Today, with stretch fabrics and low-rise jeans being immensely
popular, many women have lost track of their true size. There's a
many quoted statistic that 80% of women wear the wrong bra size, an
now the same applies to dress sizes - albeit to a much lesser
extent.
Our sizes either go by waist measurement or dress size. When
measuring your waist, measure tightly. You're measuring for
shapewear so tummies in and tape-measure tight. Your natural waist
line is the narrowest point of your torso, higher than your trouser
waistband, higher than your belly button - keep going - aha! You've
got it.
Most of our garments are cut for a Vintage Figure, that is a
figure with the hip measurement being 8 to 10 inches bigger than the
waist. If you have a Modern Figure (waist less than 6 inches smaller
than your hips -and for measuring hips we measure the widest part)
it is advisable to go down one size in certain garments.