Re: Shirt Sizes

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Rodney

I have noticed this for quite some time but it has gotten worse.

Clothes have become more "relaxed" and wider and bigger. Even the

exact same sizes, have become bigger then they were 10 or 20 years

ago.

The industry calls it "vanity" sizing.

Clothing

Size Variation in Women’s Pants, Kinley, T. R. Clothing and

Textiles Research Journal, 21(1), 19-31 (2003)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2004302760_zlivvanity25.html

Regards

Jeff

Rodney wrote:

Hi folks:

A couple of weeks ago I was in a

store and saw a casual shirt I liked. So I went to the counter to

enquire what size I would need. The assistant asked: "Well, what size

are you?". "Chest size 37 inches", I replied. "Well we don't measure

in inches" she said. "I know" I said, " if you did I wouldn't need to

ask. So what size of yours corresponds to 37 inches?"

"Try medium", she suggested.

I tried medium. It would have been

just right if I was eight months pregnant, but I'm not, nor likely to

be for a multitude of reasons. So I went back and asked her what sizes

they have. "We have medium, five sizes above medium, and one size

below medium called small. But they don't manufacture shirts in the

small size."

Sigh.

Remember the 'outsize' stores

specially for people above normal clothing sizes who couldn't find

clothes they could fit into at regular stores? It is getting to be

that those are now the normal sizes and the 'outsize' stores will soon

be devoting themselves to people like us.

Rodney.

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Try the women's dept.

[ ] Shirt Sizes

Hi folks:

A couple of weeks ago I was in a store and saw a casual shirt I liked. So I went to the counter to enquire what size I would need. The assistant asked: "Well, what size are you?". "Chest size 37 inches", I replied. "Well we don't measure in inches" she said. "I know" I said, " if you did I wouldn't need to ask. So what size of yours corresponds to 37 inches?"

"Try medium", she suggested.

I tried medium. It would have been just right if I was eight months pregnant, but I'm not, nor likely to be for a multitude of reasons. So I went back and asked her what sizes they have. "We have medium, five sizes above medium, and one size below medium called small. But they don't manufacture shirts in the small size."

Sigh.

Remember the 'outsize' stores specially for people above normal clothing sizes who couldn't find clothes they could fit into at regular stores? It is getting to be that those are now the normal sizes and the 'outsize' stores will soon be devoting themselves to people like us.

Rodney.

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A friend from the Philippines bought 3 " medium " shirts for me and they

were just right. American " medium " shirts are too big for me.

I also have trouble getting pants. I am of average height (5'9 " ), but

I have difficulty finding pants with 32 " waist and 29 " inseam. My

waist is too small and my legs are too short ;-)

I am a daschund in a St. Bernard world.

Tony

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/blog/

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Re: Shirt Sizes

Posted by: " citpeks " citpeks@... citpeks

Tue May 6, 2008 11:42 am (PDT)

A friend from the Philippines bought 3 " medium " shirts for me and they

were just right. American " medium " shirts are too big for me.

I also have trouble getting pants. I am of average height (5'9 " ), but

I have difficulty finding pants with 32 " waist and 29 " inseam. My

waist is too small and my legs are too short ;-)

I am a daschund in a St. Bernard world.

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All

How true. The GAP calls their small t-shirts " athletic size " . Beware of their

relaxed fit pants. Tommy Hilfinger calls their small t-shirts XS, as in extra

small. Their small t-shirts are the former medium, and they are huge. The only

dress shirts that fit me well are Nordstroms tailored fit, othewise in a " small "

shirt I'm swathed with hanging sheets of material.

Cheers,

Arturo