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Size 13 to 15 is NOT slim!
It depends on the brand of clothes you buy. The cheaper the garment, the more honest the sizing.
Example:
I am 33, 5'5", I weigh around 130. Tragically, I'm more of a "bowling pin" shape rather than a coke bottle, but if I had a normal size bosom for a woman my age I'd have some smokin' curves. In the interest of full disclosure, I come from a long line of "fat-bottomed girls" and while we do indeed make the rockin' world go 'round it makes clothes shopping kind of a chore.
I went to buy a pair of jeans at Target a few weeks ago, and I could barely squeeze my thighs and tush into a size 9, although the waist was gappy and huge because I actually have one, instead of being built like a brick like most designers seem to think women are. I went to Macys and tried on a pair of designer jeans and had to drop down to a size 5, and even those are loose in the thigh.
I promise you I did not lose 20 pounds in the 25 minutes it took me to walk from Target to the mall, so which am I? A size 5/6 or a size 9/10? Am I slim because I wear a size 5, or am I on the chubby side because a size 9 is tight on me?
