Knowing the most common clothing size for women may seem like a matter of casual curiosity. And yet, this seemingly innocuous question reveals truths far deeper than a simple number on a label.

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But as young women with fuller figures, the only brands that offered clothes their size were Lane Byrant and Ashley Stewart — hardly the stuff most 16-year-olds wanted to wear. So the sisters ...