I knew a guy when I lived in New York. He used to scratch off the 32 on his jeans and put in 31.
IcedWarlock on
Are you taking the material thickness into account here. You’d need to measure the inside. Not outside to get 28.
Cavalish on
Measure the inside of a post-wash, unworn skirt and you’ll probably get closer.
stirwise on
I’m not saying sizes are accurate, but is this skirt meant to hit at your natural waist? Sometimes they use waist size even though the garment is meant to sit lower. Sometimes they’re also just totally full of shit, though.
becausemercy on
I used to work for Tillys, this is extremely common for them. As an assistant store manager, I was expected to wear their clothes but holy fuck I could barely ever find bottoms that fit my body there. Even the largest size was too small for my hips most of the time, but sometimes it fit. I literally never knew what the sizes would actually be. A lot of the time I ended up just shopping in the men’s side of the store.
SeekerOfSerenity on
These comments are a copium den, lol.
NeoNova9 on
How are they gonna sell you a belt?
intrepid_nostalgia on
The numbers on clothing in general, especially women’s clothing, have no rhyme or reason and don’t correlate to anything at all.
The skirt labeled as “28” isn’t supposed to be 28”… it’s just a size that they call “28” that is ‘*X*’ amount of inches.
This varies company to company, brand to brand, even article to article within the same brand.
Moral of the story, just check the manufacturer’s dimensions and ignore what they label the size as.
mmaster23 on
I’m old enough to remember the show “Are you being served” where the sales people would force their knees into the pants/skirt and wide it up that way.
“Are you free, Mr Humphries?”
PeterNippelstein on
Ive noticed this in men’s clothes too. The pants that fit me best are 30 and 31s and when I measured my waist it read 34.
boersc on
It’s one of the first things we Europeans learn. US Large == EU XXXL.
Never seen it like this with actual numbers though.
Any-Tomato-2915 on
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maxoger on
That’s so annoying. I bought some jeans without trying them on. Same manufacturer, same cut, same size I had at home. They are too loose.
recentlyunearthed on
28 inches is *the human’s* waist measurement not the skirt’s measurement.
Does it fit someone who’s narrowest point in their middle is 28 inches?
HidroRaider on
I’m a 5’10” guy and size 32 jeans fit well or sometimes are too wide. I measured my waist and it sits closer to 36 inches. I googled it and it turns out a lot of clothing brands shave off a substantial width so people feel better with themselves.
bouquetofashes on
My husband just got new pants. I don’t know what the pants themselves measure but his waist/area where his pants sit measures like 34-35″. The pants he just got are sized as a 30. They’re kinda too big. That’s absolutely insane vanity sizing to me.
Some guy gave me his shorts a while ago, they were a 32. That was the ostensible size. I could *easily* pull them up over my then 36″ hips. I’m pretty sure they’d be way too big to wear even with a belt now. That’s just… That’s such a disparity, like I can understand an inch or two because of how fabric is cut and people are making them and so forth, but like 5″ is a bit much.
discofunkbunny on
34″ and 60. Just skinny bugger. But fan still drop and give 20 push-ups.. maybe 10.. .
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I knew a guy when I lived in New York. He used to scratch off the 32 on his jeans and put in 31.
Are you taking the material thickness into account here. You’d need to measure the inside. Not outside to get 28.
Measure the inside of a post-wash, unworn skirt and you’ll probably get closer.
I’m not saying sizes are accurate, but is this skirt meant to hit at your natural waist? Sometimes they use waist size even though the garment is meant to sit lower. Sometimes they’re also just totally full of shit, though.
I used to work for Tillys, this is extremely common for them. As an assistant store manager, I was expected to wear their clothes but holy fuck I could barely ever find bottoms that fit my body there. Even the largest size was too small for my hips most of the time, but sometimes it fit. I literally never knew what the sizes would actually be. A lot of the time I ended up just shopping in the men’s side of the store.
These comments are a copium den, lol.
How are they gonna sell you a belt?
The numbers on clothing in general, especially women’s clothing, have no rhyme or reason and don’t correlate to anything at all.
The skirt labeled as “28” isn’t supposed to be 28”… it’s just a size that they call “28” that is ‘*X*’ amount of inches.
This varies company to company, brand to brand, even article to article within the same brand.
Moral of the story, just check the manufacturer’s dimensions and ignore what they label the size as.
I’m old enough to remember the show “Are you being served” where the sales people would force their knees into the pants/skirt and wide it up that way.
“Are you free, Mr Humphries?”
Ive noticed this in men’s clothes too. The pants that fit me best are 30 and 31s and when I measured my waist it read 34.
It’s one of the first things we Europeans learn. US Large == EU XXXL.
Never seen it like this with actual numbers though.
Lovely nails
That’s so annoying. I bought some jeans without trying them on. Same manufacturer, same cut, same size I had at home. They are too loose.
28 inches is *the human’s* waist measurement not the skirt’s measurement.
Does it fit someone who’s narrowest point in their middle is 28 inches?
I’m a 5’10” guy and size 32 jeans fit well or sometimes are too wide. I measured my waist and it sits closer to 36 inches. I googled it and it turns out a lot of clothing brands shave off a substantial width so people feel better with themselves.
My husband just got new pants. I don’t know what the pants themselves measure but his waist/area where his pants sit measures like 34-35″. The pants he just got are sized as a 30. They’re kinda too big. That’s absolutely insane vanity sizing to me.
Some guy gave me his shorts a while ago, they were a 32. That was the ostensible size. I could *easily* pull them up over my then 36″ hips. I’m pretty sure they’d be way too big to wear even with a belt now. That’s just… That’s such a disparity, like I can understand an inch or two because of how fabric is cut and people are making them and so forth, but like 5″ is a bit much.
34″ and 60. Just skinny bugger. But fan still drop and give 20 push-ups.. maybe 10.. .