Clothing Sizes
One night the weekend before last, I was feeling pretty sad. I was seriously bummed and in an effort to distract cheer myself, I decided to try on all the clothing in the house to see what fit me and what didn't. I had been wanting to do this for a few weeks, but had put it off because of finals.
I knew I had lost a lot of size, so I wanted to try things on to see how many things that hadn't fit for awhile would fit me now.
I found a LOT of things that fit me now! It was very exciting! Among those things were some sweaters I hadn't worn in years, including a lacy sweater R's mom gave me for Xmas a few years ago that was always too small. She also gave me a pair of velvet lounge pants at the same time, and they were too tight, but they fit perfectly now. I think I'll wear them NYE.
Some of my other favorite sweaters fit me now as well. Sadly, one old favorite is now too big... I don't know if it's stretched way out, or if I just always wore things oversized, but it's too large and isn't flattering. I tried shrinking it in the dryer with no luck :(
Several other shirts that used to not fit, do fit now. And some that used to fit are too large. Very exciting.
Some dresses I like very much fit now when they didn't for awhile. These are two old favorite dresses that I think of as "Alice" dresses, dresses with babydoll waists and long, full skirts. (a lot like the Tenniel illustrations in the original "Alice" books.) However, I put them on and wondered why I ever thought wearing such long skirts was flattering. Or, I dunno, maybe it was flattering then but isn't now. When I go femme I still love to look like a doll, but I am done draping myself in long dresses and oversized sweaters. They do not look good. So I am going to take these two dresses in to have them hemmed into shorter dresses, definitely above the knee. They are both great for winter, so if I do that next month I'll have two more dresses to wear all winter. This kind of weight loss is a lot like getting new clothes: I suddenly have more clothes than I've had in years. On the negative side, many of them are dressy and I almost never have a need to dress up any more.
One of the things that this clothes-trying spree brought on is that women's clothing sizes are ridiculously arbitrary. And I do think cuts have become slimmer since the cult of thin came in. Just as an example, I tried on a ruffled blouse in size SMALL that I literally bought at Banana Republic when I was 17. It fits. But an XL tshirt I bought at Target, a few months ago, also fits me, when it was too tight then. A small and an XL fit the same body.
The clothes that fit me are seriously sized all over the map. Lots of "medium", some "large" even some "small". One size 18 skirt fits great, and so do some 14 skirts and pants. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason here.
I am going to be selling off clothes that no longer fit or clothes that aren't my style anymore. I've taken a bunch of pics and will post things here, FB, and in a few communities. Mostly things in 16 and up, but there will be some smaller things that I know I won't wear again, those will go too.
I knew I had lost a lot of size, so I wanted to try things on to see how many things that hadn't fit for awhile would fit me now.
I found a LOT of things that fit me now! It was very exciting! Among those things were some sweaters I hadn't worn in years, including a lacy sweater R's mom gave me for Xmas a few years ago that was always too small. She also gave me a pair of velvet lounge pants at the same time, and they were too tight, but they fit perfectly now. I think I'll wear them NYE.
Some of my other favorite sweaters fit me now as well. Sadly, one old favorite is now too big... I don't know if it's stretched way out, or if I just always wore things oversized, but it's too large and isn't flattering. I tried shrinking it in the dryer with no luck :(
Several other shirts that used to not fit, do fit now. And some that used to fit are too large. Very exciting.
Some dresses I like very much fit now when they didn't for awhile. These are two old favorite dresses that I think of as "Alice" dresses, dresses with babydoll waists and long, full skirts. (a lot like the Tenniel illustrations in the original "Alice" books.) However, I put them on and wondered why I ever thought wearing such long skirts was flattering. Or, I dunno, maybe it was flattering then but isn't now. When I go femme I still love to look like a doll, but I am done draping myself in long dresses and oversized sweaters. They do not look good. So I am going to take these two dresses in to have them hemmed into shorter dresses, definitely above the knee. They are both great for winter, so if I do that next month I'll have two more dresses to wear all winter. This kind of weight loss is a lot like getting new clothes: I suddenly have more clothes than I've had in years. On the negative side, many of them are dressy and I almost never have a need to dress up any more.
One of the things that this clothes-trying spree brought on is that women's clothing sizes are ridiculously arbitrary. And I do think cuts have become slimmer since the cult of thin came in. Just as an example, I tried on a ruffled blouse in size SMALL that I literally bought at Banana Republic when I was 17. It fits. But an XL tshirt I bought at Target, a few months ago, also fits me, when it was too tight then. A small and an XL fit the same body.
The clothes that fit me are seriously sized all over the map. Lots of "medium", some "large" even some "small". One size 18 skirt fits great, and so do some 14 skirts and pants. There is absolutely no rhyme or reason here.
I am going to be selling off clothes that no longer fit or clothes that aren't my style anymore. I've taken a bunch of pics and will post things here, FB, and in a few communities. Mostly things in 16 and up, but there will be some smaller things that I know I won't wear again, those will go too.