tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post6694367936110583778..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Is in and out in or out?Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-6571913450250037792008-02-04T13:26:00.000+00:002008-02-04T13:26:00.000+00:00I remember an American friend who, visiting Scotla...I remember an American friend who, visiting Scotland a few years ago, bought a kilt for her friend at home, as requested. Friend (possibly ex-friend) was offended and wouldn't try it on, as it was a size 12. Sheila explained that this was British sizing, but she wouldn't have it, nor pay for it eitherZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-66956942873816134592008-02-04T11:51:00.000+00:002008-02-04T11:51:00.000+00:00Dandelion - "Size 0" is an ignorance of the typica...Dandelion - "Size 0" is an ignorance of the typically thick British journalist. Size Zero is an Americanism equivalent to a British size 4, but don't expect your typical British journalist to have the brains to work that one out.<BR/><BR/>I also remember that survey of body sizes. One of the reasons they gave was the Pill. Another was earlier onset on puberty. And a third 'working out' which builds muscles differently from old-fashioned backbreaking housework etc.<BR/><BR/>People can be very delusional about size. I read somewhere a few years back how MArtine McCutcheon struggled to fit into a size 12 dress, and they gave her measurements. I forget W and H but her bust was 38 which is never a size 12!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-16693137549833351852008-02-03T17:11:00.000+00:002008-02-03T17:11:00.000+00:00In our house, which is Tudor, there is one door I ...In our house, which is Tudor, there is one door I have to bend double to get through...<BR/><BR/>Now I feel like Alice in Wonderland againZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-64913218711480933732008-02-03T17:03:00.000+00:002008-02-03T17:03:00.000+00:00This is getting scary. D'you know when you see a ...This is getting scary. D'you know when you see a really old house, and the door is like, tiny, like maybe four foot....oh, this is giving me the willies!Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-59886370367176164792008-02-03T13:50:00.000+00:002008-02-03T13:50:00.000+00:00Indeed, clothes sizings have changed and I find it...Indeed, clothes sizings have changed and I find it difficult to find anything that, if it fits round the hips, isn't too loose around the middle. I'm not putting this down to general fatness or criticising anyone's shape, however. At the start, I said that waists are bigger. We all agree that low-waisted trousers are much the reason for that. We know that people, generally, have a higher BMI than they used to, because we're always being told that. <BR/><BR/>And fashion photos are altered now and have always been and we're not taking them as read, are we? Though many unhappy women do and are discontented with their normal shapes.<BR/><BR/>My mother had a pair of her grandmother's gloves. Elbow-length, leather (kid I suppose) evening gloves. I couldn't get my hand into them at all, though my hands are not particularly large. When I was at school, I reckoned my size 5 feet were quite big, and there was only one girl in the class with size 8s. When my daughter was at school, her size 5s were considered pretty small - and now I know pre-pubescent children whose feet are bigger than that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-42371100973701437722008-02-03T13:46:00.000+00:002008-02-03T13:46:00.000+00:00Well, I am glad you said this, chair, it explains ...Well, I am glad you said this, chair, it explains a lot.<BR/><BR/>If we are talking about dress sizes, I do remember there being some discussion in the media about ten years ago, bemoaning the fact that women's dress sizes hadn't changed since the 50's, even though women had got bigger.<BR/><BR/>Around this same time, very few clothes shops had anything less than a size 10. I know, because I looked everywhere. The only place that reliably sold an 8 or less was the Gap, and I was buying size 6 because I was anorexic. After that experience, and knowing how small a size 6 was, I've never understood how there can be women at a size zero and still alive, unless the sizing has changed. Which, if it has, was never announced, to my knowledge.<BR/><BR/>There must have been a moment when people who thought they were one size, suddenly found that when they went shopping, that size was inexplicably too big for them. What a headfuck.<BR/><BR/>(I still dispute that body <I>shapes</I> have changed (much less evolved), btw, beyond any change associated with more fat. Sorry if it annoys you.)Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-63805867775594319502008-02-03T10:36:00.000+00:002008-02-03T10:36:00.000+00:00dandelion - When Z and I were young women (or 'gir...dandelion - When Z and I were young women (or 'girls' as we were known at the time), a size 12 dress measured 34" bust, 24" waist and 36" hips. I think you will find the measurements considerably larger today.<BR/><BR/>Dress manufacturers say that women are bigger all over, going on the old sizing, a size 0 would have 24" hips.<BR/><BR/>I know that you have a duty to dispute everything I say, but as somebody whose mother had a womens clothes shop, and who was actually there at the time we are talking about, let me assure you that shapes have changed.Chairwoman of the boredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283126747440830086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-43086367787891411242008-02-02T23:02:00.000+00:002008-02-02T23:02:00.000+00:00Well, I just don't believe that actual body shapes...Well, I just don't believe that actual body shapes have actually changed. I think there's always been diversity, and that there still is.<BR/><BR/>If there's any change apparent in the photographic record, I'd suggest that's the result of selective sampling, and reflects nothing more than changing "fashions" in women's body types.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-85785606757943955692008-02-02T19:25:00.000+00:002008-02-02T19:25:00.000+00:00I was shocked to see that that Spice Girl had a 24...I was shocked to see that that Spice Girl had a 24" wasit, I have a 24" wasit and I'm not as tiny as she. I saw her at a Strabucks in Malibu and she look skinny even compared to L.A. standards! I understand how belts and low hip huggers pants are designed these days are frustrating. Oh the pill doesn't increase your bust size, I'm on the pill they feel bigger because the pill causes more blood flow to your breast like one is when we have our flow. I'm a 36 C cup and exercise is best way to keep those breast full and firm. I've had gal pal with huge natural breast that when they took off their bras their nipples went down to their waist line not very pretty. Be happy what you got.Yoga Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811671544368940573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-84103284172438329992008-02-02T18:56:00.000+00:002008-02-02T18:56:00.000+00:00Well yes, but I've gone from A to D myself and non...Well yes, but I've gone from A to D myself and none of these apply to me - fatness yes, but what used to go all to my arse now redistributes itself differently. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what I'm saying either, to tell the truth. But then, if you look at Edwardian women and then at 20s flappers, it's much the same difference in a generation too. <BR/><BR/><I>?Handling?</I>Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-78934171911079222082008-02-02T18:40:00.000+00:002008-02-02T18:40:00.000+00:00Things that make one's bosoms bigger:1. The pill2....Things that make one's bosoms bigger:<BR/>1. The pill<BR/>2. Fatness<BR/>3. Handling<BR/>4. Padded bras, or those things that some people put inside their bra on purpose.<BR/><BR/>I'm still not sure if you're saying that actual women have changed, or just what pundits present as the norm.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-72719290278917480532008-02-02T16:34:00.000+00:002008-02-02T16:34:00.000+00:00You've got one of the eye already, what more do yo...You've got one of the eye already, what more do you want?Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-64994826888145061412008-02-02T15:30:00.000+00:002008-02-02T15:30:00.000+00:00Photo please!Photo please!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346682505354790114noreply@blogger.com