It's hard finding board shorts if you're a curvy woman. These are try number 4 for me, and they've the best I've found but they're still not great. I normally wear a size 8 or 10, but I listened to the reviews that said these are sized small and I got a 14, which is good because anything smaller wouldn't have fit. They don't fit great as it is though, the biggest problem being the huge gap in the back. It would be better if ties for the waist went all the way around, liked I thought it did from the picture. I'm going to try sewing in a real drawstring waist and see if that makes it better.