• blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.

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      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).

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        5 months ago

        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.

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          5 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…

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        5 months ago

        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.

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          5 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).

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      5 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…