So I have an ongoing problem with anything vaguely tailored, whether trousers or dresses, even jackets and coats, and that is where the waist is positioned. I’m wondering if I have a strangely long rib cage or something! I will order something online (rarely get to actually shops for health reasons), with the correct waist size, but then it won’t fit as the ‘waist’ is up over my rib cage, just under my bust, and a good 2-3 inches above where my actual waist is (which is just between the bottom of my ribs and the top of my hip bones). It will be too tight around the base of my ribs, then baggy around my waist, be uncomfortable and look awful (if I can get it on at all). Trousers that claim to be for my waist size in inches either sit too far up and I have the same issue, or are the right gusset-waist length if ‘low rise’, but then I have to size down by a few inches as they all come up larger. It’s driving me mad, I’ve just tried on an expensive dress, from Vinted so no returns, and the damned waist is up at the empire line when from the pictures it’s clearly meant to be a waisted dress. Is it just me? It’s so frustrating as I am relegated to shapeless and saggy clothes that look awful on me, and it is really destroying my confidence. Help!