Waist sizes & clothes.

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I'm a 36" waist, measured and everything. Yet I just received a pair of 34" shorts and they're still too big, too the point where 32" would probably be the correct fit. I find the same thing with jeans.

Makes it really difficult to know what size to get when shopping online. Does everybody else have the same issue?
 
Shorts have always been massive compared to proper trousers or jeans.

There was a discussion that all female stores are labelling larger sizes as smaller sizes so they make women feel better that they can say fit in to an 8 but in reality they are a 12 or 14
 
Yes.
inches are inches normally, yet in clothes they dont always mean what they are :(
 
I find it depends on where you shop.

For example, I need a 38" in jeans at Burtons, but at Asda I can ge in a 36"
Goes for tops as well, XL at Burtons, large at Asda
 
Get this as well and it really can go either way.

Typically I am a 34" waist but can get a 34" that can fall off me or a 36" that only just fits.
 
It's called vanity sizing and yes it's a pain. Generally you need to add 2" to get the real size and usually the cheaper high street brands are the worst offenders
 
I find most 32" trousers to be pretty consistent :D. It also depends where they've been measured to fit as very few people wear tousers round their actual waists now and they sit lower which tends to be slimmer. So an actual 36" waist trouser may be really loose on 34" hips.
 
Yep. Ordered a 30" waist for 'smart' trousers and they were far too small, required at least a 32", yet I ordered a pair of 32" jeans but when I tried them on they were about 3.5" too big.
 
I hate trying on clothes in shops but just do it now. It is the only way to be sure something will fit you. Same reason I don't order them online much. I'm a bit shocked you have never noticed this before?
 
Even the same brand can be completely different. Got 3 pairs of Duck and cover jeans all 32", 1 far to tight, 1 fits and the other to big. Same with FCUK, its a complete pain
 
I never buy cloths online for this reason. When I buy them from the shop I usually always try it on first, especially with Jeans/trousers. With Tshirts/jumpers you can guess.
 
Considering the inch is a standard unit of measurement (as oppose to 2XL) they SHOULD all be the same!

I can differ by 5" depending on the type/brand of the garment...
 
It's the same with shoes. I'm a size 12. I've tried on a size 12 before and they were huge, Far too big. No problem I'll try the 11. Absolutely nowhere near being able to fit in them. In the same shop I try on a 12 in another shoe and it's far too small, I can't even get my foot in it. I asked to try another 12 in the same shoe because I was sure the first one was labelled wrong but that was the same.

I don't tend to buy clothes online for that reason. Not so much for the trouble of returning them, just because I know that if something didn't fit quite right, I'd keep it out of laziness but never wear it. Obviously, I wouldn't plan to do that, but that's what would happen
 
I just bought a pair of shorts with a 34" waist and they're a perfect fit, same with my jeans, yet sometimes I'll try something and only a 36" waist will fit. Surely 34" means 34"!!!
 
I have the same problem and it's very frustrating.

It's the type of thing the EU should actually be regulating properly rather than wasting time removing jugs of olive oil from restaurant tables.
 
weringo said:
I have the same problem and it's very frustrating.

It's the type of thing the EU should actually be regulating properly rather than wasting time removing jugs of olive oil from restaurant tables.
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LOL.

Good point though. I'm 30" waist in most things, but then some are just oddballs.
 
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