Men have it so simple...even a beer gut they measure across their hipbones and wear jeans under their beer belly.
Us women we wear pants higher, let's say just about or around our belly button.
Hips may measure 40" waist may measure 30, but that is not the measurement around hips nor belly button. Why can't us be measure based on belly button as a waist measure?
1) I don't wear my pants on my waist...hehe...that would mean 80's style!! I wear my pants at belly button level or below...why can't we go by those measurements??? Waist maybe 30 but belly button may measure 35. Why is the fashion industry against women???
2) Why do they say 30" when they actually mean 35'?
YES, this EXACTLY! I wear a 29/30 in jeans... but I don't measure that down where I wear my jeans. It doesn't make much sense :P. My husband measures 34" at his hips/waist where he wears his pants. He wears a 34" pant. Go figure! Don't even get me started on inseams. How come they get the whole range and all we get is petite/regular/long? Longs are sometimes too short for me and sometimes I need a regular. There is no rhyme or reason to this, either. Please just give me a measurement in inches!!!
As it happens, I went shopping with my husband yesterday - for pants. They're doing it for men, too! He tried on probably ten pairs of pants, all the same waist/length and the fit was all over the place and none of them were his actual waist size (measured before he went). GUYS PANTS which are measured BY INCHES are totally lying about the inches, now.
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Yes !!! i thought i was the only one that noticed .... my hubby wears a 36 in most stores but we checked with a measuring tape hes actually 39.5 inches around ....
i knew he didnt look like no damn 36 ... that sure wiped the smile off his face !
Hehe...give me pants that say 35" waist (measured at belly button with 30" inseam; meaning 30 inches from my crotch to to the floor -- MY DD would need 33" inseam cause she is tall AND 27" belly button waist. -- REALLY...would this too much to ask?
27 waist with 33 inseam for her
35 waist with 30 inseam for me
Yep, guys pants lie too! DH is just under 40" at his waist and 36 pants are falling off of him!
That must really depend on the brand because everything my husband owns is true to size. And he has been about the same weight for 30 years (he went up twenty for awhile, but is back down) and he has always worn a 32" or a 34" when he was 20 pounds heavier. We just measured his 32s the other day and sure enough - 32. I could wear them no problem as my waist is now 31" (in the morning, sucked in).
That must really depend on the brand because everything my husband owns is true to size. And he has been about the same weight for 30 years (he went up twenty for awhile, but is back down) and he has always worn a 32" or a 34" when he was 20 pounds heavier. We just measured his 32s the other day and sure enough - 32. I could wear them no problem as my waist is now 31" (in the morning, sucked in).
True....
My DH has stayed the same weight wise (+/- 15 pounds and he is nearly 6'3") during our 20 years of marriage. He takes 34 on Levi's jeans; he likes them loose. He took 34's 20 years ago and I just bought him "umpthteen" pair of Levi's, same ole 34.
Wonder if Levi's for women have changed their sizing over the years?
On other brands as well. I do all his shopping and I have always bought size 34/34. I have never returned anything because of a wrong size.
I think it's two things. 1. the pants are from Old Navy and the vanity sizing and quality control are insane there and 2. He's all waist and no butt/legs so pants have to fit perfectly on him to stay up.
I think all clothing designers/manufacturers should switch womens clothing sizes over to something similar to mens sizes. No 'misleading' numbers on the clothes, just everything spelled out in inches/cm with ACCURATE measurements none of us would have trouble getting the right clothing size.
This would certainly eliminate a lot of the 'snooty'/vanity factor in sizing and let us get on with life instead of stressing ourselves out over meaningless/fictional sizing.
In addition, there should be a uniform language about fit - i.e. relaxed means it will give 2 or 3 inches or something like that.
My DH has stayed the same weight wise (+/- 15 pounds and he is nearly 6'3") during our 20 years of marriage. He takes 34 on Levi's jeans; he likes them loose. He took 34's 20 years ago and I just bought him "umpthteen" pair of Levi's, same ole 34.
Wonder if Levi's for women have changed their sizing over the years?
On other brands as well. I do all his shopping and I have always bought size 34/34. I have never returned anything because of a wrong size.
Yep, Sven has worn 32x34 (32x33 if we can find it) from Levi's and Dockers forever and ever. He just has to tell me what color he needs and I go get it.
i was at target yesterday looking for a shirt for work and i thought of this thread.
i got a tank top and a couple short sleeve shirts.
wait for it ...
XS.
ain't no way my 5'2" 144lb frame is an XS. and it made me think..if i want to lose weight, if i do lose about 20 lbs, what size will i be then??
kids section, i guess.
so i can definitly feel the pain of those who are smaller than me and just want to buy (adult section) clothes at target if they want to. and i don't think it's fair to those who are larger than me, thinking that they "aren't that big".
ain't no way my 5'2" 144lb frame is an XS. and it made me think..if i want to lose weight, if i do lose about 20 lbs, what size will i be then??
I'm pudgier right now, but couple of years ago when I was 110 pounds, I had major issues finding clothes that are properly fitting AND age appropriate (I'm 52). At 130 pounds I'm still in most of my 4P clothes, and at 110 lbs I was wearing anywhere from 0P to 2P depending on the brand. Ridiculous. And just for giggles I went to the girls section and found that I fit into a 14 girls. I felt almost penalized for working so hard to lose the weight and get in shape - only to get all frustrated over trying to find new clothes that fit me. I finally found new shops, but still never have a lot of choices. Thank goodness for online shopping.
I vote for sizing by inches and losing the silly arbitrary sizes that mean nothing anymore anyway. Just who are they trying to kid? But, I'm not in the clothing business.
I'm pudgier right now, but couple of years ago when I was 110 pounds, I had major issues finding clothes that are properly fitting AND age appropriate (I'm 52). At 130 pounds I'm still in most of my 4P clothes, and at 110 lbs I was wearing anywhere from 0P to 2P depending on the brand. Ridiculous. And just for giggles I went to the girls section and found that I fit into a 14 girls. I felt almost penalized for working so hard to lose the weight and get in shape - only to get all frustrated over trying to find new clothes that fit me. I finally found new shops, but still never have a lot of choices. Thank goodness for online shopping.
I vote for sizing by inches and losing the silly arbitrary sizes that mean nothing anymore anyway. Just who are they trying to kid? But, I'm not in the clothing business.
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Originally Posted by valalltogether
i was at target yesterday looking for a shirt for work and i thought of this thread.
i got a tank top and a couple short sleeve shirts.
wait for it ...
XS.
ain't no way my 5'2" 144lb frame is an XS. and it made me think..if i want to lose weight, if i do lose about 20 lbs, what size will i be then??
kids section, i guess.
so i can definitly feel the pain of those who are smaller than me and just want to buy (adult section) clothes at target if they want to. and i don't think it's fair to those who are larger than me, thinking that they "aren't that big".
I've started shopping in the kids section actually. Just for pants, since I'm a bit more broad shouldered so it's fairly east for me to still get shirts.
At least the kids section is cheaper....I just have to search for pants that don't have butterflies all over them
I've already mentioned this in other threads, but back when I was 19 I got down to 220 pounds and wore a size 14. That was back in 1995, so with everything that's changed it really makes me wonder what size I'll be in once I get down there again.
For those who can't understand the excitement of getting down to, say . . . a size 12? Some of us have rarely been outside of plus size clothing, if ever. Even with the vanity sizing, at least it gives us the opportunity to shop outside of the ugly, limited plus-sized options. I'm not even small enough to shop at a place like Old Navy, as their plus sizes are only available online.
^^^^I am sort of with you here. I thought I was out of the Plus sizes when I could fit into the misses dept at Target but could not really fit into any other misses dept with the exception of Old Navy. It was good to have those options but still a little misleading. I am still on the cusp and waiting to fit into a misses16 Levi at Macys. That will be my bench mark. I can fit into cloths at NY and Co, so I am happy about that.
Longs are sometimes too short for me and sometimes I need a regular. There is no rhyme or reason to this, either. Please just give me a measurement in inches!!!
with 30" inseam; meaning 30 inches from my crotch to to the floor 
AND 27" belly button waist. -- REALLY...would this too much to ask? 
