Size - Part One

#1 Takeaway:

Use size as a guideline. Be ready to try smaller or larger sizes until you feel you are getting a better fit. Remember, it is not a reflection of your body. (Or the body of any other woman.)

Also important:

If you can’t find a size that works for you, look at different brands. They each use a different set of measurements to determine their sizes.

Learn Next: The most important thing any woman can do is learn to take her measurements. (See my next video.)

Also useful:

1. Fortunately, most US, British, and European brands offer size charts. Use them. The most useful charts give you the measurements of a finished garment. But the feedback on the way a garment fits is often difficult to use as a guideline because there’s no way of knowing the proportions of those who are commenting.

2. Begin to train yourself to be (quietly) critical but not necessarily negative. Look at photos of clothes you find appealing. Also look at the way clothes are on other women. Start to internalize the way you want your clothes to fit, as well as the things you don’t like. What would you change if you were the stylist responsible for making your clothes fit? What fit changes would you add to your knowledge base?

3. Try on some of your own clothes that feel like the wrong size. Are they the wrong size all over? What areas would you make bigger or smaller?

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