The woman's waist should measure 32 1/2 inches. The actual garment will measure 1 to 2 inches larger.
38-bust 32-waist 40-hips
The waist measurement of a size eighteen dress is ninety-three centimeters or 36.5 inches. The bust size of a size 18 dress is 109 centimeters or forty-three inches.
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a 23-inch waist is size 0 in the uk and in the us its a 4 though this will differ on different brands of clothes slightly
The measurements for a US size 4 women's dress are 34.5 inches for the bust and 27 inches for the waist. The hip measurement is 37 inches.
Where did you get 32 inches? If it's her bust size - the dress is probably small or maybe size 8. If you measured waist it would be medium or maybe size 12.
Anne Hathaway's waist size is 24 inches. Anne Hathaway has an hourglass figure and currently wears a size 2 dress.
The standard women's dress size 5 requires the measurements: bust 74cm (=29 inches), waist 56cm (=22 inches) and hips 82cm (=32 inches). This almost the perfect "hour-glass" type figure with a waist to hip ratio of 0.7.
A size 4 would be about 26 inches. Generally you can add 21 or 22 to the dress size (4, 6, 7) and end up with the waist size in inches. Keep in mind that not every size 4 fits the same but they are similar.
You need to be more specific.. Where is the dress from? Is it a US size 26 or an Australian 26 etc Im Australian, so with the research that I just did on the internet a dress size 26 is on average a waist size of about 45" (inches) Which is considered to be a plus size, if you're not talking plus sizes please let us know. The inch size for a dress size 26 varied from site to site but on average it was between a 44" to a 47" I guess it depends on the dress itself. Hope I was of some help =)