"what is wrong with the world when women who look like that are now considered fat?!"
i just got some vintage sewing books mixed in with an order of vintage knitting books, and was stunned to discover that in 1953 a Women's/Misses Size 12 measured 30-25-33. i knew Marilyn Monroe was like, a 16 at the time, but even that was only 34-28-37 -- and we think of her as having been fairly bustuous.
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branchandroot
what the?!
Date: 2006-10-23 03:24 pm (UTC)"what is wrong with the world when women who look like that are now considered fat?!"
i just got some vintage sewing books mixed in with an order of vintage knitting books, and was stunned to discover that in 1953 a Women's/Misses Size 12 measured 30-25-33. i knew Marilyn Monroe was like, a 16 at the time, but even that was only 34-28-37 -- and we think of her as having been fairly bustuous.