In the world of women’s clothing, a 4 is a 2 is a 6. Everything is relative unless, of course, you’re shopping in Brandy ...

In 1958, a woman who had a 34-inch bust and a 25-inch waist was considered a size 12. Today, a size 12 would fit a woman with a 39-inch bust and a 32-inch waist. If those size discrepancies sound ...

HOW WOMEN GROW BUT STAY THE SAME SIZE In 1942, clothing manufacturers relied on a U.S Department of Commerce chart to put sizes on their clothes.

In the example above, Anthropologie's size 10 size chart lists a 38" bust measurement, 30-32" for the waist, and 40" for the hips. Banana Republic's size 10 measurements are 37" bust, 30" waist ...

According to these graphs, as women have gotten larger, sizes have gotten smaller. In other words, Americans have gotten heavier over the last 50 years (The Washington Post points to data released ...

The standard included the first modern women’s clothing size charts, and it provides the first datapoints. Women’s sizes ranged from 8 to 42.

American women are on average between a misses size 16-18, or what is considered a plus-size 20W, according to a new study in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.