Listener Caren Johannes of Westminster, Colorado, emailed this question to Marketplace: “I’ve always wondered how clothing manufacturers figure out what sizes of clothes to make. I’m very short and I ...

When it comes to women's clothing sizes, there's some funny math going on. The average American woman is about 25 pounds heavier than she was in 1960. Yet women's plus-size clothing, generally defined ...

If anybody is clued in to the weirdness of women’s apparel sizing, it’s Monica Kitt, a Los Angeles stylist whose job it is to outfit people who appear on a television makeover show. “Every day I deal ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

But for the rest of us folks, the question may be even more basic: What IS a 6, and what IS a 14? As any woman who tries on clothes frequently can attest, a 6 in one place can indeed be a 14 somewhere ...

One of the most overlooked things by people today is how “a good fit” is the key to happiness in life. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about a spouse, job, church, school, house, car, friends or ...

It was a squabble that epitomized the complicated and sometimes petty nature of the celebrity fashion world. Actress and "Dancing With the Stars" phenom Kirstie Alley claimed with giddiness that, ...