Rosie O’Donnell posted a photo of her dramatic weight loss on Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The 63-year-old comedian went on ...

On this side of the Atlantic, a similar pattern emerged. The UK’s first major sizing survey for women took place in 1952, and the findings were then used to inform clothing sizes.

We’ve all heard that sizes vary from brand to brand. You might be a 6 for one designer, and an 8, or even a 10 for another. But did you know that sizes also have varied dramatically over time ...

On this side of the Atlantic, a similar pattern emerged. The UK’s first major sizing survey for women took place in 1952, and the findings were then used to inform clothing sizes. However the ...

The oft-repeated factoid that the curvy bombshell wore clothing in a US size 12 – or UK size 16 – has been used to signify the way beauty standards have changed over the past 50 or so years.

Actually sizes, unlike prices, are being de flated: Ten years ago, a size 8 could easily qualify as a size 2 today; a size 4 in the 1990s might be a zero. The fact that 00 even exists is kind of nuts.

Why clothing sizes are all over the map A listener asks why garments of the same size may not have the same measurements, and often don't fit the same way.

Clothing manufacturers realized that they could flatter consumers by revising sizes downward. The measurements that added up to a size 12 in 1958 would get redefined to a size 6 by 2011.

H&M, a European-based retailer that sells trendy clothing in the U.S. equivalent of sizes 1 through 16, this past summer featured plus-size model Jennie Runk, who is a size 12 or 14, in its ...

The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than she was in 1960. Yet women’s plus-size clothing, generally defined as size 14 and up, still makes up only about 9 percent of the $190 ...

NEW YORK—When it comes to women’s clothing sizes, there’s some funny math going on. The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than she was in 1960. Yet women’s plus-size ...