According to this Online conversion. US 14=UK 16

Kat, you said "Today's size 14 is more like yesterday's 16/18." Didn't you mean the opposite? 14 used to fit, now you have to wear 16.

It's always seemed like the jeans size that fit was larger than others. They just seem to run small.

True story of conversation this week. The daughter of a good friend is getting a degree in fashion design. Her goal is to design lingerie for full-figured women. She cannot do this as her senior project. She must do her designs for some small bust-less 'college standard' shape that doesn't really need foundation garments anyway.

If that's the figure they are trained to design for, it's no surprise they can't do it for women with real womanly shapes. I think the daughter will do fine, ultimately, since she has the kind of shape she wants to design for.