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Oh man, it's even worse than that. I mainly buy Levi's jeans, model 511. A few years ago I needed a new pair, checked my size from my current pair, and ordered
by vladvasiliu 4y ago
Oh man, it's even worse than that. I mainly buy Levi's jeans, model 511.
A few years ago I needed a new pair, checked my size from my current pair, and ordered the exact same off Amazon. My old pair still fit, maybe even a tad big at the waist.
Then, perusing the catalog, I figured I'd also spice things up a bit, and ordered a 501 in a color I don't usually wear, for variety.
When I received them, the sizing was a complete joke.
It was absolutely impossible for me to put on the 511. My upper thighs would not fit inside the jeans without pulling on them, and after that it was impossible to button them.
The 501 was the opposite: much too big, could have probably went two sizes down.
I sent them both back, ordered a single 511 one size above, which was, you guessed, too big.
Frustrated, I sent them all back and went to my local brick and mortar store and ended up with a pair of 514s – one size below my regular one.
- MezzoDelCammin 4y agoOh, Levi's jeans fit is a subject of its own. I think I've currently got about 6 different pairs (few 501s, then some 541 and a "Commuter", whatever the number was back then). Waist 36 sometimes ends up tighter than 35 or even 34, depending on cut and the stretchiness of the fabric. Specially with Silca being a cycling company, I think a lot of people here will be all too familiar with the phenomenon of "chicken legs" and how to find a pair of trousers to fit them into :-)
- vladvasiliu 4y ago> Specially with Silca being a cycling company, I think a lot of people here will be all too familiar with the phenomenon of "chicken legs" and how to find a pair of trousers to fit them into :-) I'm not really built like a cyclist, so I usually have the opposite problem when buying cycling shorts :) Although, to the point of this thread, I've found that actual sporting goods brands (as opposed to "lifestyle" or "sportswear", or whatever they're called) tend to stick to one set of measures. I used to love my Gore biking shorts, so when I was in the market for a pair of running shorts, and saw Gore made those too, I ordered the same size and fit was the same. I have similar experience with Decathlon, a French sports goods store, that also make their own products. Ditto for Nike, where my basketball shoes are the same size as my running shoes – bought several years apart.
- namibj 4y agoMy 501's (in non-stretch fabric) enlarge one size from wearing, and shrink back from washing (40C, normal detergent, no fabric softener, no brightener, spin cycle and then hung to dry indoors on a line).
- loeg 4y agoLevi’s has notoriously bad quality control. Five pairs in the same nominal size can all fit very differently. You have to try them on in person.