningless. They're more relative than anything else," Bill Ivers, chief operating officer of MSA Models told YouBeauty. His agency specializes in providing fit models for designers and brands.
"Sizes are not standard by design," he explained. "It helps brands be unique and offer an edge over the competition. Brands are looking for brand loyalty and if last season you were an eight and this season you're a size six, that's a sales tool. We all look to apparel to make us look good, feel comfortable and confident."
so there you have it: if you haven't lost any weight but you can't fit into this year's style of your favourite brand pants, it's because they stretched them.
