Originally Posted by
TudorChick
i think "plus" sixe is rediculous these days...marilyn monroe was a size 16.her measurements were that of today's 14. the fact we have 00 to 14 as regular sizes is unrealistic to me.when i was at my thinnest in high school i was a size 8,and wore size 26 jeans.now 10 years later i wear a size 32 in jeans and a size 14-16 in regular sizes...by today's standards i would be considered obese...which by looking at myself in the mirror does not look traditionally obese,and i am not kidding myself.i have pounds to lose,sure,i am shooting for 15 to be back to where i was but todays' standards disgust me..women are either too skinny or too fat...there is no "curvy" anymore..it's either you are a zero or above the 10's...sickening really.