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?
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?
I'd never really paid that much attention to sizing issues. Since high school I'd always been a size 32 waist in my jeans, until a while back when I ballooned up BIG and had to upgrade to 34s for a while. Luckily, I kept all my 32s for when I dropped my weight back down to where it is now.
But it is easier for guys to get clothes, which I do like. i can just walk into a store, pick a pair of 32/30 jeans, buy them and go home, knowing they will fit. Women have to try on 80 pairs of the same size jeans to find the right one, as well as color, and who knows what else. :bolt:
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?
I'd never really paid that much attention to sizing issues. Since high school I'd always been a size 32 waist in my jeans, until a while back when I ballooned up BIG and had to upgrade to 34s for a while. Luckily, I kept all my 32s for when I dropped my weight back down to where it is now.
But it is easier for guys to get clothes, which I do like. i can just walk into a store, pick a pair of 32/30 jeans, buy them and go home, knowing they will fit. Women have to try on 80 pairs of the same size jeans to find the right one, as well as color, and who knows what else. :bolt:
