Post #84525 by Formikahini on Sun, Apr 4, 2004 4:35 PM

OK, sizing.

I found a perfect example. The dress title is: "Black Chinese Cheongsam XXL - Brand New!." So I'm expecting pretty damn big, no? Big enough for womanly childbearing hips, at least, no? The description:

This dress is for a XX-Large ASIAN SIZE (AMERICAN X-Large) and fits chest to 40",waist to 34", hips to 32".

I write a friendly letter quoting this, then adding: "I personally don't think most Americans call a dress with hips of 32" (meaning for a woman of 30-31" hips) 'AMERICAN X-Large.' Is the hip measurement a typo? Thank you, alice b"

The answer just came from a Fei Wu: "this dress is X-Large size."

OK, so I guess there's a bit of a language barrier.

The moral is, our waiflike lovely Humuhumu is apparently XL (in the hips), and I am f***ing "Godzilla L" or "Jabba the Hut L."

And what the hell kind of measurements are those for a dress??? 40-34-32??? Is that for a speed queen stripper who's had gi-NORmous Double D implants, and is now preggars?? My impression is that the average woman is NOT 8" bigger in the bust than the hips, and bigger in the waist than the hips.

I continually crack up at how the dresses I fit into are listed on eBay anywhere from Small to XXL. (Except in the case of the above cheongsam, in which case I guess I would fit hip-wise into their XXXXXXL size.)

Just getting something off my non-double D chest,
F