Less Than Zero


by Wendy at October 19, 2006, 11:46 AM

RN_KNIGHTLY_060712_ssv.jpgThe ever-expanding waistlines of most Americans hasn't stopped designers from making clothes for ever-shrinking starlets. Petite sizes are nothing new, but when Nicole Miller introduced "subzero" sizes, one wonders what's really going on. "That average 155 pound woman should be wearing a size 16," one sizing expert told Newsweek. "But thanks to vanity-sizing, she's probably buying a size 10 or 12."

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Hi Wendy,

Just featured this post about sub-zero sizing in the latest edition of the BlogHer Fashion Week in Review: http://blogher.org/node/11695.

All the best,
Trisha from Omiru: Style for All

Posted by: Trisha from Omiru at October 20, 2006 3:48 AM

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