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?
Yeah, I agree with you on the Vanity Sizing thing. My weight has basically stayed the same for many years, however, I have gone from wearing an 8 to a 6 to a 4 in jeans.
That's been a strange phenomenon for those of us old enough to notice, hasn't it? I swear, when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school I wore size 10 pants. I am still pretty much the same size but I also now wear a size 4 in jeans! If I didn't know better I'd worry that I'm shrinking!:afraid:
That's been a strange phenomenon for those of us old enough to notice, hasn't it? I swear, when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school I wore size 10 pants. I am still pretty much the same size but I also now wear a size 4 in jeans! If I didn't know better I'd worry that I'm shrinking!:afraid:
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.
That's been a strange phenomenon for those of us old enough to notice, hasn't it? I swear, when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school I wore size 10 pants. I am still pretty much the same size but I also now wear a size 4 in jeans! If I didn't know better I'd worry that I'm shrinking!:afraid:
Plus you have the effect of the change in style regarding the rise of the pants. I have very little difference between my waist and hips measurement, so the decrease in pants size has been quite dramatic from high school's high waisted pants to the mid-rise style I favor now. I like the ego boost, though. :D
My $0.02:
First, find out if your club requires you to wear a certain brand. Maybe, maybe not.
If so, check whether it "really matters" - often this depends on the level at which the kid is swimming. Our kids swim for perhaps the only Nike-sponsored club in the world (now that the USAS Nike Ninjas club has been disbanded). It's tolerable for the National and J/N level kids that get free suits, but it's a disaster for the younger/slower kids - very hard to get suits in a timely manner, expensive, crap quality, etc etc. So some of the good younger kids wear TYR, Arena, Speedo, etc.
If not, Arena. Word.
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.
You are exactly right, James. That is exactly what they are doing. But, they couldn't trick me. :nono: I caught on to their little game, as did gobears. :chug:
Honestly, I don't care what size label is sewn into my clothes. If I am comfortable with my weight and fitness level (I am), that's good enough for me, whether my jeans are labeled size 8 or 4. Sorry, garment industry! :thhbbb:
Yes, I had a friend in college who had a tiny waist and wore a size zero jeans back then (late 80's). I think I wore a size 7 at that point. What in the world would she be wearing now? A size -4??? What do the really skinny people do nowadays? Shop in the petit section?
I and many of my svelte friends shop at Baby Gap.
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:
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:
Yep; that about sums it up right! Bruce is a 32/30, too, and it takes five minutes for us at the store to buy him a pair of jeans. I'm not too keen on shopping, but I would rather shop for him any day, rather than go through the frustration of clothes shopping for myself. :bitching:
