Talk:Vanity sizing
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This article make several unsubstantiated claims:
- that vanity sizing has improved self-esteem in women; - that this change has led to decreases in depression; - that suicide rates among women have dropped; - that this drop is linked to the self-esteem gains caused by vanity sizing. 207.162.58.3 19:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Haha, I can attest to the reality of vanity sizing. I came into my final body size and shape ten years ago, at the age of 14. Since that time, I have been exactly 5'7.5", 127 lbs., with a 27-inch waist and 37-inch hips. I know, because I've always been an obsessive measurer. My whole post-pubescent life I was a size 5. Suddenly, about 2 years ago, I went clothes shopping and noticed that size 5 clothes, which I used to be able to buy off the rack without trying on, were now very loose on me. "That's funny, it can't be that I've lost weight, since all my old clothes still fit me just the same as they always have," I thought. But just to be sure, I weighed myself at my next doctor's visit. Same old 127. I measured my waist and hips. Same old 27-37. Great. The fashion industry calls the old size 5 a size 3 now. Another year passed, and I went clothes shopping again. Now the size 3's are too loose. Go back home, weigh and measure myself again. Same 127, 27-37. Fantastic. So now they're calling me a size 1. Next year they won't even make clothes my size and I'll have to shop by catalog. This wasn't at just one store, it was all of them!
Sadly, I can see this detracting some overweight women from diet and exercise. I mean, who needs to lose weight if you can suddenly fit into those single-digit sizes you always dreamed of, right? Remember that old magic number, every woman's holy grail, the fabled size 6? Well, since the current 6 is what used to be a 10 a couple of years ago... a modest BBW can now call hers the "perfect body". Who wouldn't buy a pair of jeans that sold you that? Succubus MacAstaroth (talk) 02:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
