I wear misses or juniors sized clothing, and in all the sizing charts I've looked at, women's bust sizes are significantly smaller than their hip measurements within one size range.
For example, my hip and chest measurements are the same, and my waist is 10 inches less, but I would have to buy tops in a medium and bottoms in a small to get a good fit.
When did this sizing trend start? Really there are all different body types.
Hourglass is an ideal type (though some would say the waif type is ideal - either one is a more rare and harder to achieve type) and only 8 % of women today have an hourglass body shape (defined by a waist size 70% of bust and hips).
Different clothing companies cater to different body types in reflection of this - many do cater to waifs as that is a typical model proportion - and if you are willing to spend some money you will be able to find something to suit your needs.
Typically more expensive clothes are constructed better, though there are some exceptions, but often they also have more specific sizes and there are specialty clothing companies for people that are bustier, etc.
So many people will still need alterations, as seen above height and proportion vary widely person to person and there will be no one size.
One thing everyone should note - not having an hourglass figure does not mean one is fat.
My very good friend is very slim - not waif, just slim - and she just does not have big hips or a narrow waist.
But her body is awesome and she gets plenty of male attention.
There is just no one size fits all and it seems it would be illogical for all clothing designers to create proportions for the minority body type.
An hourglass figure is realistically a perfect figure.
Balanced and well portioned.
There is nothing "fat" about an hourglass figure.
An hourglass figure can be of different measurements as long as they are balanced with a reasonable range.
I don't think there are many women (not teens) who have number's exactly the same on top and bottom.
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