Comments on: Talbot’s sizing study

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:20:37 +0000

A comment about Amanda jeans. I wear them, too, but will only buy the ones made in Sri Lanka. The ones from Cambodia aren’t too bad. Most of those made in the Middle East have been cut with camel toes, a la Kathleen’s description of changes made during cutting to save fabric (shaving off crotch points, adding to the side hip to maintain hip measurement requirements).

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:15:59 +0000

How willing one is to go up 2 or more sizes may have nothing to do with vanity. Often one can’t go up more than one size, as the necklines and shoulders will be way too big.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:27:51 +0000

I agree with Cathy. I bought a pair of Gloria Vandebilt Amanda jeans and found that for the last three years I was wearing a 10 and it fit PERFECTLY. I still wear them but have needed a new pair in the last year. I went to buy another pair, same style, same size, and the same size doesn’t fit. The size up from that doesn’t fit, and two sizes up don’t fit either. The waist is lower and the waist doesn’t fit…why is a company so stupid to change the sizing that a woman can’t fit into the same style jeans (Amanda jeans by GV) they’ve been making for YEARS. To give a woman the idea that she is FATTER than she is because she has to go up TWO sizes in the same style jeans makes no sense.

Gloria has been sold to JONES NY so that might be the case. But then change the NAME of the STYLE of jeans. You can’t call it Amanda and change the waist size. Even when my jeans are TIGHT right out of the dryer, they still fit. I can still zipper them. You can’t complain though either on line because there isn’t an option. Which means GV and Jones don’t care about their customers. I’ll be searching for another pair of jeans by a different maker now. Sadly disappointed!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:07:59 +0000

Can someone tell me why I have clothes in my closet from 10 years ago that are all a size 10 petite and they all fit comfortably. But now when I go into a store, I wear a 14 petite, which just fit. Same with Talbots. A little over 5 years ago I purchases several thousand dollars of clothes – all a size 10 petite. They all fit well. I just went to Talbots about a month ago and again am in a size 14. Why is that. Is it because they have come out with Women’s sizes which cost more? Are the clothing companies pushing women into women’s sizing for more money?

By: teri

teri — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:46:48 +0000

ugh! sizing charts are a pet peeve. i am a bit bigger/heavier now than i was 20 yrs ago, but i wear much smaller size. being very petite with very few petite departments locally, i have to order on line frequently. like a good little girl, i compare the charts to my measurements….which are accurate and honest. when the garment arrives, it is huge!! what’s a girl to do?!?!

By: Cymru Llewes

Cymru Llewes — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:12:41 +0000

At the moment, I’m wearing a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans size 10 that I bought from Ross 2.5 years ago. Yesterday, I was wearing a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans size 6 that I bought at CostCo 3 weeks ago. I weigh more now than I did then but more of it is muscle so I’m still the same size as evidenced by an older pair of Bonjour jeans size 8 that still fit the same way as when I bought them 12 years ago (they’re finally giving way at the knee.)

By: jj

jj — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:53:30 +0000

Hmmm… Big Irv your comments indicate that part of the problem is that the manufacturers are not updating the sizing charts they provide to us consumers to be consistent with the sizing charts they provide the contractors. Interesting.

And Saar, you’re misreading who made which comment. If I mistakenly purchase something that doesn’t fit correctly, it goes straight back to the store… I don’t have room in my closet for ill fitting garmets.

By: big Irv

big Irv — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:16:49 +0000

Carol,
As a contractor, we are given tolerances on waistbands of no more than 1/2 inch. Some even specify 1/4 inch. Same with rises. A 2 inch difference in spec will result in a whopping chargeback to the contractor if the spec has not been followed. Some brands will immediately deem these out of spec styles as seconds. Some obviously don’t care.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:51:33 +0000

Carol, I'm not denying there's a 2" variation but that's just flat out intolerable. Actually, the only time I see that is when a manufacturer (Levi's is a good example in this case) jobs out the same style across several different contractors. Typically the differences occur because -in this case- Levi's doesn't provide a pattern to each contractor but rather, leaves it up to each contractor to develop their own pattern "according" to specs. Don't get me started on the wastefulness of this practice! Then, the other factor affecting sizing differences is the fabric, which again, Levi's relies on the contractor sourcing locally (cost you know) and the shrinkage variations. Lastly, has the waistband been cut correctly?

By: Carol Kimball

Carol Kimball — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:56:31 +0000

With many manufacturers, there is up to 2″ variation per size, which is why six pair of “identical” pants may each fit differently. Anyone in the business want to comment on tolerances? Yours vs. a lot of what’s out there?