What size is a proper size ten in your opinion?

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I've been watching my weight a bit, and I can fit in to wallis,next,monsoon,fcuk size tens, but not a top shop sizze ten., or anything remotely designery or high-end. So am I size ten or not?!!

Waht do you all think?

I think Monsoon are massive too, I was lookimg for wedding outfits this summer and lots of dresses that would have been lovely just hung like sacks on me.

In the end I got my three wedding guest dresses from Hobbs, Warehouse and Karen Millen, all size 8 and all fit fine though in some styles in KM an 8 was too tight on my arse for my liking but a 10 had enough room for another person!

In Next 8's are too big but in a 6 top my shoulders are far too wide and kind of poke out at the top of the sleeves iyswim.

size 10 in F&F, Tu, Next, Hobbs, Monsoon, New Look, Principles, M&S and Boden.

size 12 in Topshop, Primark, H&M, Miss Selfridge and most designery or ultra cheapo stuff.

I was a size 10 some 20 years ago when I moved down to London and still have a very bodycon, gorgeously 80's suit that I bought in a designer sale - when I lost my weight earlier this year I dug it out and tried it on again - could barely fit one thigh into the mini skirt!!

High end clothes still give me a low-slung end.

LOL at deluded old lady sizing!! My Mum thinks she's size twelve.. So it clearly works.

Oh god, I'm a 14 in Topshop, when I'm fighting trim, but I'm a 10 in some Fat Face or White Stuff items. It's annoying.

M+S sizes are insanely big.

It could be worse, a friend went into a shop in Toronto, and couldn't fit into a large. I think she's a size 8 or 6 here, she's really tiny. (And no, it wasn't a kid's shop.) In Canada there is no pretense that all sizes are the same.

this is the right size of tent

LOL i thought you said what size is a proper sized tent how embarrassing!

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I have a size 10 skirt from Primarche and I am F.A.T.

I am def not a size 10 in RL, more like a size 100

i agree next sizes are big.i got trousers from there and am frantically trying to shrink them in the dryer!

I find it annoying that in Zara and Mango I am a size large.

I am a size 10-12 everywhere ffs !!

I think I must be River Islands size 12 model. Everything I try on in there fits me like a glove.

I find Next trousers too small. Strange eh?

I guess it's a good way for shops like Kookai and Jane Norman to keep out oldsters and fatties.

Does Kookai even go up to a size 14. They used to do that 38/40 sizing. Hated it.

I find Next clothes really odd shaped too. They always look shit on me.

Next's tops are bizarre - they seem to be made for very wide-shouldered women with posh spice breasts (ie huge mounds glued to your sternum some three inches beneath your chin). I always feel like their jackets are wearing me rather than the other way round.

Wallis I find a very confusing shop. You must be at least 6ft to wear their trousers/long dresses/long coats, their tops are for mahoosive-breasted women with arms that drag on the floor, yet have tiny wasp waists and no hips for their skirts/trousers....

Next do the same clothes every year don't they? How have they got away with that for so long?

I only have about two next items in my entire wardrobe.
Honest gov.

for some reason i keep getting the catolgue.i once tried getting age 14 as size 6 was too big.age 14 was even bigger!

ewwwww, I hate Jane Norman clothes

they often seem to be in that horrid colour combo of yellow/black/electric blue/sugar pink

yes, I have one item of next clothes, a slobby pr of trackies I wear for housework

(apologies to anyone who loves the above)

Next tops are also extraordinarily short.

I am an 8-10. M&S are large. So are Asda. So are Next.
Gap are very variable. I have one size 8 garment that is too big. One skirt I bulge out of (8) and a size 1 which hanges down by by hips.
I am too old for topshop!
Bay is about bang on
H&M is bang on. Monsoon is variable IMO.
Warehouse and Oasis are good for sizes, as are Oasis.

You are all showing off so us fat birds can glower and piss off back to Evans and Bon Marche and M&Farking S.

Stop complaining. At least you can shop on the high street.

I haven't been a size ten since I was about 13.
I do find that if you don' want to feel old/fat/ugly you need to avoid Topshop (you are over 21 aren't you?) and shop in grown up shops ie Wallis/Hobbs/Phase 8/Monsoon/Crew

never been a size 10 so would really have no clue.

WilfSell-cant shop on high st thats my point