Guest guest Posted September 20, 2001 Report Share Posted September 20, 2001 Hey HJ, that was very informative, thanks. It'll help next time I visit the states, I never could understand the sizes there. I thought 16 (and sometimes 14) was the maximum in regular size stores ? Vered Brook6 wrote: > > hehehe...I knew it had to be a man asking this question. ;-) > > First of all, that would make absolutely too much sense! > > Seriously, US womens sizes are even numbers for misses and odd numbers for > juniors. Misses sizes are for adult women [with more curves/bumps]. > Juniors are for teen [and adult women] who have more slender build. > > Misses sizes: 0 [can't imagine, but have heard of it], 2, 4, 6 [size of many > fashion models], 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 [threshold to women's sizes, for > those of us who are big boned ;-)], 20, 22...and on > > Juniors sizes: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 [used to be a shop called 5-7-9, that > specialized in small junior fashions aimed at teens who would kill to be > able to fit the clothes], 11, 13, 15 [after this, you are bound to have some > bumps --> go to misses sizes] > > HJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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