re: #189 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

I used to be puzzled about womens’ sizes: “I take a size 10.” “10 what? And around where?” Then when Ally McBeal was on, I saw Callista Flockheart say she took a size zero. After that I gave up.

Women’s clothing sizes change often. 10 used to be average. With people like Victoria Beckham being a 00, everyone all of a sudden needed to be a size 4 or less…so a size 4 is now what used to be a size 8 or 10. Size 14 (or 16) is now what the average woman wears. Which used to be considered Plus Sized.