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i hate you all

Don't hate me Mel.

*hugs*

I can't imagine a size 0 fitting anyone other than a 5 year old :S

My next door neighbour. Ew. She used to be chubby too, then she disappeared for a couple months, and now she is about 1 inch wide.

*cough*heroin

you know it is possible to be healthy and skinny/small without being a child or addicted to drugs

I just don't understand your sizing system. Until I actually see a size 0 pair of trousers I have no idea how big they are. But if that's the equivalent of a UK size 2 (which just doesn't exist) then I just can't visualise it.

Especially when I'm underweight at the moment and still the equivalent size of a north american size 8/10.

Size 0:

But I think I know one person who's the same size as that size 1 and she's probably less than 5 foot tall and very skinny.

I wonder if the urban outfitters here have american size labels in them. I think that's going to be my best chance of getting this sorted in my head.

why did you edit your post joey? now mine doesn't make sense

i'm 5'5 or 5'6ish and i'm a size 3 and i'm considered at my 'ideal' weight though i'd like to drop a few more pounds

i edited it because i didn't think the link was working, i guess it was?
i couldn't see it

I could see it fine.

And I'm 5'9" and when I was what various health people seemed to think was my ideal weight I was probably a 10/12 in american sizes.

Someone somewhere is lying. Why can't the sizing just be like boys'???

*goes to do more investigation*

So ... I compared the sizing guides at urban outfitters and next.

According to them ...

UK size 10:
chest = 34" = US 6
waist = 27" = US 8
hips = 36" = US 6

UK size 6:
chest = 31.5" = less than US 3
waist = 24.5" = US 3
hips = 33" = less than US 3

So that whole US sizes = 2 less than UK ones thing appears to be a lie. A size 6 is still pretty thin unless you're short though.

Also English people seem to have bigger waists! Though I think the American sizes would fit me better

another reason you should move to america!

i'm a size 7...and i'm really skinny...so i dunno, it's kind hard to imagine a person my height as being a size 0...or even 2 or 3..or 4..

What's with all these "Bridget Jones" commercials where she keeps saying how fat she is? She's not fat! In fact, I find her just as attractive like that as when she's playing a skinny part!

What's up with that?

I thought she looked horrible in Moulin Rouge. She was so skinny it was absolutly unnatural. I don't understand why either. Woman of that time were not that thin. If anything I think she looks much healthier and cuter in Bridget Jones. And I think the movie is playing up on that fact that no matter how thin or thick a woman is, there is absolutely no way to get around the pressure to be skinnier. Most of them buy into it too.

...and by Moulin Rouge I mean Chicago.

I can't stand Renee Zellwegger

me either. i loved the bridget jones movie but can't stand her.

size zero isn't that small.

i guess it depends on the store. i tried on a size 0 awhile ago and it was too big. and i'm fat, so a 0 is definately not that small.