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From: cheryl@lasspvax.UUCP (Cheryl Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Size differences between men and women
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 17:17:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 17:17:02 1985
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Reply-To: cheryl@lasspvax.UUCP (Cheryl Stewart)
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>If I buy a suit, which goes by jacket size (actually the
>chest circumference) to get the jacket to fit, the pants
>are often too tight, either at the waist or hips. The latter
>seems to be related to whether the European or American

Which is EXACTLY why skirts are so great!  Once you find the
jacket that looks the best on you, the skirt is BOUND to fit,
and if it doesn't, skirts are TRIVIAL to take in or hem.

Now a fitted jacket is a drag to get fitted.  But everybody
knows how tacky fitted jackets can be, especially when they
don't really fit.  But then, for women anyway, the most formal
suits have straight lines, and no lapel (a la Coco Chanel).
The easier a style is to fit, the more fitting it will look.

I have a hell of a time finding jeans to fit, and man-style
shirts to fit.  I have no problem whatever getting suits &
blouses off the rack.  I have a "lumpy" body -- not a "model"
body.  Chanel suits make me look like a female version of 
the perfect man:

        " ...filthy rich, able to fuck 12 hours a day,
          with a lifetime supply of cocaine, and GETS
          roses every day..."

Cheryl Stewart