If one of your body measurements is on the borderline between two sizes, order the smaller size for a tighter fit or the larger size for a looser fit. If your body measurements for hips and waist correspond to two different suggested sizes, order the one indicated by your hip measurement.
How To Measure
WAIST: Measure around the narrowest part (typically where your body bends side to side), keeping the tape horizontal. HIPS: Measure around the widest part of your hips, keeping the tape horizontal. CHEST / BUST: Measure the fullest area of your bust. Stand up straight and breath normally.
US size 12–14 is usually considered “Large” and some brands do start “plus sizes” at 12. However, “plus sizes” usually begin at 14 or 16 (Which I believe is a misnomer; in reality, 12–16 sizes are actually pretty average.)
But realistically, size 6 is within the standard sizing range. It's not even close to the plus size range. If I'm a size 5/6 in the US am I considered skinny? I'd say that you wouldn't be considered skinny as in “scrawny", you would be slim.
I found a chart at a site called “stitchfix” that says that Size 8 is the same as “medium”, and women anywhere from under 5 feet tall to over 6 feet tall, and from 120 pounds to 160 pounds can fit in a Size 8 garment.
The average weight for women is around 170 pounds. With these measurements, the typical American woman wears a large to extra large pant size, or between a size 18 and 20.
The specific proportions of 36–24–36 inches (90-60-90 centimeters) have frequently been given as the "hourglass" proportions for women since at least the 1960s (these measurements are, for example, the title of a hit instrumental by The Shadows).
Place the end of your measuring tape on the top of the shoulder, where the shoulder joins the base of the neck. Run the tape down the front of the torso over the fullest part of the bust. Wrap it through the legs and all the way up the back to the starting point.
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