Vanity Sizing; Thrift Anecdote

[viciousswackles]

Women’s clothing sizing is such b.s. Today I went to my friendly neighborhood thrift store. Predictably, I didn’t find any of the items I sort of need, but I did get a nice pair of dark brown corduroy trousers that looked to be my size (no fitting rooms) even though they professed to be a size 4. When I eventually tried them on at home, I

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I'm a size 0.33!

[anonymous]

Ugh, I hate the clothing size-inflation you described. The other day, I broke down and decided to patronize Old Navy because trying on 3 million pairs of jeans (in 8 sizes) at Goodwill is exhausting for me. At least I can easily determine sizing trends if I stick with one brand (I thought).

I can't believe I was shopping for jeans in O.N. That's pretty low for me. But I didn't wind up buying anything there, since none of the jeans there came up higher than an inch below my hip bone. MFing fashion industry.

Currently, I continue to wear jeans that are 4 sizes too big for me and stained with pine tar. Will someone please loan me the energy to shop for pants that fit me? Please?

- Beth