Falcor:
Did anyone notice that pants and shirts sizes are getting bigger, or is it just me?
For the fast few years I am pretty fit and maintain the same size and weight (that’s what my partner likes and I don’t mind)
So the first time I got suspicious was a few years ago when I got a new pair of jeans size 44 like I always do, just to find out that they are too big for me, so I changed them to a 42. Just out of curiosity I compared them to an old 44 pair I had, to find out that they are the same size!
The really strange thing occurred a few days ago when my partner showed me her new pair of short jeans she got (size 40), when I noticed that they look pretty big (🙂) so the other day when she wasn’t home I had to compare their size, to find out that they are the same size of my old 44/ relatively new 42 jeans!
(All pants are manufactured by the same company)
Did anyone else encountered such a change over the years?
I hadn't noticed, but women's clothing sizes are the devil anyway.
I'm curvy, so pants never fit quite right, but the ones that fit the best generally are US size 12s. But even then, not all pants fit the same based on the cut, the brand, and (sometimes) which employee sewed them together. I've owned a pair of size 2s that fit me when I was a size 6 and a pair of size 12s that fit me when I was a size 10.
And that's not even touching the topic of vanity sizing.
It is possible that the manufacturer makes clothes that run large. But, to be sure, you could try on a similar fit of pants from different brands and see how they fit.