Just a rant here... Womens pants sizes. WTF?

JeaninePaige
JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
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Y U SO FRUSTRATING?!

Why is it that every brand must make their sizes totally different? Really, is it just to piss us all off? 'Cause it's working.

I can be a size 8 in a pair of jeans and then try another brand and be a 10... Then another brand and I need a 13?!? I absolutely loathe going shopping for bottoms... It is so frustrating.

I literally have to try on so many random sizes to find just one pair that fits.

There should really just be standard measurements, it would make life so much easier.
Like how men's pants are like 32x34, etc? :( Ugh.

Sorry, just had to rant quick since I had to deal with that nightmare today.
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  • blackmagic10
    blackmagic10 Posts: 335 Member
    it's the same with shoes
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    Ugh, yes. Shoes too. :(
    But at least I don't feel as bad with shoe sizes as I do with clothing sizes.
    I'm working on it though.
  • xASHYxSMASHYx
    xASHYxSMASHYx Posts: 175 Member
    Or they go up in increments of two, and you would be the inbetween size that they don't even make.
  • Syderelli
    Syderelli Posts: 439 Member
    Ugh, I hate it too!!! I went shopping today too. What's even more frustrating is when you Are different sizes even in The same brand! Yuk!
  • blackmagic10
    blackmagic10 Posts: 335 Member
    so I'm guess you either have wide hips or a big booty ;) which both are good you look great but I'm sure you have your goals just like me just don't lose to much
  • Erindipitous
    Erindipitous Posts: 1,234 Member
    I'm anywhere from a 2 to a 5 or 7. It's frustrating.

    Is it bad that I tend to only wear the brand that I am 2's because the number makes me feel better about myself? :P
  • rbl1225
    rbl1225 Posts: 235 Member
    This is what I have learned- most stores have their own sizing chart if you order offline measure! then double check! Also before I went out with some friends I looked up some stores (through google) that I knew we would be in like forever21 they have the same thing. Takes up some time yes but in the store I don't have to risk trying pants on that won't fit especially if I am out with people!
  • sevencallmemom
    sevencallmemom Posts: 505 Member
    It's crazy! I wear a 12 in most brands, but then there's one brand I can wear an 8 and another a 14. Wore 11's the other day that I was pulling up all day long because they were trying their best to fall off!
  • lilybear84
    lilybear84 Posts: 57
    I know what you mean, a 7/9 at Rue 21, a size 12/13 at Ross It makes me feel so bad about myself like what size am I really????
  • rbl1225
    rbl1225 Posts: 235 Member
    I'm anywhere from a 2 to a 5 or 7. It's frustrating.

    Is it bad that I tend to only wear the brand that I am 2's because the number makes me feel better about myself? :P

    haha I do the same thing :P
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    I know what you mean, a 7/9 at Rue 21, a size 12/13 at Ross It makes me feel so bad about myself like what size am I really????

    Exactly!! It makes me think that my size is "difficult" or totally weird. :(
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    so I'm guess you either have wide hips or a big booty ;) which both are good you look great but I'm sure you have your goals just like me just don't lose to much

    I have both unfortunately lol. Even when I was "skinny". But the grass is always greener on the other side. :P
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    The reason for this is because of the different fabrics used. I can fit into a smaller spandex/denim pair of jeans, while a nice dress pant probably wont stretch as much for me.

    Its all in the fabric.
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    Ugh, I hear ya... I was also wearing 11's the other day and pulling them up constantly... I needed to buy a belt.
    But they fit throughout the leg, just not at the waist.
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    The reason for this is because of the different fabrics used. I can fit into a smaller spandex/denim pair of jeans, while a nice dress pant probably wont stretch as much for me.

    Its all in the fabric.

    Good point.
  • bjshields
    bjshields Posts: 677 Member
    Yep, it's just one more lame marketing ploy to get us to buy. I had a lady at a sewing shop say that if you are a 10 in the store, you are a 12 for patterns, because they haven't changed those. I guess that makes me a 12, boo!:grumble:
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    this is why i pretty much just stick to a few stores for shopping. i dont have patience to go on an easer egg hunt.

    oh and i've found that the most generous sizing happens with designers. i have a dress that's labelled as a size 10 and i can assure you i am not a size 10 yet
  • shorty35565
    shorty35565 Posts: 1,425 Member
    I was just complaining ab this to my friend earlier. Amen sister!
  • LaurieInRose
    LaurieInRose Posts: 13
    While I agree it is aggravating, there are several reasons why it could happen. Depending on where the particular garment you are trying on was in the 'cut pile', it will be larger or smaller. Which means that even the same size from the same manufacturer in the same style could fit differently! Also, and this was something I only learned when my daughter became a teenager, even sizes are 'women's' and odd sizes are 'junior's'. Clothes cut for women are different than clothes cut for juniors.... women's are a bit roomier in the hips generally... there were other differences, but I don't remember then all now. So you may want to go somewhere and try on women's sizes and junior sizes and see which seem to have the right cut for you and then try on several pair of the same style/size pant and see if you find one that fits.
    Frustrating.... absolutely... but, you are looking for clothes in a smaller size (most likely) and that is amazing!
  • tonyaf78
    tonyaf78 Posts: 29 Member
    and i thought this wouldn't be an issue anymore once i hit my goal! at my heaviest i was constantly pulling my pants up and even losing my pants (literally)... i think i would do the same thing as one of the other girls stated... find a size that fits at different stores and only buy from the smaller store!!! :laugh: :happy: :tongue:
  • loubeth22
    loubeth22 Posts: 72
    Hehe, I'm the same. Mr Man thinks I'm so unfemine because I hate shopping more than anything.

    Monday I went shopping for a dress to wear to his fancy work function. Store #1 I was a 12-14 and nothing sat right, Store #2 I was a 10-12 and needed to either go buy some chicken fillets to wear with them or go braless. Then I decided to try a 'formal attire' shop even though I really didn't want to spend a heap. I got a sexy little black thing in a dressmakers size 8 (this is the only standardized measurement I've ever seen) which fit perfectly. The sales lady told me that they make all their dresses to the standard and then if you go in and it sits a little off they can take it in or let it out as needed for a small fee, she also offered to "pad the cleavage area just so" to "maximize the assets". I nearly died.:laugh: I shall be shopping tailored clothes from now on.
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I have this weird quirk when it comes to ever ordering online, especially because I basically live in the middle of nowhere. When I get a chance to go to the city and go to the mall, I make a day of trying on clothes at all the stores I like to order from. Then I write down the sizes. If I want to buy that day, then I do, but if I don't, then I can come home and order later at my convenience. As for the size thing... all stores/brands are different, even within the same store. You pretty much cannot blindly pick something off the rack and walk to register to pay without first trying it on. I can still remember when it wasn't so much like that...
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    While I agree it is aggravating, there are several reasons why it could happen. Depending on where the particular garment you are trying on was in the 'cut pile', it will be larger or smaller. Which means that even the same size from the same manufacturer in the same style could fit differently! Also, and this was something I only learned when my daughter became a teenager, even sizes are 'women's' and odd sizes are 'junior's'. Clothes cut for women are different than clothes cut for juniors.... women's are a bit roomier in the hips generally... there were other differences, but I don't remember then all now. So you may want to go somewhere and try on women's sizes and junior sizes and see which seem to have the right cut for you and then try on several pair of the same style/size pant and see if you find one that fits.
    Frustrating.... absolutely... but, you are looking for clothes in a smaller size (most likely) and that is amazing!

    This is so true and great info I didn't know. :)
    I will do that! I had no clue about the odd and even sizes being cut differently.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    I'm right with you on that. I'm bordering on getting into a 6 at one store, but bordering almost too big for an 8 at another. I've measured and know that 8 is my size, but having to try everything on to make sure that 8 is THEIR size 8 is infuriating at times.

    Same for BRAS. If the size is the same, then any differences should be in the front, depending on if you're trying to lift, let loose, push up, spread out, spin tassels, go bare, distract, heave over each shoulder, etc. YTF is this 34" band that goes around the body not the same length as that 34" one?!

    There are also a few stores that inflate the range of their lower sizes, too... *cough*OldNavy*cough*... so someone who normally wears an 8 could easily fit into a 6 and possibly a 4 if their hips aren't wide. I'd rather honest sizing than false hope, ya know?
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    There should really just be standard measurements, it would make life so much easier.
    Like how men's pants are like 32x34, etc? :( Ugh.

    Men's sizes aren't really as simple as that, the waist sizes aren't really what they claim to be.

    I have a friend that wore size 34 when his waist was 38 inches, and they were loose on him. I recently borrowed a pair of size of his shorts, size 36, and they were bigger than my hips. My hips are 40 inches!
  • julesw734
    julesw734 Posts: 100
    So true.. I am now a 11 or 10 petites, but my big problem is the length of the pants.. I am 5 foot so everything I buy is to long and I have to take it to a seamstress to get the length altered.. I never know what size to wear.. luckily I love to wear belts.. Slacks are worst than Jeans are..
  • JeaninePaige
    JeaninePaige Posts: 464 Member
    There should really just be standard measurements, it would make life so much easier.
    Like how men's pants are like 32x34, etc? :( Ugh.

    Men's sizes aren't really as simple as that, the waist sizes aren't really what they claim to be.

    I have a friend that wore size 34 when his waist was 38 inches, and they were loose on him. I recently borrowed a pair of size of his shorts, size 36, and they were bigger than my hips. My hips are 40 inches!

    Oh jeez, then I feel for the men, too!
    I've always just seen a lot of them go into the store, grab a folded pair of pants, buy 'em and be fine.
  • rbl1225
    rbl1225 Posts: 235 Member
    So true.. I am now a 11 or 10 petites, but my big problem is the length of the pants.. I am 5 foot so everything I buy is to long and I have to take it to a seamstress to get the length altered.. I never know what size to wear.. luckily I love to wear belts.. Slacks are worst than Jeans are..

    I learned the word petite and short on pants mean if you are about 5' 4 I am just under 5 ft and it sucks. I have learned the perfect art of folding without leaving a crease and not having to sew it :P and anytime I have to wear any sort of dress pants I just want to light them on fire

    had to edit its late and I can't spell :P
  • ang3h
    ang3h Posts: 185 Member
    I hate pants. Every brand has a different sizing and most brands are not geared toward short girls with wide hips. It is so hard to find a flattering pair of pants.
  • jlynnet
    jlynnet Posts: 5 Member
    its the same thing for us bigger girls! there is the 16 and 16w which are two totally different things and yet... sometimes their not. recently Lane Bryant (okay, it was a couple of years ago) introduced their new fit concept by your shape and started numbering their jeans 1,2,3,4 and then a shape circle, square, triangle that corrosponds to your body shape. The sales lady the first I heard of this was explaining it to me and I cut her off with a "well that's it, I am not buy jeans here anymore!" how horrible! not just to figure out your "shape" but to then try on the jeans and a 1 in this shape has no relation to a 1 in another shape. Add to that the fact that I am a 6 footer with a 34 - 36" inseam and you have a resipe for violence!

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