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How To Determine Your Size
To determine your size across brands and individual pieces of clothing, it is important to have a common reference point. For tops, that reference point is your bust measurement and for bottoms, it is your waist measurement.
Taking Your Own Measurements
| Bust: |
To measure your bust, run a tape measure around your shoulder blades and
the largest part of your bust. Keep the tape measure underneath your arms.
For the best accuracy, raise your arms as little as possible during the
measurement. |
| Waist: |
To measure your waist, run a tape measure around your natural waist, which
is located at the thinnest part of your torso, directly at the bend when you
bend to the side. |
Estimating Your Measurements & Determining Your Implied Measurements
We find that your actual waist and bust measurements accurately predict your preferred size approximately 75% of the time. In the case that the prediction is wrong, it is generally consistent. Therefore, if after trying jeans on you find that a size 27” waist more accurately predicts your preferred size than your actual measurement of 26”, you should then use the 27” number to reference your size in the sizing charts.
You can use this same reasoning to estimate your size, if you already know your size in a brand or style we carry. Simply navigate to the jeans you know your size in on our website, then use the chart in reverse to determine your implied measurement. You can then use this measurement on brands and styles you are unfamiliar with.
Understanding Fit, Your Body & How it Affects Sizing
Most garments are only offered in one dimension of sizing (e.g. waist), but a number of measurements can affect fit and size, including waist, hips, thighs, butt, height, bust and shoulders. When we feel like a piece of clothing is cut in a way that it may cause certain body types to size up or size down we will reference this in the fit guide. Based on this information and your understanding of your own body, you may then size up or down from the suggested size in the chart.
Designer Sizing versus Classic Apparel Sizing
Please note that Designer Sizing runs smaller than Classic Apparel Sizing. When an item is listed as running true to size, or large, or small, it is always in reference to Designer Sizing, not in reference to Classic Apparel Sizing. Typically, brands you will find in a shopping mall use Classic Designer Sizing (Abercrombie, Gap, etc…) of some sort. Of course, even these brands vary with each other.
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