Fashion model size

Chloe

Thu, Apr 22 2010, 6:16 pm

Nuts wrote:

What is the ideal fashion model size these day? A 0 or 2? Or did the sizes go up already? Just wondering.

I think only runway models need to be that skinny.

sky

Thu, Apr 22 2010, 8:06 pm

Taken from:
http://www.modelingadvice.com/......html

Mainstream range - 5'9" to 5'11" with outer fringe being 5'8" to 6" with the extremely rare exception down to 5'5" and as tall as 6'1". Thin - puts weight at 108 to 130lbs in proportional to height. This puts dress size 6-8 with the desired figure around 34B-24-34. This can range some but waist no larger the 25" and maximum hips 35 ½." Beginning models start modeling in the age range of 13-19 and if you have not made it by twenty it is over.

I think Chloe is right its the runway models that are that small.

heffer569

Thu, Apr 22 2010, 8:09 pm

sky wrote:

K so something is weird with this cause I am only 5'4 I weigh closer to the higher than the lower pundage and Im a 0-2 so how can someone 5'8 that weighs 108 pds be a size 6 doesnt make sense her bmi is even below normal.

louche

Thu, Apr 22 2010, 9:48 pm

heffer569 wrote:

all runway models--all of them--are clinically underweight, except maybe the plus-size models, all of whom look just fine to my benign eye. But the regular models all have bmis in the underweight range, some dangerously so. You're quite right, dress size 6-8 makes no sense at that height and weight, unless it's a UK 6-8 which is a USA 2-4. 24-inch waist corresponds to USA misses size 0, 25-inch to a size 2; 34-inch hip is a size 0, 35-1/2 is a size 4, and 34-inch bust is a size 4.

oh, and photography models are even more skeletal than runway models, b/c "the camera adds 5 lbs."

However, these "standard" sizes are not. Every manufacturer decides for itself what measurements it will call what size. Every single one--and some manufacturers have different standards for different lines, depending on the demographic they're targeting.

MrsDash

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 12:18 pm

I FULLY believe they should take away the woman sizes they currently have, and use the mens size definition. Every store literally has their own "version" or dress sizes. If they used the same system as mens clothing it would be a whole lot easier to shop. I hate this talk of clothing size women are always having. Comparing and/or bragging about a dress size is beyond juvenile.

Nuts

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 12:33 pm

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

Ruchel

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 12:36 pm

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

I never said anyone is tiny? I just say, when you buy a size Whatever, you may well be actually wearing a size Whatever - one size or two sizes or three sizes...

Nuts

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 12:49 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

I never said anyone is tiny? I just say, when you buy a size Whatever, you may well be actually wearing a size Whatever - one size or two sizes or three sizes...

Are you trying to say that ill end up buying a bigger size cuz the sizes run very small?

Ruchel

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 12:54 pm

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

I never said anyone is tiny? I just say, when you buy a size Whatever, you may well be actually wearing a size Whatever - one size or two sizes or three sizes...

Are you trying to say that ill end up buying a bigger size cuz the sizes run very small?

An example. I complained to my father that my engagement skirt was a size 44 (American 12). He said no way. I said it's written. He measured it, it was a size 40 (American 8).

Nuts

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 1:12 pm

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

I never said anyone is tiny? I just say, when you buy a size Whatever, you may well be actually wearing a size Whatever - one size or two sizes or three sizes...

Are you trying to say that ill end up buying a bigger size cuz the sizes run very small?

An example. I complained to my father that my engagement skirt was a size 44 (American 12). He said no way. I said it's written. He measured it, it was a size 40 (American 8).

I think there's also the opposite. They put smaller labels on bigger sizes to trick you and make you think you're a smaller size.

Ruchel

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 1:14 pm

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Nuts wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

There are clear criteria for women sizes. Just nowadays shops want to save on cloth so they do tiny tiny sizes and label them much bigger.

That doesn't make sense. Most women are not so tiny. Only if you're referring to knit clothing which runs very fitted.

I never said anyone is tiny? I just say, when you buy a size Whatever, you may well be actually wearing a size Whatever - one size or two sizes or three sizes...

Are you trying to say that ill end up buying a bigger size cuz the sizes run very small?

An example. I complained to my father that my engagement skirt was a size 44 (American 12). He said no way. I said it's written. He measured it, it was a size 40 (American 8).

I think there's also the opposite. They put smaller labels on bigger sizes to trick you and make you think you're a smaller size.

I have never seen it.

MrsDash

Fri, Apr 23 2010, 1:18 pm

In The US clothing sizes are a whole big mess. Most Americans are overweight so companies have designed their clothing like so. A skirt that is a size 6 today was a size 10 some years ago.