I am going to buy my 12 year old daughter a high performance swimsuit for christmas. Price is not an issue. Any recommendations on what is the best suit out there right now?
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Since this seems to be a similar scenario among a few different people, I think it may be the clothing companies.
Honestly, I think it's a marketing thing (and no one...ladies...take this wrong), but you all may be the same size as when you were younger, but the clothing companies may be making the sizes larger to "trick" people into believing they're actually going down in sizes.
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Just a thought...not trying to start a war.
James, I had to laugh at your comments because we women have all been aware of this deception for at least the past 20 years. I have a couple of old jackets (now used only for yard work and the like) that are sizes 8 or 10. Today I have many items in my closet that are size 2 and I think I may even have something that is size 0. Yes, that is size ZERO. That proves, to me, the existence of the "vanity size" issue. No one would have ever started their sizing system with zero; obviously over the years as they kept making the clothes bigger but the size labels more "flattering," they could only go backward so far. Zero? What will be next, size NEGATIVE TWO?
Since this seems to be a similar scenario among a few different people, I think it may be the clothing companies.
Honestly, I think it's a marketing thing (and no one...ladies...take this wrong), but you all may be the same size as when you were younger, but the clothing companies may be making the sizes larger to "trick" people into believing they're actually going down in sizes.
:whiteflag:
Just a thought...not trying to start a war.
James, I had to laugh at your comments because we women have all been aware of this deception for at least the past 20 years. I have a couple of old jackets (now used only for yard work and the like) that are sizes 8 or 10. Today I have many items in my closet that are size 2 and I think I may even have something that is size 0. Yes, that is size ZERO. That proves, to me, the existence of the "vanity size" issue. No one would have ever started their sizing system with zero; obviously over the years as they kept making the clothes bigger but the size labels more "flattering," they could only go backward so far. Zero? What will be next, size NEGATIVE TWO?
