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Sizing pants: men's vs women's (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately, that isn’t quite right for guys. Skinny, straight, relaxed…. All these types changes the fit and sizing. I wear one waist size larger for skinny.

Women’s are much worse sizing wise but the difference is that guys jeans generally just look acceptable . When a woman gets jeans that fit her correctly, they can look amazing. I doubt guys ever get compliments on the fit of their jeans.

For women, they could use 6- measurements to standardize it but unfortunately a lot of people fall for vanity sizing and don’t want to accept that they gained weight.

It happens for guys clothing too. If it is a letter based sizing there are huge variations in sizing between clothing companies. For high end brands I wear a large, at Walmart or other box stores, I wear a small.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, t-shirts absolutely suck. I'm thin, tall, and like to wear my pants lower on my hips, so shirt length is absolutely essential. In most cases, L is an inch or so longer than M, so I get L even though M would fit my chest better. I honestly wish they would just make a size between M and L, like M+, which would be just be a bit longer M (like 2 extra inches).

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We really need separate length and width measurements. I'm tall and very skinny. I usually go for a medium, but sometimes even a small, so my shirts are frequently close to too short. If I go larger than I look like I'm swamped in my shirt and it looks horrible.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Exactly. I just live with the fact that shirts look horrible on me. It's better than people seeing my butt crack when I bend slightly to open a door...

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

There are "longtail" T shirts that are as your describe, slightly longer.

[–] blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have seen a regular and long but only on high end brands. Abercrombie and Fitch is a good example. Their tops have a size and length.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I'm not paying $40-50 for a t-shirt. I feel bad enough paying $30 on a t-shirt to support someone's YouTube channel...

A t-shirt should be $10-20, depending on branding and quality, maybe $30-40 if it uses some super-fancy fabric or something (e.g. merino wool should be $40-ish).

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I shop for pants in the Men's section because the woman's section doesn't have big enough sized for my wide ass...