What size pants do you wear?

Diggy2011 · January 2012

UK 12 pants are trouser/jeans right?

Daneece · January 2012

I started my weight loss at size 30 jeans!!!! In 6 mo I have lost 66 lbs and am proudly in a size 22! :-D

hairspraymafia · January 2012

As someone who works in the fashion industry doing fits, I can assure you that the number in your pants mean absolutely nothing! Vanity sizing is in every store. If you want to know your true size, look at a sewing pattern, those measures and numbers have never changed. You'll notice that chain stores sizes run much bigger than expensive, or European brands. For example, you'll be a size 6 at Gap, but a size 10 at Zara or Mango. You know how people say that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12? She was, but in today's sizes, she'd be a size 6.
I can also attest that, depending on the season, the size, fit and overall shapes of garments will change within the same brand. I sometimes get emails from stores asking that last season's size Large now becomes a size Medium. So, what we do is take all the fits with size Large, and get the manufacturers to stick a size Medium tag in there.
Don't get hung up on the number on the label, it really doesn't mean much

Interesting, very interesting... Do you think it's a ploy, to make women feel better so that we buy more becuase we can fit into a smaller size? Men's clothing is the same my husband wears a 34/32 and I can go any where and buy that size and it will fit him, I think that is because men wouldn't fight the fight.

That's what vanity sizing is all about! Sometimes the sizing gets changed to attract a different market. It's all about profits in the end!

CruzZ8 · January 2012

I'm 4'11 and weigh 144.2 pounds. My size is a 9/10...they fit kinda lose, but the size down is tighty muffin top so

I wish half sizes existed lol

ButtercupSprad · January 2012

I THOUGHT I was a size 5 until yesterday when I wore them, ever so confidently, and then realized after about 2 hours that I had no blood circulation and I had a permanent imprint of "DEREON" on my thigh.....(I actually started feeling light headed after wearing those jeans), soooooooo, I wear a 7/8.

ninjakitty419 · January 2012

When I was 235, I wore a size 24. Now I am 210 and I wear a 16. Those are different brands, though. I used to wear Faded Glory from Walmart because they were cheap and came in a big enough size. Now I wear pants from Maurice's because they still aren't too spendy but they look much more age appropriate.

ButtercupSprad · January 2012

-wooooooow.....that explains a lot then!!! Thanks
As someone who works in the fashion industry doing fits, I can assure you that the number in your pants mean absolutely nothing! Vanity sizing is in every store. If you want to know your true size, look at a sewing pattern, those measures and numbers have never changed. You'll notice that chain stores sizes run much bigger than expensive, or European brands. For example, you'll be a size 6 at Gap, but a size 10 at Zara or Mango. You know how people say that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12? She was, but in today's sizes, she'd be a size 6.
I can also attest that, depending on the season, the size, fit and overall shapes of garments will change within the same brand. I sometimes get emails from stores asking that last season's size Large now becomes a size Medium. So, what we do is take all the fits with size Large, and get the manufacturers to stick a size Medium tag in there.
Don't get hung up on the number on the label, it really doesn't mean much

Interesting, very interesting... Do you think it's a ploy, to make women feel better so that we buy more becuase we can fit into a smaller size? Men's clothing is the same my husband wears a 34/32 and I can go any where and buy that size and it will fit him, I think that is because men wouldn't fight the fight.
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That's what vanity sizing is all about! Sometimes the sizing gets changed to attract a different market. It's all about profits in the end!
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WBish3 · January 2012

5'3" 155lbs size 14-16. But literally ALL of my weight is my butt, hips and thighs. My waist is size 10 and so are my tops.

smketchum · January 2012

5' 1.5" (yes, I count that half inch!)
127 pounds
Size 6 or 28 in pants and jeans. Once in a while a size 4 but very rarely.

When I started on MFP a year ago, I was a size 10. I'm proud of my new size!

chachita7 · January 2012

5'2, 142lbs... currently wearing size 9s but they are loose - time to go shopping

Victoriav99 · January 2012

I have my mother's hips...I'm 5'3 and a half and weigh 125. My jean size is an 8. But i'm okay with it

aurie024 · January 2012

women's sizes are crazy. You can be all over the place depending on the store you buy your jeans from. I'm 5'2 164 size 10-12 depending on where they are from. When I was 120 I was a size 0. It really depends on each person/brand of jeans.