People are dumb
From a review of Chadwick's, a clothing store:
I have ordered several skirts recently and have found that they run really small compared to what the size chart says. I wear a size 4 in skirts and so I got the size according to what the size chart says a size 4 is, weather it be a size small or a size 4. I got one skirt it had an elastic waist band, so I got a small I got it on but it was really squeezing my waist, it was so uncomfortable. For it to fit I would have to be a size 0 or 2! Then I got a skirt on clearance and the only size they had left was a 6 so I got it thinking I'll just take in the waist, well it fit like size 2, it was too tight for me to be comfortable in it.
I just went back to Chadwick's and looked at their size chart for a skirt, I have a 28" waist so according to their size chart, by my waist measurment, I would wear a size 10/Medium and just a 1/2" larger in the waist and I would be in the size 12/Large category! WOW, not in 2 1/2 years have I EVER worn a 10/medium to 12/large skirts! There is no way I want to either, so I guess I'm done trying their clothes! I don't even wear those sizes in jeans, I wear a 6! And I wear size 4 in skirts! What is going on w/ their size chart?
I would like to point out that I hate wearing tight clothes so my size 6 jeans and size 4 skirts fit me perfectly with some room to move in them, they are not skin tight, they fit like they should, not too tight and not too loose. So if I got a size 10 or 12 according to Chadwick's size chart the clothes would be swimming on me.
Attention shoppers: No matter what the tag in your clothes says, your ass is still the same size. Women's clothing sizing in America is extremely variable and means nothing. Just because you normally wear a 4 doesn't mean all 4s will fit you, because "4" is a meaningless number. Buying a 10 or 12 does not make you a fatass(nor will it help with that dusty, empty skull). You want reliable numbers? Get the manufacturers to label them with actual measurements. Gasp!
In conclusion, buy clothes that fit. Because it's not the clothes that make you fat, it's your fat that makes you fat.
I have ordered several skirts recently and have found that they run really small compared to what the size chart says. I wear a size 4 in skirts and so I got the size according to what the size chart says a size 4 is, weather it be a size small or a size 4. I got one skirt it had an elastic waist band, so I got a small I got it on but it was really squeezing my waist, it was so uncomfortable. For it to fit I would have to be a size 0 or 2! Then I got a skirt on clearance and the only size they had left was a 6 so I got it thinking I'll just take in the waist, well it fit like size 2, it was too tight for me to be comfortable in it.
I just went back to Chadwick's and looked at their size chart for a skirt, I have a 28" waist so according to their size chart, by my waist measurment, I would wear a size 10/Medium and just a 1/2" larger in the waist and I would be in the size 12/Large category! WOW, not in 2 1/2 years have I EVER worn a 10/medium to 12/large skirts! There is no way I want to either, so I guess I'm done trying their clothes! I don't even wear those sizes in jeans, I wear a 6! And I wear size 4 in skirts! What is going on w/ their size chart?
I would like to point out that I hate wearing tight clothes so my size 6 jeans and size 4 skirts fit me perfectly with some room to move in them, they are not skin tight, they fit like they should, not too tight and not too loose. So if I got a size 10 or 12 according to Chadwick's size chart the clothes would be swimming on me.
Attention shoppers: No matter what the tag in your clothes says, your ass is still the same size. Women's clothing sizing in America is extremely variable and means nothing. Just because you normally wear a 4 doesn't mean all 4s will fit you, because "4" is a meaningless number. Buying a 10 or 12 does not make you a fatass(nor will it help with that dusty, empty skull). You want reliable numbers? Get the manufacturers to label them with actual measurements. Gasp!
In conclusion, buy clothes that fit. Because it's not the clothes that make you fat, it's your fat that makes you fat.