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In response to "What women's size 8 used to look like. -- (link)" by mara

Not sure how well known this is, but dress sizes were changed sometime in the 70s, I think. An old size 8 is a modern size 4, I think. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Mar 9 '11, 12:25

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I know. That's my point. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 12:25 29
- I thought sizes got bigger. an old 8 is now a 4. vanity sizing. -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:27 26
  - if so, that happened much later. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:29 10
    - I said exactly what you said. how am I wrong??? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:29 9
      - because what I said means all of your numbers go up, not down. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:30 8
        
        wait, we did say the same thing. I'm confused. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:30 7
        
        i quite enjoyed this little subthread. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 12:31
        
        all we need to know is amanda is not as fat now as she would have been in the 70s -- nm - moles Mar 9, 12:31 5
        
        right. I am not as fat numberwise. like that skirt I wore three weeks ago that was a size 13 and that was purchasd (mumbles) years ago and still fits? - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:33 4
        
        i get this, i lost a bit of weight and now wear the same number i wore in high school. am *I* the same size as i was in high school? - Andie Mar 9, 13:07
        
        skinny is relative -- nm - Epiphany Mar 9, 12:37
        
        I used to be a size 10, gained weight and became a size 8. I've also found there's a price difference. The more expensive the clothes, the smaller the - mara Mar 9, 12:35 1
        
        a woman in my business unit told us she wants to get down to "a size 6" -- it makes me laugh. *which* size 6?? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:37
  - I thought I would just type exactly what was said. you know. for typing practice! -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:28 14
    - anyway, what I'm saying was not a vanity thing at all. If you were a size 8 in 1960, you're a 4 now. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:29 13
      - I think it is a vanity thing, myself. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 12:31 12
        
        now that I think aobut it, I agree. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:31 11
        
        this thread is ridiculous. I need a drink. someone offer to walk me home via zeno's, stat. -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:34 10
        
        I love this thread...none of you even know what you're saying...but you really mean that shit. -- nm - Jim Mar 9, 12:35 9
        
        I'm sure there's an equivalent Pujols thread around somwhere -- nm - oblique Mar 9, 12:38
        
        just get the post out onto the internet first. there's time to think it out later. - TFox Mar 9, 12:38
        
        I'm pretty sure I know what I'm saying. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 12:36 5
        
        I know what I'm saying too. we're all saying the same thing. right? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:37 4
        
        I know what *I'm* saying. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:38 3
        
        I know what I'm saying. - Spawn Mar 9, 12:40
        
        ....liar. -- nm - TFox Mar 9, 12:39 1
        
        thanks a lot! -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:41
        
        I'm saying I'm not as fat on paper as I used to be, but I'm just as fat in real life. how can you not see that? -- nm - amanda "reduced service" jones Mar 9, 12:36
- Got it. From the text with the video, I am not sure they know. -- nm - loosilu Mar 9, 12:26 1
  - Oh, no, I don't think so either. Nor did the blog I was reading that linked to it. -- nm - mara Mar 9, 12:29

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