Quote Originally Posted by ramanth
On the other side of the spectrum concerning the differences in US and UK sizes... wedding dresses are in UK sizes (for reasons unknown to me), but anyway.... imagine my surprise when the dress they give me is a size 18!!

A bit of hit on the self esteem there.
I hear you! My experience of ordering my wedding dress for my wedding 18 months ago was mortifying. I am a very self conscious person at the best of times, so wasn't looking forward to the whole shopping for dresses when they are all a standard size. However, I was determined to lose weight before the wedding as every bride is, and managed to lose 2 stone prior to me actally ordering my dress. So I went in reasonably confident and was then told that wedding dresses in the UK come up TWO sizes smaller - meaning you have to order a dress that is two sizes more than your usual size....needless to say, my new found confidence was shattered!