Has anyone else found that clothes sizes vary quite a lot from shop to shop? In Dorothy Perkins I'm size 12/14 and in New Look I'm size 16!!! It's soul destroying, why do shops do this?!
2006-07-26 21:44:02 · 15 answers · asked by long_luscious_lashes 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
I find it the same, Im sometimes 2 sizes bigger in a different shop!!
Im going to open a shop where all the clothes are actually 2 sizes bigger than they are labelled. ie a size 16 would have 12 label on it!! I know that I refuse to buy clothes if I need to take 2 sizes bigger
2006-07-26 21:48:10 · answer #1 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some shops are more generous, because they know that if a person fits in a dress size smaller than what they normally buy, they are more likely to buy it because of the ego boost. Particularly the cheaper shops.
Another reason is the cut. I'm long in the body, but short in the leg, so sometimes trousers/jeans etc the waist band sits on my waist and I'm an 8/10. If they are short in the 'seat' I need a 12 atleast because the waist is half way to my hips.
This principle is the same with dresses etc. I am the same size I was befor the children with the exception of my bra size. Sometimes I can still wear an 8/10. Sometimes if it is cut in a certain way, I need a little more room and have to go for a 10/12.
I make my own clothes sometimes and I know that no one resembles patterns anymore. The last time the shape of women in relation to patterns was reviewed was the 70's.
Don't take it to heart. If it's too small, it doesn't mean you are bigger, just a better shape.
2006-07-27 05:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Nneave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some shops sizings are deliberately flattering, like H+M where a 12 would be a 10, but then you get the other extreme like Jane Norman where you have to go up at least one or two sizes. What really gets me is how gossip magazines say so and so is a "curvy size 12", I think a 14 is the average size in England!
2006-07-27 09:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by ANNIE C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap shops tend to make their clothes smaller to save on material; expensive shops (especially ones for older ladies) make their clothes larger to make their customers feel good.
Clothing manufacturers in the States have taken it to extremes - they have actually redefined what the sizes are, so whereas 20 years ago a UK size 12 was the same as a US size 12, it's now a US size 8/10. It's purely to flatter an ageing population (because you tend to put on weight as you get older) and to satisfy the demand to be slim.
2006-07-27 12:01:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's really annoying an can only be explained by poor manufacturing standards. i find it with bras and pants as well. it even varies in the same shop... Next 10 for skirts but i had to try on a 16 for jeans? they just don't fit. Bought the skirt but the jeans were huge round the waist! shops are losing money.
2006-07-27 05:26:43 · answer #5 · answered by minerva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of shops do that,
Marks and Spencer, put size 8 in size 10's and so on, to make the customer feel better. I know this because I am an 8 and when I buy anything in Marks' it is ill fitting and loose.
New Look do not decieve their customers.. Size 8 in there, fits me.
2006-07-27 04:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by super_star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't no but i no exactly what u mean! i've been loosing alot of weight recently and its such a boost going into a shop and getting nto a size 14! then the next shop i go into i'm a size 16! there really cud do with bein some regularity on clothing sizes.
2006-07-27 04:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by emma s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have noticed,the more expensive the clothing is the smaller the size on the label.Three years ago We had our family Christmas at my son's home.His wife asked what size jeans I wore,I told her 5 petite.So she said she had a few pairs of jeans for me.I go and try on pair and the darn things fell to my ankles! this was after they were buttoned and zipped up! My son figured it out right away but it took awhile for his wife to realize the size on the label was surely not the actual size of the jeans.They do the same thing with shoes too! Store owners want people with money to spend to spend it at their store! There fore the size is a feel good about yourself thing I think!
2006-07-27 05:06:02 · answer #8 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who is making the clothing. If you buy a pair of size 7 jeans at Target they will more likely be true to size. If you go to Abercrombie and Fitch for the same size jean...you will feel as though youve gained 500 lbs and want to hang yourself. Those na-zis!
2006-07-27 04:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by Amynesiac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its annoying, and about time they sorted it out.
also hate those sizes 12/14.... 16/18 too
and as for S M L XL XXL... just don't get me started
I take a tape measure when I buy jeans, skirts etc now to measure the waist band... surely if food has to be correctly weighed, then clothes should be uniform size too!
2006-07-27 04:52:24 · answer #10 · answered by Breeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋