Measurements & Sizing Charts

Jessamine

I quite often buy clothing online. It's more convenient and there's a larger selection than the local stores. I know my exact measurements, but the sizing charts for clothing stores always seem to be off. If I go by my measurements, the charts will usually tell me that I should buy size 14 pants, for example. In reality I fit perfectly into their size 8 pants.

I see this over and over again at various different stores. The sizing chart never works with my real measurements. Has anyone else notices this? Is there something I'm missing here, or should I continue to buy 2 or 3 different sizes to try on, and then return the rest?

ZugTheMegasaurus

I recently found a great tool that might help; you put in your measurements and it gives your size for 15 different popular stores: http://sizes.darkgreener.com/

Of course, you still might run into some problems depending on when stores change cut/fit, but hopefully it can help you between different stores.

maricash

I have the same problem, just with larger numbers. If I look up the sizing chart for a store from which I have bought properly fitting clothes in the past, the size that they will recommend will be 2 to 3 sizes larger than the clothes that I have bought from them in the past. I don't know if their sizing is off or my measuring is off.

Now I mostly just buy things online from places that I have shopped at offline so I know what fits. Or I shop at places like Mod Cloth, that feature a lot of reviews from people who have bought the item and will tell you if you should order up or down a size.