Leotard size help please

[Lemongirl]

I am buying a Freed adults Jane leotard for dd from the RAD online shop and I have no idea how the sizes work.  The options are 3, 4 or 5.  There don't seem to be any size charts on the website.

 

She is about 5'1" and slim/medium build.  Does anyone know?

[Anon2]

In our experience Freed leotard sizing doesn't relate to any other brand. Dd wears a XS in most brands, a size 3 in school uniform leotard but has only just moved into a size 2 Freed from a size 0 that she wore for more than 4 years for vocational classes from age of 12.

I think we found the RAD leotard cheaper on one of the websites (Planet Dance, Dance Direct or Move) and I believe I called and asked about the sizing in relation to another leotard I was buying her.

[Lemongirl]

I've found it cheaper on Planet Dance, thanks Jane 

 

The size options on there are s, m and l.  I've looked on their sizing and I think a s sounds about right, corresponding to dress size 8-10 which dd is.  Unless it comes up very small...?

[2dancersmum]

Move Dancewear quotes the Freed Jane size 3 as equivalent to normal dress size 8 and I think it is probably quite accurate - it certainly does not come up small.  The size 3 was too large on my DD - width and length and she normally wears size 6 and is a few inches taller than your DD.  We ended up getting an alternative leotard for her RAD exam as was between Freed sizes but the Freed fit her size 8-10 but slightly shorter friend.

Edited November 12, 2015 by 2dancersmum

[Anon2]

Move Dancewear quotes the Freed Jane size 3 as equivalent to normal dress size 8 and I think it is probably quite accurate - it certainly does not come up small. The size 3 was too large on my DD - width and length and she normally wears size 6 and is a few inches taller than your DD. We ended up getting an alternative leotard for her RAD exam as was between Freed sizes but the Freed fit her size 8-10 but slightly shorter friend.

Which would tie in with our experience of the size of them.

[Anna C]

This thread might help - Post 18 onwards: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/780-leotard-sizing-questions/

 

Dd never got on with the Freed Jane due to how low cut it was at the side of her chest. If I remember rightly the 3 did fit similarly to Adult XS in other makes, as does the blue Freed tank leo (is it Bethany?). The Alice C came up huge and we had to go down to a Freed size 2.