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This has happened in the fashion industry where there is size "inflation" as sizes don't correspond to physical measurements. Size 5 in Brand A is tight so con
by michaelbuckbee 6y ago
This has happened in the fashion industry where there is size "inflation" as sizes don't correspond to physical measurements.
Size 5 in Brand A is tight so consumers prefer Brand B who has size 5 clothes that fit better.
- crooked-v 6y agoThis kind of thing is why I'm happy that mens' clothes often use actual inch measurements rather than abstract 'sizes'.
- humbledrone 6y agoAt least for popular brands of jeans, the "inch" measurements have succumbed to the exact same nonsense: https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a8386/pants-size-chart-090710/ https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a8386/pants-size-...
- dane-pgp 6y agoThat article was written in 2010, but I can't help agreeing with its conclusion: "But vanity waist sizing is so entrenched, it couldn't possibly be changed overnight, at least not without a government mandate. The only solution seems to be a gradual, year-by-year shaving of quarter-inch by quarter-inch until, in 2021, men's pants finally correspond with the label numbers — conveniently just in time for the New World Order's switch to mandatory full jumpsuits." That sounds terrible, but it could still be an improvement over 2020.
- recursive 6y agoFor many years, I've noticed that 32 in one brand isn't 32 in another.