OMG -what happened to a genuine size .

toffee

toffee

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sent away for some jeans - and 2 jumpers now its cold weather from a fashion catalogue, put in my size
back came all items 2 sizes to big goodness me ' had to re-order sizes now I feel good as iam 12 /14 hahahah I wished ..

this is what I felt like in the pic ---6829874484_c56f1d6f77_z.jpg6829874484_c56f1d6f77_z.jpg
 

You need to remember when ordering from the 'net,
that most things are made in Asia and their sizes are
a lot different from our ones, they tend to be smaller,
but in your case Toffee, they adjusted the size too
much!

Mike.
 

Mike said:
You need to remember when ordering from the 'net,
that most things are made in Asia and their sizes are
a lot different from our ones, they tend to be smaller,
but in your case Toffee, they adjusted the size too
much!

Mike.
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I found that out. Sizes on the net are way smaller than here!
 
Aside from Asian internet clothing providers..I am thoroughly sick of not knowing what size I am...

In one shop I can be a 10 , and another a 16, Huge disparities in clothing sizing from store to store.

I have found tho' that ofentimes the cheaper the clothing the more likely they are not to be a true size... but why should we have to pay inflated prices to get clothing that fits our True size..?..it's very annoying!!
 
Over time I’ve gotten to know what size I am in the brands I favor which helps. I can find deals on the net or in a discount store and not worry about the fit.

Other than that though there is a huge disparity in the sizes of clothes in my closet, ranging from a 1X to a size Small, no joke! 🤦🏼‍♀️
 
People are vain and no one wants to be a "big" size SO................if you are a 10, eight is the new 10; if you are an 18, 16 is the new 18. Also, we never used to have size zero, which I am guessing is our old size 4/5. As a teenager, when I was really into clothes & shopping I can't recall anything smaller than a 4/5.
Same size, smaller number for vanity's sake.
 
Pepper said:
People are vain and no one wants to be a "big" size SO................if you are a 10, eight is the new 10; if you are an 18, 16 is the new 18. Also, we never used to have size zero, which I am guessing is our old size 4/5. As a teenager, when I was really into clothes & shopping I can't recall anything smaller than a 4/5.
Same size, smaller number for vanity's sake.
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Having worked in the apparel industry for many years I can say with some authority that you're right on the money, Pepper. Women who believe they are size 10 will not try on a 12, even if it's a style they like. However, they're more than happy to move to an 8 if the 10 feels too roomy. ;) What's more, we come to favor that manufacturer.

When manufacturers run out of a size (let's say a 10) but have orders for them, the size tickets get changed out from some 12s, turning them into 10s. Never, ever will they turn a size 8 into a 10 - at least not if they want to stay in business...

That's why women need to try on everything we buy.
 
Pepper said:
People are vain and no one wants to be a "big" size SO................if you are a 10, eight is the new 10; if you are an 18, 16 is the new 18. Also, we never used to have size zero, which I am guessing is our old size 4/5. As a teenager, when I was really into clothes & shopping I can't recall anything smaller than a 4/5.
Same size, smaller number for vanity's sake.
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That's so true, and now I see size 2's in the stores and they are sooo tiny, even tinier than when I was a very skinny teen.. ..but in the OP's post she's had the very opposite problem and been sent good purporting to be her size but in reality 2 sizes too large!!
 
StarSong said:
Having worked in the apparel industry for many years I can say with some authority that you're right on the money, Pepper. Women who believe they are size 10 will not try on a 12, even if it's a style they like. However, they're more than happy to move to an 8 if the 10 feels too roomy. ;) What's more, we come to favor that manufacturer.

When manufacturers run out of a size (let's say a 10) but have orders for them, the size tickets get changed out from some 12s, turning them into 10s. Never, ever will they turn a size 8 into a 10 - at least not if they want to stay in business...

That's why women need to try on everything we buy.
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Not me!! I am definitely the person who will always buy a size larger than I think I need, because it will hang better on me than one that's supposedly my size but clings in all the wrong places making me look larger than I really am!!
 
I usually buy a size larger also. Especially if it is cheap clothing. Sometimes things shrink to the size of a postage stamp especially from Walmart. Give me the good old Salvation Army. Better clothing than I would want to pay originally and if it was going to shrink it already has.
 
That’s because designers have resized everything.
I used to take a size 8 in everything. Now a size 8 can be anything from a size 4 up. Designer clothes or clothes made elsewhere don’t ever match up. It took me a while to figure that one out.
 
My 38 Jean shorts are loose on me to the point that they will fall down if I don't have a belt to keep them up.

Yet when I pull a tape measure to my gut at my belly button it reads 39 inches and that's snug. So I figure there's about 2 extra inches built into them. But I ain't complaining. I'm vain. :)

 
https://www.npr.org/2014/07/25/332641840/the-average-american-man-is-too-big-for-his-britches
The Average American Man Is Too Big For His Britches
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  • according to 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these are the measurements of the average American man:
    Height: 5 feet 9 inches (69.3 inches)
    Weight: 195.5 pounds
    Waist circumference: 39.7 inches

    If he were wearing pants, you might think our average Joe would be in a size 38, 39 or 40, depending on the cut. But, turns out, the top-selling pant/trouser size in the U.S. is actually a 34.

    That information comes from Edward Gribbin, president of the clothing size and fit consulting firm Alvanon. His company has body-scanned over 400,000 people across the world and has access to sales-by-size figures for major U.S. retailers.


    "Of the guys who actually have a waist close to the average (between, say, 38 to 40 inches), the highest percentage buy size 34 pants (close to 55 percent), followed by size 36 (about 35 percent). Only a very small percentage buy size 38," he explained in an email.
    Where does the major discrepancy come from? A few places. For one, "vanity sizing" — where the actual size of a garment is bigger than advertised in an effort to flatter you — is not just for women anymore. Gribbin says the waist measurement in a man's pant is generally 1.5 to 2 inches larger than the stated size. (Or up to 5 inches, if you're shopping at Old Navy.)

    Secondly, guys with a waist bigger than 35 to 36 inches tend to have a prominent belly, Gribbin says. The more it sticks out, the lower men wear their pants.

    "They can wear a smaller size, and though the belly hanging over is not the most attractive sight, most men don't care," Gribbin says.
    Finally, there may be a certain amount of stubbornness at play. Gribbin says men don't intentionally "buy a smaller size for reasons of vanity" — they just continue to grab the size that they've always bought.
    "They are more creatures of habit, and if they wore size 34 as a younger man, they just continue to buy that size ('their size') even after they've gained 10, 15, 20 pounds," he says.

    So, gentlemen, take some of the advice they've been dishing out to women forever: Ignore what the tag says, try it on and buy what truly fits. Dress for the body you have, not the body you think you have. Or want.
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Many of the online clothing sellers provide a size chart, to give some guidance as to what their sizes mean. I've found them to be pretty accurate.
 
Equally startling are the measurements for women. Here's the data for both from the CDC:
So 5 foot 9 inch men AVERAGE 197 lbs.
5 foot 3- 1/2 inch women AVERAGE 170 lbs.

It's enough to make me think about throwing away the rest of the Halloween candy.

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