Originally posted by: KarenMarie
missy/juniors = cuts and styles for young girls
misses = cuts and styles for older teens to adult women
Mrs. = cuts and styles for middle aged(ish) women
Queen = cuts and styles "large" women.
Petite used to be for small boned petite girls/women. Now it means short. So you can have a really fat girl wear petites.
Petite, Regular, Medium, and Tall.
Petite will have a shorter distance from the crotch to the waist and shorter inseems. Regular and Mediums inseems and crotch/waist distance are pretty much the same. They are what most women wear. Tall will give a lot more inseem and waist/crotch distance.
If your mom said 10 misses, I would guess that you are safe with a size 10 misses cut/style in a regular/medium