Pant size rant

lnorman08
lnorman08 Posts: 77 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Ok so I recently went to target and literally the range in fit was shocking. To start I am pretty much a size 6 that seems to be the consensus for fit in most stores for me. I go to target and the size 8 dress pants wouldn't go up I am confident I probably would have comfortably fit in a 12. I leave with a pair of jeans in a size 4!!! What is going on here?! This just goes to show never go by the number I guess...

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  • sand86802
    sand86802 Posts: 125 Member
    Clothes size are pretty much BS. They change between different brand/stores or even within the same store. So yes never go by the numbers
  • UltimateTrashBae
    UltimateTrashBae Posts: 175 Member
    Women's clothing sizes are a joke. There is no real regulation to it. Different brands have different overall sizes, it's really frustrating.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    Every brand has their own size. Some fancy smancy brands do the model outfit at 0, and size up from that!
  • lnorman08
    lnorman08 Posts: 77 Member
    rachelr1116 wrote: »
    I'm the weirdo that brings a tape measure to the store so I don't have to try on six different sizes of everything to find things that fit :) I know what my body measurements are (I sew some of my own clothes so I have to keep track of my measurements) so I just keep a small tape measure in my purse. I started measuring clothes when I started doing more shopping at thrift stores but lately I've been pulling it out at regular stores too/

    I love that! I am about to be the person that does that too!
  • MargaretLunan
    MargaretLunan Posts: 5,299 Member
    lnorman08 wrote: »
    Ok so I recently went to target and literally the range in fit was shocking. To start I am pretty much a size 6 that seems to be the consensus for fit in most stores for me. I go to target and the size 8 dress pants wouldn't go up I am confident I probably would have comfortably fit in a 12. I leave with a pair of jeans in a size 4!!! What is going on here?! This just goes to show never go by the number I guess...

    everyone has had that problem
  • fit_chickx
    fit_chickx Posts: 569 Member
    Its all to boost sales of a product. Many designers do vanity sizing. They will make a size 5/ 6 pair of pants and lable it a size 3/4 designers market them to women who want to say they wear a smaller size.
  • CaptainAmericaGirlYASSS
    CaptainAmericaGirlYASSS Posts: 811 Member
    Target jeans are just weird af!!
    I bought a size 2 skinny mid-rise and they were big...
    Went to this little crappy store at the mall and couldn't fit into a size 5!!! Like wow, okay?! Lol
    Clothes is so annoying sometimes.
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