Sizing chaos
meet your typical Like many girls her age, she loves to keep up with the latest fashion trends and explore new ways to express herself. Shopping is fun, but it won’t always be this way. Scroll XXSXSSMLXLXXL “Junior’s” clothing lines often channel tweens’ interests with youthful styles that fit young girls as they grow. For now, our typical (or median) 11-year-old wears a size 9 in the junior’s section, which is also considered a size Medium.But not all tweens wear the same size. If we were to look at a sample of all 10- and 11-year-old girls in the U.S. from the National Center for Health Statistics, here are the junior’s sizes that match up with their waistline measurements.By age 15, most girls have gone through growth spurts and puberty, and they’ve reached…
