What is a 37 inch waist in sizes

[bellac11]

I cannot seem to get a simple answer to this by googling

Im purely interested because as Ive lost lots of weight, my weight is going down, my clothes sizes are going down and down, having to keep buying smaller sizes, but my waist when measured with a tape measure appears stubbonly the same (Ish)

I think at my heaviest it was around 50 inches but then as I lost weight it obviously came down and then for the longest time it was 39 inches, then 38 and now its still 37

Yet I am buying size 14 clothes. I know I cannot be a size 14, my understanding is that a 37 inch waist is somewhere around a size 18 in proper sizing?

Eventually I would like to get to a 32.5 waist because it should be no more than half my height apparently

(I wasnt sure if this sits better in style and beauty)

Yet I am buying size 14 clothes. I know I cannot be a size 14, my understanding is that a 37 inch waist is somewhere around a size 18 in proper sizing?

The size in labels means nothing anymore tbh. In one shop alone I’ve had trousers ranging from a size 8 up to 14 in one shopping trip.
m& s and Next are particularly awful.
Its ridiculous!

Congratulations on your weight loss. Focus on how you are feeling and forget the numbers.

Thanks, yes Im not all tied up with the numbers!

Im just interested in what it would have been in 'proper' dress making measurements or whatever it used to be.

Ive also got a strange mixture of things from size 8s to even a pair of pajamas in a size 20 that still dont fit me yet!!!

You need to look in the websites for size guides I'm afraid but if your thighs are still big you need to buy for them. I've lost 5 stone this year and gone from a 20 to a 16 still have another 5 to lose but elasticated things are easier like leggings leggings jersey or wool dresses that pull over. I'm not ready for zips just yet.

No its my tummy that is the big bit unfortunately, it feels that it will never go down!

Im simply interested in the 'standardised' sizes.

Or are there any?

There must be in dress making?

https://sizes.darkgreener.com/

this might be useful

yeah, there isn't any standardisation any more, it's up to the shop.

There definitely are, I did some dress making classes about 20 years ago and I think a size 16 was 32" but it differed between pattern companies.
In the late 80s a size16 was 28". I was 11 and getting a skirt for comprehensive school. The woman fitting me told my mother that's what size I was but once I was doing a decent amount of exercise at school I would loose some weight. My mum looked her in the eye and said I did plenty of exercise.

Yes there is standardisation for dressmaking sorry, but it bears absolutely no relation to the sizes in shops any more. I'm a 14 in dressmaking sizes, but an 8-10 on the high street.

Thats interesting

Also just checking OH's measurements as he has to go back to the GP to be weighed and measured, he is buying waist 38 trousers but his actual measurement at home is 40 inches

Honestly, its bizarre.

Vanity sizings I assume

oh well that is what Im interested in, what is the standardised dress making sizes

Im a 43 hip by the looks of it (although most of that is stomach), a 38 bust and 37 waist.

Potato shaped

A 26" is supposed to be a size 8 and 28" is supposed to be a size 10. If find this true. I used to be 25-26 pre children and now more like 27" and I mainly wear size 8 or 10 on the bottom.

So a 32" is a size 14. A 36" would translate to a 18 so 37" should be size 18-20.

As you know though so many shops are all over the place with sizing. You could be a size 8 in one place and 12 in another!

Certain shops are def more generous and others like Zara are known for being smaller made.

I once got a pair of leggings from next size 8 petite. They were absolutely tiny I think I'd barely have got in the size 12 or 14. The waistband was only about 1-2cm bigger than the age 4-5 leggings I had bought for my daughter. I was absolutely appalled. Made me feel better though that the sizing was clearly off 😂

And what dick that woman was! Who says that to an 11 year old?

Sewing pattern sizes from a big company like Mccalls or Butterick haven't changed in a long time.

I'm 33 inch and an 18 in patterns (I think). But even there they have vanity sizing and you can usually size down.

I generally wear a 14 on the high street.

At his point sizes mean nothing as what's a size 14 in primark is probably a size 18 elsewhere

No two shops sizings are the same and it is ANNOYING

I wear Levi’s jeans in a 29 or 30 waist depending on the style, and am usually 12 bottom, ten top.

Well done OP! And your tummy will go down, it really will!

Do you do exercises for your core? You can’t do spot weight reduction, obviously, but taut core muscles can give you a waist.

Meanwhile, yeah, sizes schmizes. If the waist of clothes sits low it will be below your widest middle bit. Different dress styles will be more roomy at different points. Wear what you feel best in and be proud of your progress so far.

No they're different numbers for same size. It's daft really. My husband measures 36 but that makes him a 32 waist. God knows how they came up with it🤣

I need to tone up. I am literally blancmange.

I reckon I could get another inch or so down without losing any weight if I actually did some movement, any movement!

Wow I had no idea of this. He continues to lose weight and now is aiming for a 35 inch measurement in order to lower the risk. He only has 6lbs to go to get to a healthy BMI but obviously a lot of inches on the tummy measurement

I’ve had that waist size and was a 16-18 at the time. Whatever size I am in general I’m always a size up in jeans, annoyingly.

In Jodhpurs a 14 is a 30 waist pretty consistently, not sure if that's helpful unless you need Jodhpurs though

I felt the same about my middle but it did go, no matter how unlikely it seemed at the time. I found intermittent fasting and swimming/running had the most effect on the waist/abdomen in particular.

When I had a waist that size I was a large 16. It does differ through shops even when I could wear at 14 in new look, Zara L didn’t fit me. I can wear a 12 in Tesco jeans now but they aren’t that comfortable tbh and I have a 31.5 inch waist now

That's interesting, it sounds like jodhpurs fit more like "old" sizes, how they were ~ 2010 and earlier. So 12 would be around 28" waist, 10 would be around 26". Now a 10 is usually closer to 28" and a 26" waist would be an 8.