Comments | unico_love: Pants Sizes, Bleh

unico_love

Pants Sizes, Bleh

Sep 09, 2009 12:00

On the one hand I hate vanity sizing (which I believe has increased slowly over time, but I noticed several major stores changing their sizing sometime when I was in college/left college a few years ago), but on the other hand the "true" sizes can be triggering. However, I'd like to know my "real" size and dimensions, even if I hate hearing it. My ( Read more... )

body image, clothing

Comments 6

alive49 September 9 2009, 18:21:44 UTC

I tried on a couple pairs of jeans a few weeks ago and I couldn't even get one pair on, despite the fact that they were both the same style, brand, and size just different washes. So yeah, I sympathize.

unico_love September 9 2009, 18:26:18 UTC

That's weird! I wonder if there was some error made along the way...

hani September 9 2009, 18:45:18 UTC

That is frustrating, I agree. I noticed a pair of jeans from Vietnam were sized how men's jeans are (with waist in actual measurement numbers). So that's kind of cool.

unico_love September 9 2009, 18:47:43 UTC

I think some pants for women (at least jeans) get sized that way, but I don't personally own any. It might be because I shop in the Junior's section. I do buy "short" sized pants, though, if that's an option (it is where I buy most of my pants).

sorayume September 9 2009, 19:18:32 UTC

Do you think sizing is getting bigger or smaller? (like a 3 now was a 1 before or a 6 before type thing).

Where I shop sizes seem to be getting smaller, because they import from Asia. But I feel like overall sizes are getting bigger. Which personally I feel is a good thing. Because society telling girls that a size 16 is an XL is cruel and makes alot of girls cry.

unico_love September 9 2009, 23:16:14 UTC

Sizes getting bigger.