[LMB] re Misc. gender issues, clothes, and sizes OT:

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At 04:06 AM 5/01/2007, Hendon, Alison wrote:

>I weighed about 120 in the late 60's (34 C).  I wore a size 10-12.  Can
>you wonder why I find this confusing?
>
>Alison
>-----Original Message-----
>from Harimad:
>I'm 5'4" and curvy.  Having been pregnant recently I've been any
>number of sizes.  At my pre-pregnancy weight of 120 lbs, about a 2.
>Now, at 5 month's post-partum 133 lbs, I'm about a size 8.  At my
>expected 125 final post-partum weight, I expect to be about a 4.
>(About means give or take a size.)
>
In the early 80s (last time I was in a position to know) here in 
Australia, if you wanted a job in modelling you needed to "be a 
perfect size 10" in all the ads.

Iestyn 


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