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Originally posted by spookyfish
Forgive my ignorance, but is this size 0 thing a recent development? I've heard of it before, but it seems just, well -- weird. I mean, is it a recent response to the body nazi, anorexia/bulimia, fashion-magazine supermodel funhouse-mirror bodyimage bullshit?
I could see a size 1, but really, what type of figure is a size 0 supposed to fit? Calista Flockhart types? I guess what I'm trying to find out is how would a size zero, compare to an "average" woman with regard to height, weight, measurements, etc.
spooky(enquiring minds want to know)fish
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Instead of sending the truly tiny women to the girls department, dressmakers will sometimes develop a "size 0" that reflects clothes one size smaller than 1/2. But it depends on the dressmaker. Over the years, there's been some size inflation, so that a size eight (generally considered "average," though over half the women in the United States are over size 12, so "average" isnt' the right word) nowadays probably was a ten or a twelve twenty to thirty years ago.
Also, not all sizes are the same. From dressmaker to dressmaker, or even from item to item, cuts are different. So someone may be wearing a size six blouse by designer A, and a size four dress by designer B, and refuses to wear designer C because she'd have to wear a size eight.
