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[zully]

Dear Lane Bryant

Comments

[shuraiya]

I really wish women's sizes came in the actual MEASUREMENTS like menswear does. It'd make everybody's lives way fucking easier.

[dietotaku]

me too. i recently found out that a current size 12 is actually a size 16 or so. it was really depressing to learn that, instead of dropping 2 sizes in a few weeks, i'm the same size i was 6 months ago. :(

[ladydouji]

Well you did actually drop sizes as a the vanity sizing affected larger sizes too(ie the 16 used to be 18) But yes, can we get some measurements on clothes? or at least a standard sizing chart so if you're a 10 in one company's clothing, you'll be a 10 and all companies.

[dietotaku]

well these are size 16s from years ago... i don't know how long ago the whole "vanity sizing" thing started.

[ladydouji]

I think vanity sizing started a while back. I remember first hearing about it late 1990's early 2000's Question is how well do the old size 16 pants fit, are they looser and baggier?

[dietotaku]

they fit exactly the same as the size 12s i just bought a couple of weeks ago... mainly i was all stoked because i was finally down to a size 12, only to realize that it's not that i've gotten smaller, size 12s have just gotten bigger.

[zully]

YES. THIS. FUCKING THIS. Auuugh. I just wanna go in and snag a pair of pants that have my number on it and know they fit. And not go "WELL HMM. IN THIS BRAND I WEAR THIS SIZE, AND THIS BRAND IS MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY BUT I HEAR THEY SIZE SMALL"

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[shuraiya]

Seriously, Old Navy is the worst about this crap. IN IN THE SAME STORE, I will wear two completely different sizes of pants. What. the. fuck.

[carnality]

fucking YES this.