Ridiculous clothing sizing in shops.

Sorry I got nothing to add. You're very pretty tho

you are not a number that's what I think when I stand on the scales same with clothes you have done so well x

So I thought I have been making good progress lately and im feeling good and I went into a store and tried on a medium and it was too small then I tried a large and it was still ridiculously small! yet when I buy gym clothes im a small - medium its ridiculous the discrepancies between stores and their clothing sizes! some items in my wardrobe are size 8/ small and some are up to size 12/ large! I think I should just cut off all the tags of my clothes and wear what feels good. **** societies idea of what is small or what is large! I know im not a fat person any more I have worked my *kitten* off and im not going to let a size tag at a shop define who I am and how I feel about myself!

My two pairs of jeans that fit perfectly, one is from a UK teenager brand and is supposedly a size 6 in US sizes, the other is from a French women brand and it claims to be a US size 10...just ignore the tags

Its the same here in the UK.
In 1 shop I am 14, in another a 16 and in another an 18.
Its stupid

Haha - go to M&S, youll be a 10 or a 12 there (there's not much I like but it's great buying a 10). I stear clear of new look and la senza - they would have me buying 18s, the b@stards.

Have you tried Jaeger? Their sizes are huge! Much bigger than M&S even.

The only thing I've learnt about sizes during my weightloss journey is that it's all INSANE.
I'll never rely on sizes to value my weight or my body or my weightloss ever again. Go cut all of the tags if you want to, that's perfectly reasonable and I can completely understand.

Were you in Charlotte Russe?

Its the same here in the UK.
In 1 shop I am 14, in another a 16 and in another an 18.
Its stupid

I was absolutely thrilled the other day, when I walked into Topshop and bought a size 14 jumpsuit and a size 14 pair of trousers.
Went next door to River Island, and the leggings and top I bought were size 16/18.
I think they all just make up their own sizes, I wonder wether there are actual size guidelines retailers are supposed to follow?
Also, Next have huge sizes haha.
Would love to get down to a size 10-12 and ditch the stretchy pants and baggy jumpers but I suppose you should go more off how you feel rather than get too attached to numbers.

Many of the shops in the U.S., such as Banana Republic and Ann Taylor, have different cuts of pants for different builds. There are pants for curvy, boyish, somewhere-in-between, and now they have a really slim cut. A size 2 in City will not fit someone who can wear a size 2 in Signature.

It's called Vanity sizing, google it! It's done to make women feel good about themselves. Over the years clothing measurements have gotten larger but the size number has remained the same. Ex: 1995, I was in high school/college 5"8.5 weighed 112 lbs and wore a size 4. Now fast forward , after having 2 kids and gaining 23 lbs I wore a size 2..huh? That's impossible!! My wedding dress is a size 6 which was true to size because wedding dress makers use standard sewing patterns.

It all varies. Yesterday I bought a fleece lined hoodie in an XS and put it on over my t-shirt sized XL, and then picked up a size 6 dress and a size 12 pair of dress pants. You just gotta go with what fits.

I'm with all of you in that clothing sizes are just downright frustrating. I have everything from a 8/10 to a 16 in my wardrobe - it's absolutely ridiculous. My Hanes sweatpants are a medium (8/10), my Izod workout shorts are a medium (8/10), yet my Lee Riders (jeans) are a 16, and I wear a 16 (almost 14) in Old Navy.

It's absolutely RIDICULOUS. It's never this hard for men - my husband wears a size 32 in pants, period, no matter who makes them or what they are. Is it some kind of conspiracy in the fashion world to make women feel like utter poo about themselves? Ugh.

I just wear what fits me. I don't care what the number says. But it would make it so much easier for me to know one number, flat out, so that I could shop online for what I need. Right now I just make a note of the brand name, size number, and do it that way.

Very frustrating.

ETA: I'm thinking about learning how to sew so that I can just make my own damn clothes - sizing be damned.

I can wear my mom's 36 size pants, while my own pants are like what, 40 to 42?

And sometimes i get really sad when i see something cute but they don't have my size ;(.
And i'm only 2 kg overweight.

Yes, sizing is crazy. The only place I'll order pants online from is the LOFT. Their 8 curvy fit pants almost always fit me perfectly. Other than that, it's a crap shoot. You would think retailers would realize that if all clothes actually conformed to the same standards, people would order more online. Anyway, don't let the size bother you. Go with what looks good on you.

Yes, sizing is crazy. The only place I'll order pants online from is the LOFT. Their 8 curvy fit pants almost always fit me perfectly. Other than that, it's a crap shoot. You would think retailers would realize that if all clothes actually conformed to the same standards, people would order more online. Anyway, don't let the size bother you. Go with what looks good on you.

Or should we start the conspiracy theory that they do it on purpose, banking in that we'll not return them (because I will be that size one day) and end up buying more clothes?