Dress Sizes Are Pants.

If you have any interest in plus size fashion (or indeed ‘normal’ fashion for want of a better word) then you have probably read all sorts of theories and opinions on dress sizes. We all know that dress sizes are how we decide what to pick up off of a rail in a shop – but exactly what use are they?


I learnt a few weeks ago that there is no set rules for dress sizes. You would assume that there would be some kind of industry standard when it comes to dress sizes and the measurement that each dress size must be, but actually there is nothing! I don’t just mean when it comes to plus size, or bigger sizes I mean in general – there is nothing to say that a certain size of dress should match a certain industry standard of measurement.


Breaking The Mould


For ages now I have been told by my fellow fatties to ignore clothes sizes and just go with what fits but I’ll be honest, that has always been something I struggled with. When looking on clothing rails or websites I always assumed that if they didn’t have ‘my size’ then there was no point parting with my hard earned cash. However the truth is that there is no such thing as ‘my size’ because the sizes from store to store and even cut of dress varies so massively.


Last week I was told by a friend that she wears Primark knickers… now, as this friend and I are similar sizes and I know that Primark generally go up to a size 20 in underwear I wasn’t sure whether to believe her claims! However she insisted that their stretchy underwear made the perfect fit.


For £1.70 a pair I couldn’t resist trying and today went on an underwear shopping spree.

Debz Louise

Debz Louise is a plus-size blogger based in Yorkshire. Behind many nationwide campaigns such as #WeaAreTheThey & winner of Best Blogger at the UK Plus Size Awards, she talkas about life as a plus-size 40-something woman in South Yorkshire.