[Gabz]

They have changed the dress sizes too. Used to be a size 4 was an extremely skinny woman, and a size 6 was about as thin as you could get and still have breasts. Nowdays a size 6 is a chubby little piggy.

I totally agree with you about how they have changed the dress sizes, but totally disagree with you about what sizes were and now are.

I'm 5'10 and 115-125# and have always wore a 10. As I explained in another post, I now wear a 6, which compared to an older 10 is practically identical.

I don't consider myself a chubby little piggy by any stretch of the imagination.

[mamelukesabre]

That’s because you’re tall.

[pacpam]

In 1965 pattern size I wore was a 12. 5 feet 8 inches and 110. Then it was a 10 when patterns were resized about 1968. I am still the same height and weigh about 118, but now wear a size 6. It is an attempt to make people ignore weight gain. It’s all feel good marketing.

[joe212]

I totally agree with you about how they have changed the dress sizes, but totally disagree with you about what sizes were and now are.

I'm 5'10 and 115-125# and have always wore a 10. As I explained in another post, I now wear a 6, which compared to an older 10 is practically identical.

You are completely correct, and other posters are wrong. The dress sizes changed, but in the direction you say they changed. The reason for it is that as American women become more and more overweight, dress sizes grow with them, in order not to make them feel bad.