What size do you wear, and what do you weigh???

Sizing varies wildly among clothing manufacturers, countries (btw, those standard country size conversion charts are not reliable), etc.

For the most part...

I am 5'3", 174, and I wear...
Tops:  Medium or Large, depending on the manufacturer.  Old Navy is a Medium (and fits perfectly).  Walmart is a M, unless I buy something from the Juniors/Miley Cyrus line (ick!), then I am a Large. 

Pants:  12 or 14.  Gap is a tight 12 and loose 14.  Old Navy is a 12.  Any Juniors section of a department store is a 14/15.

Dresses/Skirts:  Solidly into a 12...sometimes a 10. 

Every once in a while I get a pleasant surprise, and try on an 8 and it fits perfectly...but that is the exception.

 Also, if you are solid with lots of muscle you will need a bigger size than someone who is very flabby.  Fat is easy to sqeeze into smaller sizes.  Muscle will resist.  Think of filling up a balloon with jello or with metal, then trying to squeeze it in at the middle.

It is so true, brand change...especially as you get smaller it seems.  I am 5-7 and at 145.  I wear 8/10 pants and large to xlarge (I also have the boobs still!) tops

Denise~

I am 5'7 and weigh 135-140.  I wear anywhere from a size 4 to an 8, depending on the designer and brand,

I'm 5ft 4ins and around 150lbs. Clothes I buy range from US size 8 to 12! But the 12 is mostly tops as I don't like them too clingy - if i wore them as they were meant to be worn, I would probably get a 10.  I find in the UK that clothes tend to get smaller as they get more exclusive! I can get away with an 8 skirt from something like Marks and Spencers but need a 10 from a designer label skirt.

Kate

clothing sizes make me crazy! I am 5 foot nothing... a real shorty. I do most of my shopping at thrift stores so I get all different brands... and boy does the sizing vary.

I weight between 106 and 108. I wear pants between size 0 (Yup, Zero... I never thought I would be one of *those* girls) all the way up to size 6.  I have 6's that fit perfect and I have a pair of size 4 that are so saggy in the butt that I have been told to NEVER wear them again. Go figure.

I dont know that anyone can made sense of weight / size... or even sizes among different makers / styles.

Use the sizes to begin your search,...but it will always be best to try them on and be open to the possibility that your size is smaller than you thought :)

1) Clothing from a thrift store, esp Goodwill, usually has been hot washed/cleaned so it shrinks. Vanity sizing also comes into play here. The older clothing won't fit the same way newer clothing will.

2) Different companies use different sizing methods. And in cutting cloth, the stacks don't always stay even either.

With that said, pre-op, at 203/5' 3 1/2":
I was a 2x top from Kohl's, bordering on a 3x from WalMart.
Bottom, Kohl's was a 16W (my weight is top heavy), WalMart, 16W/18W

I'm down to 186 and I don't know YET but the tshirts I'm wearing are larges, the mock turtlenecks I have are xlarge (Kohl's) still had some from a previous loss. And my jeans are starting to get baggy.

Liz

I'm 5'4" and weigh 151.  I wear anywhere from a size 8 to a 12 in pants (mostly 12's) and a large or medium top.  I carry most of my weight around my middle so that is the slowest place I am loosing weight.  My legs need smaller pants but my waist says no lol! 

I'm so glad you started this thread, sizing is always such a curious thing to me. 

Connie S. 

I have two sizes of pants hanging in my closet: 6 and 8. Most are 8. I currently weight 157. I wore my size 8 levis to church last night. They were not snug at all.

I'm 5'9" and weigh 163. I have no clue what I wear for clothes. I teach PE and coach so all I wear is shorts/sweatpants and tshirts. I'm also so used to wearing everything baggy. If I didn't have all this extra skin I know I would be in smaller sizes. It seems like most of the women's tops are so short waisted.

I really need to go shopping! I might someday need regular clothes! lol. All my friends want to take me shopping!

Julie