Good on you! Let us know how awesome you look when it arrives :)

Land's End has supportive suits for more well-endowed ladies too. My sister swears by them (she's a 34 DDD, I think?) and while I'm only a DD, I've had good luck with their suits as well.

Putting myself in her shoes, I would have answered those questions the same way. It's not my place as a salesperson to say stuff like "Oh but you're not plus sized!" etc to a customer. I would just feel uncomfortable and unprofessional saying that (maybe this is just me?)

Anyways! A size 8-10 is certainly not plus sized and you should be proud of that!!

What I wouldn't give to be a size 8 or 10...

You'll get there. I used to wear a tight 20 and if you would have told me I would some day wear an 8 I would have laughed in your face (and part of that was because I was blissfully unaware of all the vanity sizing going on). I also have a size 16 skirt from 1994 from LLBEan which fits like their current size 10s.

I think I might have said the same thing if someone specifically asked for DD's and the cupped ones in misses were smaller than that--even if I didn't think they looked like they belonged in plusses. I would feel bad if I DIDN'T mention them.

But saying someone looks too small to be in the plus size area is a compliment.

I just think it we the way it was said, but then that could be me reading into it too much too.

I wish I still had my size 14 jeans from 1996 (the smallest jeans I ever owned as an adult). I was about 220 pounds then, so it makes me wonder what size I'll be at once I lose about 30-40 more pounds! :dizzy:

220 in a size 14? you are small and compact! In 1997 I lost a bunch of weight I could fit into a size 14 at 190 pounds. This go around at 190 I was in a 12.

This time around (the only other time I've lost weight) I wore a tight 16 or loose 18 at 220.

You tall ladies! Even at 170 I'm still a size 14, sometimes 16. I agree you're very compact if that was your size, Ella. You'll get there again :)

I've always felt confused when reading about people's heights, weights, and sizes on here. Maybe it's because I'm a tall apple and most of my weight is in my stomach? I have no hips and I have no butt, and my legs seem pretty scrawny for my weight. :lol: I've never gotten below 220 and barely remember what it was like. I do remember that pair of 14 jeans when I was 19, and that I was able to wear L t-shirts (as opposed to my usual XXL) when I'd gotten down around 220 again about twelve years ago.

I'm a 22/24 between the weights of 240-285 or so, but it seems to go downhill rapidly as I get below that. Sometimes I look in the mirror and try to squeeze in the sides of my stomach, and can't believe how small my hips look in comparison. I wonder what kind of shape I'm going to end up with when I'm smaller. :dizzy:

Thanks! :hug: Working so hard on that right now (as we all are)! :D If you don't mind me asking, what size were you at your highest weight? It's so cool to be able to see how far you've come, you've done such a great job. :) I'm not even sure in my case, as I eventually discovered the stores didn't go high enough outside of stretch pants! :o I still got by with 2X and 3X shirts by stretching them out, although I hated how they looked around my stomach.

Funny how I'm still in 2X shirts when I'm 100 pounds lighter. :lol:

She may just be used to taking non-20-year-olds to the plus size section out of habit.

When I was 13 I had to wear DD's and though I weight all of 120lbs I still had to get plus sized suits because of the cups. They don't make swimsuits with tops to cover anyone with a hint of a bust. I'm sure she didn't mean that you need a plus sized suit for anything other than your ample cleavage. I'm now a G and no matter how skinny I get, I will always have to wear a plus sized suit or have one custom made so it fits. I know how hurtful and detrimental to your mental health something like this can be (imagine the same thing only being 13!). I still wear the same suit from 8 years ago because I haven't wanted to shop (and though i've gained 60lbs the swimsuit I had to wear back then because of my boobs finally fits everywhere else). I wish you luck on your search! :hug: And don't let skinny little people get you down!