Do you refuse to buy over a certain size?

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  • nnylee
    nnylee Posts: 811 Member
    If you can't fit into a smaller size, you should go up a size. Simple as that.
  • Sheila1968
    Sheila1968 Posts: 106
    I agree that the sizing is insane. I have to try EVERYTHING on and can't shop from catalogs or online at all, since nothing is standard. I have clothes ranging from "petite small" (ha! what a joke for a 5'6" 155 pound woman) to size 14 - and they ALL fit properly. I find it ironic that guys' clothing never seems to be labeled/sold in this manner. I've often wished for pants that would identify the waist, hip size, and length like they do for men's. At least I'd have a chance to see if it would fit instead of bringing 4 sizes into the dressing room with me. That being said, if I find a dress/skirt/pants that actually fit me, which is a challenge with my shape, I'm going to buy it regardless of the tag.

    The only thing on the tag that really matters to me is if it's washable. :D
  • sl1ngsh0t
    sl1ngsh0t Posts: 326 Member
    I wear what fits, size be damned. Not all sizes are standard. I'm a size 10 with a true 32" waistline. Usually I wear a 7/8 jean comfortably. *shrug* I refuse to buy jeans at all right now until I am at a 30" with smaller hips and thighs.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    yes ... thats stupid

    This. Ffs, you're the only one who know the number on the damn pants so why not just buy the ones that fit right and look good? This is what's wrong with clothing sizes and why there is "vanity sizing" instead of standard sizing. If it wasn't for this mentality I wouldn't have to pick up 3 different pant sizes in a store in the same style to know which ones fit. So yeah, since you asked my vote is for stupid.
  • kimber0607
    kimber0607 Posts: 994 Member
    Clothing can be so wacky!!!
    all mental!
    I was shopping for some things to wear to an upcoming wedding and communion this week
    I was in the Macys INC dept....that brand is wacky...tops I am usually a small..sometimes medium
    I saw these 2 dresses I liked..tried the first on in a small and it ft perfectly...felt good
    Next dress only size in store was a medium so I attempted to try it on.I literally thought I was going to have to be cut out of it as I got stuck in it trying to get it over my boobs...i had to jump my way out of it (ladies that have been there get this)
    I did feel a little deflated that the medium was soooo tight and had to ask the sale girl if she could find a large for me
    BUT all mental..as long as u look good and feel good and are working hard try ignore that petty stuff!
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    Yes...I refuse to buy a size above 8's.....shirts are negotiable but really wouldn't want to buy over a Medium but some times these girls of mines want let that happen....I always wanted to be a 8 and can get in 6's...understand that some name made pants run smaller...but something about the number now...Crazy!
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    Like when I am going jean/pant shopping, no matter what size I am at the time I will refuse to even try on anything in a larger size than the smallest I know I can fit into. Like right now I know I can squeeze into *some* 4s and 5s so no matter how much I like the style of the jean if they don't fit me at that size I won't try the next size up.

    Is that stupid? Am I the only one that does that?

    FYI, your 4's and 5' are more like 8's and 10's anyways.
  • kimber0607
    kimber0607 Posts: 994 Member
    Like when I am going jean/pant shopping, no matter what size I am at the time I will refuse to even try on anything in a larger size than the smallest I know I can fit into. Like right now I know I can squeeze into *some* 4s and 5s so no matter how much I like the style of the jean if they don't fit me at that size I won't try the next size up.

    Is that stupid? Am I the only one that does that?

    FYI, your 4's and 5' are more like 8's and 10's anyways.

    Shhhhhhhhh
  • kimad
    kimad Posts: 3,010 Member
    I was this way for a little bit, then realized that EVERY brand fits so much different, thats its more important to have the right size/fit, then the size you think you should be.... just me.
  • Peppychristian
    Peppychristian Posts: 157 Member
    I do that. I know different types fit differently. I am not going to buy something that is too small/tight but if the item doesn't fit in my size I am not going up to the next size I just won't buy the item. It is mental for me right now. I need to see the improvement.
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    I buy what fits. I'm not going to buy a 7 that i squeeze into and have a muffin top when i know i will look smoking hot in the properly fitting 9.
  • LeggyKettleBabe
    LeggyKettleBabe Posts: 300 Member
    I guess I only do that with bras, I cant stomach buying a D so I buy C cups
  • new2locs
    new2locs Posts: 271 Member
    Yep when I threw out the 18's & 16's I vowed never to buy those sizes again AND I refuse to shop in the plus size stores anymore. I wear 14's now & if I go in the store & find a pair of 14's that are tight I'm not buying them & I'm not buying the next size up either! I just won't have that pair of pants! LOL
  • jaeone
    jaeone Posts: 649 Member
    Ok, I don't get why everyone is telling me not to wear tight clothes. When did I even say I wear them tight???!!!! I won't buy them if they are tight. I will only buy them if they fit me right. If they do not fit and are not the size I want I won't go up a size, I just won't buy them either.

    Jeeze, one person misreads what I say and everyone jumps on that bandwagon. Talk about actin all grades school.
    I understand what you mean! I too won't buy a bigger size if my size won't fit! Usually for me the next size up will be bigger in the waist! Depending on the designer, these days sizes/fits are all over the place. Especially in jeans! !
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    If I try something on, it's because I liked it enough. If I like it enough to try it on in 'my' size and it doesn't fit, I will try the next size up. If it fits, I buy it. Simple as that.

    Not buying something because of the number in the label is imbecilic.
  • Vegan_Runner
    Vegan_Runner Posts: 133 Member
    Nope. I would rather look good in my clothes than cram my butt into something that doesn't fit right. Heck when I was heavier I loved Lane Bryant because I could look very put together and felt better about myself. When I started losing weight I had a harder time as a 12 because I couldn't shop at Lane Bryant anymore but didn't quite fit well in other stores clothes.
  • helly_zg
    helly_zg Posts: 7
    hahahah you're not the only one, i do it also. lol but i don't buy smaller size if it doesn't fit, i just wait to lose some weight and then i buy jeans. stupid i know xD
  • peacefulsong
    peacefulsong Posts: 223 Member
    Ok, I don't get why everyone is telling me not to wear tight clothes. When did I even say I wear them tight???!!!! I won't buy them if they are tight. I will only buy them if they fit me right. If they do not fit and are not the size I want I won't go up a size, I just won't buy them either.

    Jeeze, one person misreads what I say and everyone jumps on that bandwagon. Talk about actin all grades school.

    Acting "grade school" IMO is not buying something you like and that looks good on you because the number on the label is higher than a number on some other label. It's a completely meaningless number that can vary pretty widely from one brand to another.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    I buy what fits. Since women sizes are vanity-based, I don't base my decisions on them. I would only do that with an accurate sizing system, so unless I buy men's jeans, I ignore sizes entirely.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    The smaller I get the less I care what number it is. I'm still happy when I get to a new size, but I we it this way:

    It's not my *kitten*' fault it couldn't fit in those jeans, it's a great *kitten*, it's those jeans.

    With this perspective, doesn't matter what size my pants are, I feel great in them :)
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    Really, designers these days would be smart to make 10's a size 6 and Size 6 a 2...more women would buy them, but they'd still be a 10 or a 6. And don't even get me started if a designer made plus sizes into single digits. I don't look at a scale - I look at the size, and maybe that's wrong, but the scale may say you're 165 and you're still a size 8 - it depends on your body shape more than weight, and we all carry weight differently.

    For the girls who won't buy larger and are still squeezing into those single digits when you're not - you do yourself a disservice, because you actually look bigger when you have that muffin top in a size 6. I see girls all the time who are slim and have great bodies, but their clothes are WAYYYYYYYYYY too tight, and they look bigger. Not attractive.

    Just an observation.

    I have friends that size 0 is too big for. So what happens to them???
  • muwchck
    muwchck Posts: 261 Member
    I find that to be silly. I wear different sizes depending on the brand and cut of the clothing. I don't care what size it says, if it fits, then that's what I get.
  • tinydreams
    tinydreams Posts: 39
    yes, anything over a UK size 8
  • Amber50lbsDown
    Amber50lbsDown Posts: 255 Member
    I lived in my SOs jogging pants for 2 years for this exact reason. Before my Second child I was a size 5-7 and spent the whole 9 months in comfy pants and gained alot of weight. The first time I tried a pair of pants on I figured that I was about a 10-12 but as I kept trying the sizes on and kept going up and up, I was disgusted, I stoped at 16 (they were really tight) I bought them and refused to try on anything bigger.
    So for the next two years I wore SOs jogging pants and boxers, and yo-yo dieting, but at christmas this year I realized I needed to make a change. I live in thoes jeans now and cant wait to go down in size.
    they are now getting baggy in the legs and bum and I have to wear a belt.
    I still refuse to buy clothes that fit me at this size because I WILL get down to a 5-7 again and be able to go shopping in my own closet !!!! lol
  • Dogwalker1989
    Dogwalker1989 Posts: 15
    I did for a while.

    I lost 100lbs and then gained 28lbs back (14lbs of that was intentional though). From where I started at a UK22 I've always been aiming for a UK10 so it seemed like admitting defeat by buying anything bigger.

    But then I realised the only UK10's in my wardrobe I was still fitting into were those from a supermarket that made it's clothes an inch bigger than they were meant to be and actually would be 12's in another brand.
  • 70davis
    70davis Posts: 348 Member
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