{"id":1827,"date":"2003-10-17T15:25:44","date_gmt":"2003-10-17T15:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulhuntre.com\/items\/date\/2003\/10\/17\/it-aint-what-it-used-to-be\/"},"modified":"2003-10-17T15:25:44","modified_gmt":"2003-10-17T15:25:44","slug":"it-aint-what-it-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/2003\/10\/17\/it-aint-what-it-used-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"It ain’t what it used to be…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vintage pattern sizes<\/a> – you know all that bullshit people run about how “Marylyn Monroe would be a size 14 today!” and similar silliness? Well, check out this sizing chart taken from patterns over the years. Kudos to Emily<\/a>! I copied it here in case her site goes away (non dedicated servers make me nervous).<\/p>\n

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Size:<\/i><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Measurement<\/i><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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1940’s<\/i><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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1970’s<\/i><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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1990’s<\/i><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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bust<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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30″\/76.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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34″\/86.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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34″\/86.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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waist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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25″\/63.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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25 1\/2″\/ 65cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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26 1\/2″\/67.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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hip<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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33″\/84cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36″\/91.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36″\/91.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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bust<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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32″\/81.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36″\/91.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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36″\/91.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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waist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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26″\/66cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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27″\/68.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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28″\/71cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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hip<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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35″\/89cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38″\/96.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 38″\/96.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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bust<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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34″\/86.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38″\/96.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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38″\/96.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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waist<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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28″\/71cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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29″\/74cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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30″\/76.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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hip<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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37″\/94cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40″\/101.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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40″\/101.5cm<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vintage pattern sizes – you know all that bullshit people run about how “Marylyn Monroe would be a size 14 today!” and similar silliness? Well, check out this sizing chart taken from patterns over the years. Kudos to Emily! I copied it here in case her site goes away (non dedicated servers make me nervous). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legacyiamsenseiken.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}