I was talking to a friend about clothes sizes since I've managed to go down 1.5 sizes in the last 6 months (still waiting for final approval for WLS from Kaiser). I thought the "W" in sizing stood for "wide". My friend thinks it stands for "womens". Whose right?

God I hope it stands for "woman"!! How's that for insulting! "ma'am here's your 24 wide"

LOL...I'm pretty sure it's "women's"...but Wide might be more descriptive....

I think it is suppose to mean women's not wide. I have always been told it meant women's even when I worked in retail.

for clothing, w = womens

for shoes, w = wide

But I agree with Vicki -- wide may be more descriptive!

OMG this is too funny!! Yes I agree it stands for "womens".

thanks ladies! It never hit me that it could mean "women". I just thought it was "wide" like in shoes....lol Well hopefully I'll here from Kaiser soon about my WLS then hopefully I won't be "wide" anymore

I always thought it was wide too. Other wise why wouldn't a size 22 (like 22 inches) say 22 w too?