The Titus 2 Homemaker

Is it just me, or do clothing manufacturers/retailers seem to need a megadose of reality and common sense?  I do not get their thinking where sizing is concerned.

I tried on a pair of American Eagle Outfitters shorts at the thrift store the other day.  Size 0.  They were too big.  As in, huge.  Now, I am, admittedly, pretty small, but I have never been too small for a size 0.  And these were not just a tad too large.  So what’s up?  I think, based on my experience, and some chatter I’ve heard around the ‘net, that manufacturers are changing their size numbering so that women wear “smaller” sizes, so that big women will “feel better” about themselves.  Um, okay.  If you’re fat, you’re fat, regardless of whether the label in your shorts says 6 or 16.  If you’re big-boned, you needn’t feel bad about wearing a large size - you’re just built for that size!  (If you aren’t fat, chances are, no one thinks you are.  Except, perhaps, you.  Don’t be silly!)  And if you happen to be really small like me, this new sizing just means that they run out of numbers before they get to your size.  Manufacturers, take note: the smallest size you intend to create should not be counted as smaller than the smallest number you have available.  Duh.  (What size are we small women supposed to wear now?  Minus-two???)

And on the same basic subject, what is with lingerie/sexy swimwear manufacturers selling lingerie or swimsuits that are “one size fits all”?? Who are they kidding?  They sell plus sizes, for heavens sakes, along with extra-smalls.  It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that the same form-fitting garment will not fit a ninety-five-pound woman and a two-hundred-pound woman.  What were they thinking?!