Size Matters

I don’t know whether this can be counted as a proper entry, it’s more of a rant to be perfectly honest.

Why is it that every shop you go to seems to have a different opinion on sizes? A size 12 in Topshop is more like a size 8 in River Island, for example. Trying to find clothes can be a nightmare because of this.

Searching for a pair of grey skinny jeans, I tried the likes of Oasis, New Look, Topshop and Miss Selfridge. Only to find that not even one of the thunder-thighs would fit. In the end I managed to find a pair which fitted perfectly, but I had to spend so much more to get them. Not very fair, I say.

The same can be said of one Personal Shopper customer, since I can’t exactly use real names, let’s call her Jones. Jones came in with the desire to look fashionable and sexy for Christmas. She was looking for a fabulous top and, of course, skinny jeans. But by being of the curvy girl mould, she, like me, was struggling. Everywhere she tried, the jeans all fitted poorly. Especially New Look, according to Jones, even though they used to be rather good for jeans. They were either too tight, too baggy, too short or too long (even when labelled as regular length). Eventually, I managed to find some classic black skinnies which fitted Jones, with minimal bulge or gape, and although they were slightly longer, were better than anything else she had tried.
Debenhams Red Herring collection kicks New Look’s butt!

Really, who can tell which comes from where?

This process could have been made so much simpler if only stores/manufacturers/designers, whoever is to blame for this gross misconduct, would use a UNIVERSAL size guide. One set of measurements that equals each size! How hard would it be? Really?! Rant Over :)