This blog shows the minefield of sizing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/jul/14/clothes-online-shopping


I will add extra stuff on how to find the right bra and bra sizing soon.

lotsa kisses

Audrey xxxxxxxx

Aunt Audrey,
as a girl in the land of oz , you wouldn't believe the minefield of different international sizes we have to deal with and calculate?

Shoe sizes , dress sizes , bra sizes , it's all just numbers and gobbledegook ?

Like why should a Uk Women's size 8 be a US/Canada size 10 , a Japanese size 27 , and a European size 42 ?????

Kill me !!! I want my shoes !! ???

nicky XXXoooXXX

Nicky,


Inside Europe there are different sizes for Germany, Holland and Austria, then France is different again to everyone else and then Italy and Spain are also different - thats just clothes!!!! never mind variations from one manufacturer to another.

Only one way to see if the items fit - try it on. either the article or one of the comments said no one is the same anyway so if we had one standard sizing system it wouldnt work

That's the big plus of buying on line - if it doesn't fit when you get it or you don't like it then send it back. Mind you it is more fun to try things on in the shop

The key thing for all us girls is that women are all shapes and sizes so somewhere out there there are clothes that suit you and fit you. My advice - find a look you like and clothes and shoes that fit and go back - then you know you will look good

hugs

Pauline xxxxx

Tell me about it!!!!!!..... Next M&S and John Lewis all have hugely different standard sizes, it tends to make me check sizes in one store then generally stick with them, as then I know at least it will fit, plus its not easy buying clothes for me as I have a deformed monkey shape, long arms (very) large chest, large stomach, long legs and thinnish hips! I dream of having real hips small waist and narrow shoulders!!! with a rich Russian oligarch to match..... who has a passion for old ugly t-girls!..........................
I've just realised what quoting Next, J Lewis, and M&S, does for my fashion credibility!!! DOH!!
XXXX
M&S used to stock shoes in size 9 whch fitted me perfectly but have now stopped! typical!!!!

Andrea,

Both Evans and the Shoe Tailor (the latter is on line only) have shoes up to size 9 and both have E and EEE fittings which are good if you don't have narrow feet and sometimes mean you can go down a size.

I did find when I came back to the UK that a 42 here is often a size 7 ( which is a 41 in Holland and Germany) so many shoes were too small as I am usually a real 42. Putting weight on sometimes increases your shoe size so sometimes I am a 43.

M&S seem to have made their shoes smaller - I think one of the RGs commenting said that too.

hugs P xxx

But I still get blisters!!!!!

thats true Marianne and after sparkle i was a
Tranny With Aching Toes lol but it was worth it xxx

we all get those - blisters - its not easy finding comfortable shoes that look good. A xxx

i think sizing has gone to pot, a size 16 20 years ago was a 16 and not a 18/20 and a size 10 was not a 14, i find it best is to try it on and if it fits who cares about the size, i am a 10 - 12 - 14 and a 16, now that makes a lot of sense lol, love collette XXX, OH, size 8 in a shoe, that is a dead cert lol.

Try it on if it looks like it will fit if it won't don't buy it unless its really cheap and you are handy with a pair of scissors and sewing stuff ..... and or have an imagination and a creative spirit