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[quintillian.livejournal.com]

i really really want to order some dresses for myself off of http://www.babyssb.co.jp/ but i have NO IDEA what size i'd be, usually i'm like a size.... ah, a small or a "2" but with really long legs.. if any of you know how to figure it out please tell me, okie?

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[garagesuperstar.livejournal.com]

BSSB have the sizes listed. To work them out translate them with http://babelfish.altavista.com I own some clothes and was worried they would be a bit small for be but where actually pretty big, so I do somewhat doubt their sizes, or my tape measure.

Oh, and when it says 'west' it means waist ;) lol. And I found it a pain that they only gave breast sizes for a lot of items.

[clarice.livejournal.com]

I hear that a lot, but I have yet to find out approximately what size the dresses actually are. Would it be possible to measure yours? I'm not looking for an exact measurement, just an idea would be good >.>;

[garagesuperstar.livejournal.com]

my dress is approx
waist 29"
bust 34"
length 36"

but these are very rough, and slightly bigger than the listing :|

[clarice.livejournal.com]

wow, really? That could fit me! o.O;; (tight in the bust, but I have dresses with a 34' bust that I can wear relatively comfortably) I'll have to start trawling the site for the largest dresses listed ^^;

[garagesuperstar.livejournal.com]

the only thing I don't get about their sizes is why the skirts are so small, and the shirts so big U_U;

[clarice.livejournal.com]

yeah, that is weird. their skirts are also a lot smaller than their dresses for the most part. I could never squeeze into one of their skirts, but I think a top could fit decently ^^;

[clarice.livejournal.com]

If you're a US size 2, than the dresses will definitely fit you (unless you have an extremely disproportionate chest ^^;;) Loli dresses are generally made for chubbier girls (by Japanese standards) so they tend to fit slim western girls up to size 6 or so. Some of the dresses might even be a bit too big for you (not a problem if you can take it or know someone who can). Use the measurements on the site for each dress or item. Each item comes in only one size, but size varies from item to item.

[lady-vader.livejournal.com]

As an answer to why skirts are small and blouse are big is that blouses is supposed to sit loose not tight. The same goes for dresses. The blouses and dresses should have a few inches space, while the waistband of the skirts should sit with no loose on your waist.

The measurements are not body measurements but garments measurements and depending on the style sometimes it is supposed to be loose-fitting, sometimes tight-fitting. They're all made for one size, Japanese woman size 9.

If you know your patterns size you can figure out which size you should be in Japanese. You know, in the US (as I assume that you live, I do not ;)) the size numbers have gone crazy lastly, but the sewing patterns by big brands like Buttericks, simplicity etcetera have the same sizes as past in the time.

The Japanese size based its sizes on the american sizes (the old one, not as it is today) but in between of them because of the a bit little different shape of japanese women (more pear-shaped) but generally a size 9 Japanese is about the same as in between of size 8 and 10 US woman.. The old one, not today's sizes of course.

Now I do not know if this is correct but one girl who was in Japan wrote this "size translation chart".

[lady-vader.livejournal.com]

Simpler put.

Here's one sizing chart for Vogue:
http://www.voguepatterns.com/tech/measure/bmisses.html

If you imagine that there's a size 9 in between of size 8 and 10 on this chart, then it matches the standard Japanese size 9 Woman used by BTSSB as their size for all of their garments (apart of shoes of course ^^;;). If you've got a body that matches a imaginable size 9 (in between of size 8 and 10) then you've got a body that is designed for BTSSB clothes. ^^

But then of course a loose-fitting garment like blouse or some dresses may fit you if you're bigger than size 8-10 but then the blouse would not sit on you as intended by the designer.

I'm too big, (about 16-18 on the chart) so I absolutely cannot wear BTSSB clothes.. *crying*