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 ...
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 ...
Amanda Sakuma, a freelance journalist writing for The Pudding, discusses the chaotic and inconsistent ways brands come up ...