Each country will have their own formula for determining plus sizes. However, in North America, plus sizes for women start at size 16 or XL (extra large) for most stores.
Women clothes that are considered missy sized are two to eighteen. Missy sizes are bigger than junior, but just below women sizes. Most retail stores would carry the missy size.
Retail shops such as Sears, Walmart, and Target all carry women's clothes. The sizes range from petite to plus sizes Size 14 is considered to be a plus size and can also be found retail stores that specialize in plus size clothing such as Penningtons.
Lane Bryant specializes in plus-size clothing with sizes ranging from 12 to 32. Their standard sizes are tailored for women averaging 5'6", their petite sizes for women 5'4" and under, and their tall sizes for women 5'8" or taller.
www.lanebryant.com has plus sizes and is popular.
It depends on where you are in the world but anything over an 8 is plus.
Cacique Bras normally are plus size bras. They come in larger sizes and are for larger women. They are also for women who just have larger busts and need a larger cup size.
A 4-6 is considered a size small for women's American clothing. Clothing smaller than a size four are considered extra small for very petite women.
In today's fashion society she would be considered a plus size. She wore sizes 12-14 most of the time.
I wear a size 9 in juniors, and in women's sizes that would be a 4.
they have petite sizes for lengths than for the waist
You can find a chart that will give you the measurements for the sizes for plus size women pnats on the following website: http://fashion.about.com/blpluschart.htm. It is a great resource.