vanity sizing
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I don't care what the number says, I just wish it was standardized and consistent so I don't have to try on 5 million different sizes to find one that fits.10
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »...I won't buy online because I have no idea what the sizing will be like...
This. It's like rolling the dice. No online clothes shopping for me.2 -
It also stinks because if you’re in the smaller size range, you sometimes can’t find clothes small enough. I’m now in maintenance (110-115 lb, just under 5 feet tall), and some “small” clothes are still too big. I’ve found “small” clothes that I could have worn 100 pounds ago.7
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my take on vanity sizing: it isn't that I want to fit into a specific brand's clothing. I don't care about brand. It's that I want to buy clothing that doesn't cost a billion dollars, and it's still embarrassing (to me) to have to shop at a special store to find clothing that fits appropriately.
Torrid jeans are like, 50-80$. They fit well. If I'm lucky, I can find them on sale (a problem I have is that I don't like the ripped, distressed look, so I rarely have "clean" options on the sale rack) for cheaper.
The Old Navy pants I was so stoked over were around 25$ each. They fit OK.
Walmart pants are around 14$. If I happen to find my size, the fit is TERRIBAD, but acceptable enough that I will wear them bc I can afford them.
So, if a store carries size 00 to size 18, then I'll actually walk in and try to find clothes. However, stores don't usually carry very many of the larger sizes, and outside of that size 18 that may or may not fit, I have to go to a special store. It DOES affect my feels and self worth because I am working *kitten* hard to better myself and get healthier, but I still can't find *kitten* clothes. I put on what *should* fit me, and it doesn't.
Life would be much easier if there was some kind of standardization. It wouldn't fix the need to shop special stores or the big girl section, but it would save a lot of time and grief by knowing if we should even attempt trying on clothes.
This is a little ranty, sorry. After the above post, I found one of my 2x shirts of one brand and L of another which were the same size and I blew a gasket.6 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Yep, the States is the worst for vanity sizing, which has been going on for ages but really did get worse in the 90s. UK/Australian sizing is what USA and Canadian sizing used to be 20 years ago; 10 years ago a UK 14 was a US 12 and now a UK 14 is supposedly a US 10.
When I was in high school in the 70s and 80s I was 5' 5" and 115 pounds and a perfect size 10 . The smallest size you could buy was a 6, and it was almost impossible to find them in department stores.
Wow now in the us 115 at 5’5 is usually a 00/0
Yep. In 1980? Size 10.3 -
I went shopping at h&m and depending on the style of the shorts I would be different sizes.
My go to store is tjmaxx due to the different brands I can try on a range of sizes and brands and find something that fits well.2 -
Old Navy run very large. I can't shop there. Everything is ill fitting.
I have a pair of designer jeans now in size 27 waist. I have a 28 inch waist and they are on the looser side.1 -
I have several pairs of Old Navy work slacks, boyfriends jeans, and high waist jeans in a size 4 that fit a little loose, and one pair of those stupid Rockstar super skinny jeans in an 8 that barely fit. I have 2 pairs of Lucky Brand Jeans in a 28 that fit well. I have a pair of Cambridge khaki shorts in a 2 that fit. Most stores I can fit a 4 in pants and dresses. I wear a small or medium depending on stretch in tops.
Btw, I was told by a WW leader not to get too excited about wearing these sizes because they mean nothing since everything is vanity sized. Considering I started at an 18 I'll be as excited as I wanna be.13 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Yep, the States is the worst for vanity sizing, which has been going on for ages but really did get worse in the 90s. UK/Australian sizing is what USA and Canadian sizing used to be 20 years ago; 10 years ago a UK 14 was a US 12 and now a UK 14 is supposedly a US 10.
When I was in high school in the 70s and 80s I was 5' 5" and 115 pounds and a perfect size 10 . The smallest size you could buy was a 6, and it was almost impossible to find them in department stores.
Wow now in the us 115 at 5’5 is usually a 00/0
She also said the smallest you could buy was a 6....so it's all relative. A person who is 5'5" and weigh 115 pounds is thin. They were even thin back in the 70's..lol
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I used to say I was a size 10 even when I weighed 185 pounds at 5'5".
And no *kitten* I was a size 10....everything has stretch in it. I could gain another 20 pounds and be a size 10 still. In reality. Remove the stretch and I was more like a size 12 or 14.
Who are we kidding here...lol ourselves obviously.
I have lost 32 pounds and I went to a thrift store looking for some high end jeans, brands such as - 7 for all mankind, Hudson, Banana Republic. They are super cute. They retail $100 and up brand new. This thrift store sells them for 10-30 dollars and they are in great shape.
I looked for a size 29/8 knowing they would likely fit due to the 1% stretch they adding in the material. Well, they came on and fitted like a glove. I didn't even have to force them over my hips this time and holding my stomach in to button them. I had to do a double check on the size. So that was a nice surprise.2 -
It's stupid and annoying because you can't buy anything without trying it first.1
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I've always been roughly around the same size/weight, within a pretty narrow range, and in high school in the 1990s I was an 8 and am now a 4. But if I shop at Target or Old Navy, it's even smaller. My wedding dress was the only couture thing I ever owned, and it was a 12!!! So who knows. I think it's more of an indication of progress if something that you owned which used to be too tight is now too loose than if the new dress you just bought is a smaller size than usual.0
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It's so annoying!! I can wear a 2 with room to spare, at Old Navy. I know I'm thin, but I'm not that thin! And it doesn't make me feel any better about myself. I know what they are doing haha! I have pants in sizes 2, 4 and 6. They all fit. I take the average as my starting point at most stores, so I usually start with a 4. But I won't shop online because who knows what size it really is?! I tried on 2 pairs of pants at the Gap, both size 2. One fit, one was way too tight. I give up!0
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I was at Kohl's this weekend and tried on a 10, which has been pretty snug since being a lazy tracker the last few weeks. It was too big and I needed an 8! I definitely know I am not a "real" 8.0
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I was at Kohl's this weekend and tried on a 10, which has been pretty snug since being a lazy tracker the last few weeks. It was too big and I needed an 8! I definitely know I am not a "real" 8.
Kohls is the worst!! I tried on a few dresses in a small and they were hanging off of me. Come on!! I am definitely not small enough to be sized out of the store. I'm 5'7" 140lbs. Right in the middle of a healthy BMI. So frustrating.3 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »...I won't buy online because I have no idea what the sizing will be like...
This. It's like rolling the dice. No online clothes shopping for me.
get a measuring tape.
i have no problem buying online. i know my measurements and go by that, not by size4 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »...I won't buy online because I have no idea what the sizing will be like...
This. It's like rolling the dice. No online clothes shopping for me.
get a measuring tape.
i have no problem buying online. i know my measurements and go by that, not by size
Same.
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I had bought a vintage NY fashion house silk dress ten years ago. I never fit in that dress. I just tried it on a few weekends ago and I now fit in it. My regular clothes are three sizes smaller than this dress. I remember what I was in high school (I'm 56 now) and I was in a larger size in high school and weighed 23 pounds less. But like you say, go by how you feel...at least my age you do.0
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »...I won't buy online because I have no idea what the sizing will be like...
This. It's like rolling the dice. No online clothes shopping for me.
get a measuring tape.
i have no problem buying online. i know my measurements and go by that, not by size
^I've actually had more luck online shopping using my measurements than shopping at a store in person.3 -
I HATE vanity sizing. I wish that it all had to be related to a standardized measurement at certain points of the garment.
If the garment is made for women with wider hips then it can be a size 2 at the waste with x inches at the hip.
That way if I have to go up a size I am given accurate feed back. IMO Vanity sizing should be illegal because frankly it's a form of manipulation and almost has a gaslighting effect on women. It's confusing and makes shopping a pain in the *kitten*1
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