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Brooke Shields Still Fits Into Her Calvin Jeans, Circa 1980—And You?

Leonora EpsteinSeptember 23, 2010 //

Apparently, Brooke Shields recently tried on the jeans she wore in her famous 1980 Calvin Klein commercial. Yup, the very same ones she wore when she was 15 years old. Here’s what she said:

“My mom kept those jeans, she kept everything. I just found two pairs of those jeans … They didn’t look pretty, but they fit! I got those suckers zipped back up.”

Pretty impressive. Do you have any clothes like this laying around that you still fit into? Does it gross you out or make you proud? After the jump, find out what items Frisky staffers still squeeze themselves into. [Stylelist] Keep reading »

Petit Bateau Sizes Its Clothes By “Years,” Stops At Age 18/20

Leonora EpsteinAugust 10, 2010 //

French clothing company Petit Bateau is famous for their adorable children’s clothing and mastery of the marinière striped shirt. And although the brand is largely focused on its younger audience, there is adult merchandise that’s ever-popular with the ladies in France (and here as well). Have you ever noticed, however, that Petit Bateau’s sizing for its “adult” wares is, well, unconventional, shall we say? Click on the “women’s” section of the website and you can choose from the smallest size, 14 years old, to the largest, 20 years old. On the French version of the website, in the merchandise for “adultes,” female sizing stops at “18 ans” or “20 ans.” (“Ans” means “years” in French, as you’ve probably guessed.)
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Men Say They Prefer A Girl With Curves

Catherine StrawnJuly 29, 2008 //

More than wanting a girl whose body is teeny-tiny, guys wish we’d just be happy with what we’ve got. A study by the U.K.’s Fabulous Mag found that men prefer curvy, size 12 women best and wouldn’t want to change anything about their partner’s appearance. Women, on the other hand, said they wished they were smaller, like a size 8. It’s really sweet that the guys don’t want their girlfriends to go on a diet, but do they even understand women’s sizes? One of my guy friends didn’t even know we have random number sizes (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.) instead of measurement-based ones (waist 30, length 34) for most of our clothes. Even so, this just shows that we are way harder on ourselves than we are when we judge others. [Fabulous Mag] Keep reading »