Clothes size/ Has vanity sizing gone insane?

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  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    You can add me as friend, should I add you? :)
  • hayleyb25
    hayleyb25 Posts: 8 Member
    Pkov123 wrote: »
    I am somewhat insane, so don't take the title as offensive. I had anxiety attack earlier, but anyways what do you all think about clothes sizing nowadays? You can be obese at size 6 now honestly bcuz of vanity sizing !!

    I went shopping at the weekend and bought a pair of trousers size uk12 and a pair uk10. Both fit perfectly. Both from same shop
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    edited January 2018
    Men's clothing sizes are much easier to interpret. With pants they are sized by the amount of inches the waist is in the amount of inches the inseam is. So for example a man with a 30 inch waist and a 32in inseam would buy a pair of pants that were 30/32. Or that might be vice versa it might be the inseam waist rather than waste inseam. Anyway they're not subjective bizarre sizes like 12, 14, 00,2.

    Dress shirts tend to be sized by collar size and I think the breath across the shoulders. Casual clothes like polo shirts and t-shirts tend to be small medium large Etc
  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    wizzybeth wrote: »
    Men's clothing sizes are much easier to interpret. With pants they are sized by the amount of inches the waist is in the amount of inches the inseam is. So for example a man with a 30 inch waist and a 32in inseam would buy a pair of pants that were 30/32. Or that might be vice versa it might be the inseam waist rather than waste inseam. Anyway they're not subjective bizarre sizes like 12, 14, 00,2.

    Yes, that's true but they vary nowadays too, but yeah I have worn little boys and little girls clothes before at 240 lbs, cuz I'm weird well I always wore kids clothes once in a while in high school, I wear my sisters clothes when I'm was 240. She 11 but overweight little girls size 14-18.
  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    Any one else think kids clothes fit their body type better? Haha oh my I am weird lol :smiley:
  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    Well I think might start a new discussion soon. So anyways what are you guys feeling about size 000? :-)
  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    Well I guess I mostly wear juniors now that I've lost some weight
  • Pkov123
    Pkov123 Posts: 850 Member
    I'm going to start a new topic :)
  • dark_sparkles37019
    dark_sparkles37019 Posts: 114 Member
    I wear size 20 AMETHYST jeans 5'8 240lbs. Some xl mens tshirts fit me and some are too tight, so it would be a 2x in women I'm guessing. Sizing varies on the clothing
  • dark_sparkles37019
    dark_sparkles37019 Posts: 114 Member
    JillianRumrill, you will have to try on clothing when you are losing weight and even more when you get at your goal weight because plus sizes vary every 20lbs and regular sizes every 10 I've heard and sizes vary between brands.
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
    dark_sparkles37019 wrote: »
    I wear size 20 AMETHYST jeans 5'8 240lbs. Some xl mens tshirts fit me and some are too tight, so it would be a 2x in women I'm guessing. Sizing varies on the clothing

    They still make AMETHYST jeans?! Those were my jam back in college! BRB, off to see if I can find a pair!
  • lucerorojo
    lucerorojo Posts: 790 Member
    When I was 103 lbs. In 1980 I was a size 10 in juniors.
    In 1987 I was 115-125 lbs.and a size 4-8 in ladies. In 1990s I weighed between 130- 145 and wore a size 10-14 in ladies. I don't have them anymore but none of these outfits match up with today's sizing. They were all MUCH smaller.

    I was a size 12 about 10 years ago at 175 lbs. Not the same size 12 of 30 years ago.
    Sizing changed drastically with size zero which did not exist before. Size 4 was the smallest size you could find in most stores before.
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    I wish women's sizes were like men's- just inches and that's it. Vanity sizing is absolutely ridiculous. When I hear that someone is 170 pounds and wears a size 6 or 8 I just roll my eyes.
    In high school I was consistently 115 pounds and wore a size 7. Junior sizes did not exist and I believe the smallest size you could buy was a 3 (although I think I did have a friend who was very tiny who wore a 0, but she was the only person I knew that had that size).
    When I got to my highest weight I was 180 and was only in a size 12-14 (really?). If it was high school it would have been like a 20 probably.
    So so stupid. The clothing manufacturers are not fooling anyone.
    The only type of sizing that hasn't really changed is clothing patterns for sewing. I know that our sewing teacher has girls in tears when she measures them and tells them what size pattern to buy. They insist they don't wear that size but she then pulls out a skirt she wore in high school that looks very tiny to them and it has a tag that says size 9.
    Oh also if you go to Goodwill the clothes are much older so get ready to buy a larger size than what you're used to. Just sayin.
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    size varies in the same shop!! ignore the number on the label, try them on, buy what looks good.
    I've had a 12 and an 18 from the same shop on the same day (H&M, sort your sizes out!)
  • lucerorojo
    lucerorojo Posts: 790 Member
    I think the saddest thing is the vanity sizing makes women feel better about themselves because it's a smaller number. We shouldn't be so tied to these numbers. Second, it is misleading. I don't blame vanity sizing for my overeating but if sizes had remained the same (like men) if I had reached a size "30" as opposed to a fake 14 or 16 -- true sizing might make us more vigilant about weight/fat.
  • rachelr1116
    rachelr1116 Posts: 334 Member
    lucerorojo wrote: »
    I think the saddest thing is the vanity sizing makes women feel better about themselves because it's a smaller number. We shouldn't be so tied to these numbers. Second, it is misleading. I don't blame vanity sizing for my overeating but if sizes had remained the same (like men) if I had reached a size "30" as opposed to a fake 14 or 16 -- true sizing might make us more vigilant about weight/fat.

    Yes! I wore a size 9/10 in high school (at around 140 lbs) and my wedding dress was I think a size 12 or 14 (at around 160 lbs). I gained weight slowly and was able to keep buying size 14 for a long time because the size of the clothes kept getting bigger. I'm 193 lbs now and still buy a size 14 in some clothes. Even at my biggest (almost 240 lbs) I was "only" buying a size 18 so even though I knew I'd gained weight I didn't think it was really that bad because I was only wearing a few sizes bigger than I had when I got married.

    Vanity sizing is one of the reasons I prefer to buy clothes from thrift stores or sew my own clothes. Sewing pattern sizes haven't change for a long time and are based on body measurements. Thrift store clothes sizing is all crazy anyway because of vanity sizing over the years so I just don't pay attention to the size on the tag at all, I take a small tape measure with me and just measure things I like so I don't have to try everything on. In one shopping trip I might buy clothes in anything from a M to an XL depending on how old the item is.
  • Vonny198334
    Vonny198334 Posts: 178 Member
    Totally & absolutely!

    The other week I was trying on Bardot style jumpers. I ended up buying a UK size 6-8. I'm at least a size 12 in all my other top half clothes so this would drown someone who was actually this clothing size. If I compare it to my size 12 jumpers, they match almost perfectly.

    I also still have my secondary school dance dress, a UK size 16. It's *cough* 16 years old now *cough* & only just fits well. It's solid fabric with no give & all my present day dresses with a bit of stretchiness to them are a size 14. Again, when I hold them up armpit to armpit, they are the same size across.

    Not sure how vanity sizing helps anyone. Can imagine it could be the cause of much upset for some folk when they come across a(rare!) garment that's properly sized...

  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    dramaqueen45 wrote: »
    I wish women's sizes were like men's- just inches and that's it. Vanity sizing is absolutely ridiculous. When I hear that someone is 170 pounds and wears a size 6 or 8 I just roll my eyes.
    In high school I was consistently 115 pounds and wore a size 7. Junior sizes did not exist and I believe the smallest size you could buy was a 3 (although I think I did have a friend who was very tiny who wore a 0, but she was the only person I knew that had that size).
    When I got to my highest weight I was 180 and was only in a size 12-14 (really?). If it was high school it would have been like a 20 probably.
    So so stupid. The clothing manufacturers are not fooling anyone.
    The only type of sizing that hasn't really changed is clothing patterns for sewing. I know that our sewing teacher has girls in tears when she measures them and tells them what size pattern to buy. They insist they don't wear that size but she then pulls out a skirt she wore in high school that looks very tiny to them and it has a tag that says size 9.
    Oh also if you go to Goodwill the clothes are much older so get ready to buy a larger size than what you're used to. Just sayin.

    They even vanity size those now!!! I was so excited to see Target selling jeans based on waist size...until I tried them on and realized they were nowhere close to accurate. :angry:
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