Think about it. What is your true size???

I found this article today on line and found it to be interresting.
This is why You can't find a pair of pants with out trying them on. LOL

It is interresting to know.

Well the answer lies within a sales tactic that clothing manufacturers discreetly call vanity sizing.

So What exactly is vanity sizing and how did it come to be?

Knowing how women are glued to being  a certain size, the clothing manufacturers researched and learned that women like being a smaller size. As a consequence, the manufacturers discovered that women are willing to spend more money just to have a smaller size on a tag. In other words if you have two pairs of identical jeans with the same identical waist measurements--one store labels it a size 10 priced for $20 and another store labels it a size 6 for $50, according to the research, more of us would choose the latter just to have the smaller size in our closet. This trend is especially more prevalent in higher end stores where sizes tend to run smaller even though they are the exact numeric size as their less expensive counterparts.

Because there is no industry standard, we, as women, must succumb to the scrutiny of looking high and low for the perfect size in EACH individual store. As a result, when I find the size I can wear at that particular store, I come home and put all the data in an Excel spreadsheet. So the next time I am in search of the perfect pant, jean, blouse, etc. all I have to do is pull out my handy-dandy cheat sheet and just pray that the clothing manufacturers haven’t decided to re-vanity size their items since my last shopping escapade.

I would like to believe I am one standard size, as it was in days of my youth, but that is now a thing of the past. This is one reason why we, as women, need to liberate ourselves from the size on the tag and just buy what fits regardless of the games the manufacturers are willing to play.

Would you spend more money just to have a smaller tag on an article of clothing? How much more would you be willing to spend for that smaller size tag? Do you find it frustrating that there is no standard sizing between stores?

I can honestly say I would not pay more just for a lower number.

I wouldn't pay just to have a smaller size on the tag....

I think most people on this board would NOT pay more for a smaller size but I think most women who have never been obese probably would for sure...

I agree I am too cheap to pay for a number too.

I do feel that the size thing does need some regulation.

And if I knew all I needed to do to be a size ten was changing the tags in my size 28W jeans to say I was a size ten then I wouldn't have needed WLS. I could have just pulled out my tags and said see I am not fat I ware a size 10 or better yet a size 3

I think that needing WLS was a big enough price to pay.

I'm just happy to be able to shop in a store again. To be able to try things on before I buy.
Sizes always vary from different manufacturers, different styles of clothing, even with different materials. Designers and manufacturers sometimes seem so clueless as to how to make the proper adjustments for larger sizes. The dress jacket I wore for DH's company party earlier this month was a 5X. It was probably a couple sizes too large, but then the nice blouse (I've had for probably 5 years) I tried on for Thanksgiving was a 22/24 and it fit beautifully. The knit tops I bought just before my surgery are 30/32. They fit nicely now. So the manufacturers can kiss my vanity. Going to try it all on before I buy now. I don't see myself ever shopping at the stores with the high end labels that resort to such goofy labeling. I'll always be a bargain shopper. Can't afford not to be these days.