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Clothes sizes
squeaky
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I've been offered a jacket, choice of sizes - one at 16 and the other at 20/22
Yeah, right - like I know sizes. INCHES I know
So can anybody point me at what the various sizes are in real money please?
Yeah, right - like I know sizes. INCHES I know
So can anybody point me at what the various sizes are in real money please?
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Hi Squeaky,
That's quite confusing because I presume we are converting from women's sizes to mens (in inches?) Looked in my conversion guide and roughly ( and I could be quite wrong, but I am sure some other helpful person will put me right) this is what I have come up with.
A man's suit (British) size 40 is a European 50, and I think but this is where I could be totally wrong a woman's size 16.
A man's suit (British) size 44 is a European 54 and therefore I think it's a British size 20 (womens)
HTH,
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Depends on the make - I'm sure the sizes are getting smaller - that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
8/10 - small, slim, petite, slender - Kate Moss/Naomi Campbell- my friend Julia
12/14 - slim but a bit curvier! - Her off GMTV! - Her off the Office -
16/18 - even curvier - bigger all over - obviously no one on telly this size!!!!!
20/22 are classed as plus sizes - the lovely Fern Brittain
24/26 - the beautiful Dawn French
28 - Michelle Mc Manus before the weight loss
obviously the larger the size the less examples from tv I can give. I wonder why? sadly not the same for men0 -
Leslie from Big Brother was a 16/18!misty wrote:Depends on the make - I'm sure the sizes are getting smaller - that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
8/10 - small, slim, petite, slender - Kate Moss/Naomi Campbell- my friend Julia
12/14 - slim but a bit curvier! - Her off GMTV! - Her off the Office -
16/18 - even curvier - bigger all over - obviously no one on telly this size!!!!!
20/22 are classed as plus sizes - the lovely Fern Brittain
24/26 - the beautiful Dawn French
28 - Michelle Mc Manus before the weight loss
obviously the larger the size the less examples from tv I can give. I wonder why? sadly not the same for menMurphy's No More Pies Club #209
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I never watched it, but I saw in an article she had the same bra size as me before I changed sizemisty wrote:Well spotted as she was out early on - and her annoying voice stopped me looking at her. and it was channel 4.Murphy's No More Pies Club #209
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size 16 is a 38" bust
size 20 = 42" bust
size 22 = 44" bust0 -
Yeah Squeaks, as Allexie says is there something you want to share with us or will tomorrow's thread be about finding a bag and shoes to match?
You know I can help when it comes to shoes!
oooh look only about 220 posts and I got round to doing my Avatar already!!0 -
flea72 wrote:size 16 is a 38" bust
size 20 = 42" bust
size 22 = 44" bust
Not always!!! I'm a size 30" but a rather large cup size so have to buy size 16 tops to make sure that they do up. Mind you, I don't suppose that Squeaky will have to worry about the finer points of back vs cup size when choosing a jacket :-)0 -
From looking at your picture Squeaks, id say the size 16 would probably fit a slender chap like yourself.... or if you want it baggier the 20/22 would do
Depends on how cheap the jacket is... most cheap clothes run rather small so you may need to size up.0
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