What Are The Vital Stats For Todays Women?

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/shows/miss_america/miss_america_moments/1926_SmallwoodSWIM01-x365.jpgDoing my 1920s research I found an illustration and chart with vital stats of the perfect body circa 1926. Miss America I think she is. Norma Smallwood. 34-27-37 5-6 tall
I was surprised and aroused.

 

[walkerlong]

I think Norma Smallwood is an excellent name for a character.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I think Norma Smallwood is an excellent name for a character.

LOL Maybe her husband.

 

[oggbashan]

Blame the Big M for the changes.

But the changes in the UK happened before the Big M spread here.

It must have been the chip butties and the Full English Breakfast.

Recent changes in UK:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ess-size-of-women-increases-to-14-715277.html

But they look different:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2071870/The-average-weight-British-woman-comes-shapes.html

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Blame the Big M for the changes.

But the changes in the UK happened before the Big M spread here.

It must have been the chip butties and the Full English Breakfast.

Recent changes in UK:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ess-size-of-women-increases-to-14-715277.html

But they look different:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2071870/The-average-weight-British-woman-comes-shapes.html

Marilyn Monroe was a size 14.

 

[ProxyAccount]

The following are the stats her dressmaker gave and were also on the official studio website:

Height: 5 feet, 5½ inches
Weight (pounds): 118-140 (dressmaker)/115-120 (studio)
Bust (inches): 35 (dressmaker)/37 (studio)
Waist (inches): 22 (dressmaker)/23 (studio)
Hips (inches): 35 (dressmaker)/36 (studio)
Bra size: 36D

One problem is that sizes vary per country and manufacturer pattern. These are US dress sizes:

Misses’ sizes for 5'5"–5'9" (165–175 cm) tall, average bust, average back

Size 6-8
Bust: 32-34
Waist: 22-24½
Hips: 33-35½

Size 10
Bust: 34
Waist: 25½
Hips: 36½

Size 12
Bust: 34
Waist: 26½
Hips: 37½

Size 14
Bust: 35
Waist: 27½
Hips: 38½

Size 16
Bust: 36
Waist: 28½
Hips: 39½

Size 18
Bust: 37½
Waist: 30
Hips: 41

Size 20
Bust: 39
Waist: 31½
Hips: 42½

Size 22
Bust: 40½
Waist: 33
Hips: 44

According to one article, the dress she wore in "The Seven Year Itch" was too small for a size 2 mannequin. However, her shape was highly hourglass, which would make it difficult to fit properly on a standard mannequin. Based upon pictures that I've seen of her, she tended to gain most of her weight on her legs, enabling her to wear many of the same clothes despite the fluctuations in weight. I think that a size 10 was probably the closest fit for most of her career. That is certainly thicker than what is currently fashionable, but not absurdly so.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

The vital stats today are: "Not Applicable." The End.

 

[SamScribble]

The vital stats today are: "Not Applicable." The End.

I'm inclined to agree

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The following are the stats her dressmaker gave and were also on the official studio website:

Height: 5 feet, 5½ inches
Weight (pounds): 118-140 (dressmaker)/115-120 (studio)
Bust (inches): 35 (dressmaker)/37 (studio)
Waist (inches): 22 (dressmaker)/23 (studio)
Hips (inches): 35 (dressmaker)/36 (studio)
Bra size: 36D

One problem is that sizes vary per country and manufacturer pattern. These are US dress sizes:

Misses’ sizes for 5'5"–5'9" (165–175 cm) tall, average bust, average back

Size 6-8
Bust: 32-34
Waist: 22-24½
Hips: 33-35½

Size 10
Bust: 34
Waist: 25½
Hips: 36½

Size 12
Bust: 34
Waist: 26½
Hips: 37½

Size 14
Bust: 35
Waist: 27½
Hips: 38½

Size 16
Bust: 36
Waist: 28½
Hips: 39½

Size 18
Bust: 37½
Waist: 30
Hips: 41

Size 20
Bust: 39
Waist: 31½
Hips: 42½

Size 22
Bust: 40½
Waist: 33
Hips: 44

According to one article, the dress she wore in "The Seven Year Itch" was too small for a size 2 mannequin. However, her shape was highly hourglass, which would make it difficult to fit properly on a standard mannequin. Based upon pictures that I've seen of her, she tended to gain most of her weight on her legs, enabling her to wear many of the same clothes despite the fluctuations in weight. I think that a size 10 was probably the closest fit for most of her career. That is certainly thicker than what is currently fashionable, but not absurdly so.

I use an online vital stats site to size my female characters, and the photos of the women vary significantly with small differences in bust, butt, or gut. The average female seems to be 5-6, 140-150 pounds, medium bust. That is, that grouping has the most photo participants. And sexual appeal stretches across the board depending on where the pounds are located.

 

[Blind_Justice]

Well, a heart rate of around 65 to 70 bpm and regular breathing might be a good start, as far as vitals are concerned

 

[ProxyAccount]

I use an online vital stats site to size my female characters, and the photos of the women vary significantly with small differences in bust, butt, or gut. The average female seems to be 5-6, 140-150 pounds, medium bust. That is, that grouping has the most photo participants. And sexual appeal stretches across the board depending on where the pounds are located.

Yes, there's a lot of natural variance in feminine beauty. However, dressmakers prefer models with little variance in shape. The clothing is supposed to hang on you as if you were a mannequin. The show isn't about you, it's about the clothes.

 

[ShaeLeeTanner]

The problem now is that clothes are no longer designed for women. Women are designed to fit the clothes instead. Fashion dictates how a woman has to look, if she wants to be trendy and modern.

If designers went back to using an average woman sized mannequin to design from, women would go back to looking they way they were born to look and not diet and modify themselves to look abnormal. Before Twiggy in the 60's, big busts and hips were the sought after shapes.

Like Rosie O'Donnell stated, "meat is for the man, bones are for the dog."

 

[49greg]

I've heard that sizes have changed since MM's day. A size 8 then is not the same as a size 8 now. Not sure which direction.

But it seems like the Movie and fashion industries have convinced women, in the US anyway, that the starved concentration camp survivor look is 'IN". I hate to see women with their ribs showing above their tits, or with their hip bones jutting out. That's just gross.

I still like a well padded woman, like MM. A little curve of the tummy, nice handfuls in the chest, a butt that fills out a pair of jeans. Curvy with a waist that is noticeably smaller than the hips or bust.

Alas, I think the modern look is more toward the skinny and bony.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Folks chase after fashion.

 

[ProxyAccount]

I use an online vital stats site to size my female characters, and the photos of the women vary significantly with small differences in bust, butt, or gut. The average female seems to be 5-6, 140-150 pounds, medium bust. That is, that grouping has the most photo participants. And sexual appeal stretches across the board depending on where the pounds are located.

The problem now is that clothes are no longer designed for women. Women are designed to fit the clothes instead. Fashion dictates how a woman has to look, if she wants to be trendy and modern.

If designers went back to using an average woman sized mannequin to design from, women would go back to looking they way they were born to look and not diet and modify themselves to look abnormal. Before Twiggy in the 60's, big busts and hips were the sought after shapes.

Like Rosie O'Donnell stated, "meat is for the man, bones are for the dog."

It's not just women that are impacted, though fashion primarily impacts them. I was a model when I was a teenager. The company and designer was pretty happy with me while I was a skinny kid. However, as I became more athletic, lifting weights and playing football, they became concerned. At one show a female executive complained that my chest and arms were too big, and that was the last show I was ever hired for.