Men's sizes have the fortune of being more standardized than women's. Fit is also more important for women, as women have more things they need to fit around (y

Men's sizes have the fortune of being more standardized than women's. Fit is also more important for women, as women have more things they need to fit around (you can have a dress that is the correct shoulder width but doesn't fit the bust, pants that fit the waist but not the butt, etc.) and the fits are a tighter on many clothes. And even worse is that different brands are inflating sizes at different rates for different fits as well. This doesn't even get into other things, like material feeling (the label only tells you so much) or things that you can't easily tell online with women's clothing like nonfunctional pockets. Although men's clothing is also moving in this direction. US men's sizing used to be just straight up inches, but now they've started doing the size inflation thing, so a US size 33 jean is no longer 33 inches waist.