Women's Clothing: What in the World Has Happened to Women's Sizes?
... It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. --Carl Sagan In the past few days, I have been shopping for some new shorts; my "fat" shorts are too big, and my "skinny" ones are too small. I figure I'll, more or less, be my current size for the entire summer, so I decided to buy 2 or 3 pair. Well. What a production. Now I must admit: I haven't bought shorts in about 11 years. Thick or thin, I simply dug through That Secret Closet Which Harbors Several Sizes , and, when summer rolled around, I selected the correct shorts, usually in the larger sizes. I pretty much knew which ones to choose. I thought this would be a straightforward shopping expedition. I had just a few simple criteria for my new shorts: --My butt and part of my legs/thighs had to be covered. And, PLEASE , no possibility of butt crack... --I wanted to buy shorts that were slightly snug in the butt