To think size 12 isn’t Large?

[Vastimir]

I’d say it’s more Medium. Vinted disagrees. AIBU?

I’m size 14 and Vinted sees me as XL - wasn’t a massive confidence boost I must say!

This sort of corresponds to how it is in my brain!

It depends on the shop. I shop in mostly M&S, Seasalt, JL, Whistles, Baukjen, etc. I am a size 14 or M/L. I’m 5’6”, BMI 26. I could do with losing 8lb to 10lb. I don’t regard myself as large and won’t be buying from Vinted.

The vinted sizes make me laugh. 28 is a 9XL

I think
6-8 XS
8-10 S
10-12 M
12-14 L
14-16 XL

I’m the same - curvy hips and 32E boobs make me a 12 but it was always medium until recently. Those saying 12 is the same as a 16 20 years ago are making stuff up - I still fit dresses from 20 years ago and they are a 12, as are the clothes I buy. I don’t buy from primark though so maybe that’s the difference.

Sizing has changed quite a bit

so when I was younger and we were all similar sizes but different heights

So I was always a large because I’m 5’ 6 but a size 8 / 10 back in the day about 20 years ago

DD now wears a lot of my old clothes she is 5’ 5 and an XS size 6 and she fits into my old clothes. They’re not quite as fitted as they were on me but they’re not loose either

I am now a size 18 XXL and my old clothes look ridiculously small against me so I have no idea how my body could have been that small but my frame hasn’t changed so it’s a lot of excess weight I’m carrying and I do believe my size 18 clothes are really a 20 / 22

My old size 16 clothes from 10 years are way too small for me so I think cuts of clothes have increased dramatically. Which of course I’m happy with. I like these vanity sizes but it means I’m lazy re weight loss

Yes this is definitely correct although compared to 20 years ago the larger sizes have definitely increased in cut imho

Disagree.

6-8 XXS
8-10 XS
10-12 S
12-14 M
14-16 L
16-18 XL

presumably 14 is an XL and 16 XXL

And a 6 is an XS and a 4 XXS

Yes I think I agree

4-6 XXS
8 XS
10 S
12 M
14 L
16 XL
18 XXL

This seems logical to me

16 and 18 are not 'extra large' though - they're the average size

I have always thought 12 was medium, 10 small and 8 extra small ,
12 isn't large

Nah you’re crazy, a 12 isn’t small

If 18 is average size then it’s because we have an obesity crisis

Really?
I am small i wear size 14/16 and I have 1/2 stone to go lose to get in the healthy category but I'm not obese.

I’m 5’2 and a bit 😉 and a small 8. I don’t feel particularly tiny. I still have flesh I can grab on places. At a size 12 I would be very chunky

No way. I’m quite slender at 5’5 and 9st 11. I wear a 12 now because i conceded last year I can’t comfortably fit in my old size 8 and 10 stuff anymore partly because at 47 I want to look smarter and wear clothes that fit better. If that makes me big in some peoples eyes that’s on them. I think I look just fine.

Average is just a measure of numbers of people within a population. It’s not a measure of what is a healthy weight nor a measure of clothes sizes.

if obesity continues and the average becomes a 20-22 are you suggesting then that size would be a Medium?

To my mind,a size 12 is a medium. I think people's idea of what constitutes a small,medium or large has changed over the past few decades. Back in the early 1980s,a size 10/12 was considered small,an 8 to 10 was very small,a 14/16 was medium and an 18 was large. It was quite difficult to get a size 8 (I remember a girl in my class at college complaining that she found it really difficult to find clothes in a size 8). I think sizes have changed too,what was a size 14 back then would be more like a size 12 nowadays.

Well thanks. I don't feel very chunky. I'm 9 st 10 lbs so I don't think it's massive and it's certainly a healthy BMI. I'm glad you are happy with your size.

I'm a 16-18 and I don't feel like an Xl-XXL!

This. 18 might be the average size but that says more about how xl everyone has become.

I’m a 12, and certainly feel large.

It depends how tall the person is.

It’s not large. It’s considerably less than average.