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My waist, it would seem, is larger than that of a certain Brick House
I am, as is well-documented, an idiot. So when I forgot to get my mom to take my measurements last weekend for my bridesmaid's dress, I put off doing it myself until today (they need to be ordered by tomorrow. I am frankly surprised I did it even a day before it was due). I figured there wouldn't be much to it, and the longer I could put off talking to a stranger on the phone, the better. Today I called up the bridesmaid-dress-place and gave the nice lady the information about which wedding party I belonged to, etc. Then she asked for my measurements.
I gave her the numbers that I had come up with and then I could see her forehead scrunching through the phone line. We went back and forth with me re-measuring as she instructed me how you're actually supposed to measure yourself, and she kept asking me for my waist measurement over and over again. Finally she asked me what size dress I usually wear.
"I don't know," I said, "A zero or a two?"
She replied, "Because with this number you gave me, that would be about an eight. That doesn't seem right."
No, it certainly doesn't! Eight is a perfectly fine dress size, but when you are 5'1" and are used to wearing whatever the smallest size available is, it's a huge shock! Not to mention that my bust and hip measurements are more appropriate for a size zero! And that's with all that junk inside my trunk! I know that bride/bridesmaid dress sizing schemes are bizarre, but even the bridal store lady thought that sounded odd. She said that I should go to a store in person to be professionally measured. So I will take an extended lunch break tomorrow to drive to Springboro, home of the closest store that carries that designer's dresses.
Meanwhile, I am left to fret about my measurements and to measure and remeasure myself, trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong or where I could possibly fit on the sizing chart. Anorexics are supposed to have a chemical imbalance in their brain that makes them see themselves as fat, no matter how skinny they get. Now I am worried that I am, like, the opposite of anorexic - that I am nearly spherical and the image I see in the mirror is all in my head.
srah - Thursday, 10 May 2007 - 7:28 PM
Tags: amanda's wedding, dresses, measurements
Comments (13)
Aunt Pam - May 10, 2007 - 11:15 PM - ℓ
I hate the sizes they use for women. It angers me that anyone should have to call their size a zero. Why can't our clothing run like men's. Straight forward measurements. Ah, no matter. You will look lovely in your dress no matter the size or the measurement.
Cheryl - May 11, 2007 - 8:30 AM - ℓ
Why do you have to go to a store with the designers dress? You could just go to any store that has measuring tape. Well, except maybe Home Depot. They're not very helpful there and I don't think they'd do it for you.
Amanda - May 11, 2007 - 10:10 AM - ℓ
Wow, so much for the grand plan of making things nice and easy :) Do you think anyone ever conforms to the proportions on the size charts, or is it a conspiracy between dress designers and seamstresses?
BOSSY - May 11, 2007 - 5:08 PM - ℓ
Bossy is so frustrated about this whole size guessing game too.
check it out:
http://iambossy.typepad.com/i_am_bossy/2006/06/dear_bossy_4.html
mommy - May 11, 2007 - 8:56 PM - ℓ
It's a beautiful dress and you will look lovely in it. Did you get to try it on?
Dude, 8 in bridesmaid dress is impressive, I tell you. It must be the last niche of the clothing industry that has not gone the way of vanity sizing. It's damn depressing.