I am a size 6. I am a normal healthy person who happens to be small boned. I'm not willing to get into a size debate here I merely wanted to point out that there are natural size 6 and 8's and it's really difficult to find clothes that fit, especially bikinis and jeans. Many high street stores only stock a very small number of 8's and even less 6's. Often the greatest number of 6's are in the petite range but many size 6 people are not actually petite in proportion. I'll save dressing size 6 clients for another post.....!
On the high street the worst culprit has to be new look. River Island, Next are Topshop are generally the most reliable but size 6 sells out fast in popular lines (except in petite). Amazingly I have heard reports of a size 4 dress in my local Topshop - further investigation has shown me that you can search size on www.topshop.com and a size 4 search produced 4 skirts including this super summery number below for £18.00. http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&productId=1155150&langId=-1&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=
H&M have a lot of size 6 items in everyday ranges i.e vest tops, tees, hoodies e.t.c but very limited numbers in other ranges. Where H&M and River Island win is in the denim department, both reliably have size 6 jeans in lots of styles and leg lengths. Try these bang on trend bleach skinnies below (£39.99) from River Island for size!! http://xml.riverisland.com/flash/content.php
Online check out knowmysize.com http://www.knowmysize.net/Home.aspx/Size6 a shopping website that allows you to search for clothes in your size across the web thus avoiding that 'wow I love that but oh.....not in my size' disappointment. The real internet star of this story is ASOS http://www.asos.com/Woman/where pretty much everything is available in a size 6 or 8 without being petite and you can search using size only. Unfortunately I have a major issue with ASOS- there are no bikinis in smaller than a size 8. No good. Figleaves http://www.figleaves.com/uk/department.asp?dept=swim&cm_re=menu-_-menu_bottom-_-swim and Swimhut http://www.swimhut.com/index.php?cPath=2 also fail to provide anything much in less than an 8. In fact I can't find anywhere great online aside from a few designs on net-a-porter such as this Zimmerman bandeau style bikini (below left) http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/42221 and this Missoni number (below centre) http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/40554 (both currently available in a 6) and a the high street favourites aforementioned.
Interestingly I never have a problem when buying vintage. Check out the selection at Yoox (http://www.yoox.com). Another sizing factor seems to be price, anyone ever seen anything less than an 8 in Primark? But increase your budget and suddenly it's the most common size. J Brand Jeans have heaps of small sizes and include a size 6 maternity range- almost unheard of! (http://www.jbrandjeans.com/pl/c/30.html). Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania collection has size 6 in all its items including this green dress below left (http://www.my-wardrobe.com/vivienne-westwood-anglomania/green-plain-square-dress-by-vivienne-westwood-anglomania?c_id=awin&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=affiliate_window&_$ja=tsid:9737) and Alexander McQueen's satin trapeze dress below centre (http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/35062), summer parties here I come! Hooray!
So there we have it, the trials and tribulations of size 6 shopping and if any fellow 6'ers out there have any knowledge please share! Tweet me (www.twitter.com/4couture).
Hanna x
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