On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:24:09 GMT, Cindy Fuller
> wrote:


>You didn't read Jane Brody's column a week or two ago. The trend is
>actually the opposite of what you describe. A women's size 8 today is
>what used to be a size 12 20 years ago. The higher end clothing
>manufacturers have initiated "vanity sizing", to satisfy women who want
>to claim they're still a size 8 despite the middle aged spread.

Amazing. Perhaps it is regional. Out on the left coast I have found
the opposite. When I wear exact measure clothing (16-1/2 x 34 shirts
for example), or the M shirts I purchased 25-30 years ago (yes, I still
have some that were packed away and brought back out recently) the
clothes fit. Yet, went I try on new relatively sized shirts the M tends
to be tight and I need to but L.