Decades ago I would buy a size 6 and it would fit but now although I’ve stayed the same size and shape I now find size 4 too large . This is particularly so with trousers/jeans unless they are skinny jeans containing loads of lycra which I don’t really like as they often sag as the the day progresses. I’m 5’3 (so petite is generally too short) and measure 32-22-32. Children’s obviously no good because they are too short if I get the hip measurement correct (age 11 to 12 ) and also children’s bodies are straight up and down which I am not.
Just because something has a size 4 label on it doesn’t help at all. My dream would be to be able to buy a pair of a classic bootcut jeans with no rips, whispering etc. So where do other women with similar proportions buy reasonably classic well-made clothes from.
I have no intention of shelling out for designer clothes.