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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
If I need a new pair of jeans I head to Wally World and add them to my list. I know exactly what size I need so I don't even put them on.
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And that's where guys are generally luckier than women. What many of you may not realize when it comes to shopping for women's clothes is that there is basically NO standardization when it comes to sizes. A size 8 in one brand may fit whereas the same size in another brand is too large or too small. Even with the same brands, I might wear one size in one style and a different size in another. It's not like we can walk into a place and look for a label that says "waist XX, inseam XX" and know that it will fit just fine. For anything more complicated than a t-shirt and socks, we almost have to try something on to know if it will fit properly.
If I need jeans, I will grit my teeth and go somewhere and find 2-3 styles that look promising, and then look for each of them in 3, maybe 4 different sizes going up and down from what looks like - based on holding them up to me - might be the best fit. Then I lug as many pairs as possible (or as many as they'll allow) into the fitting room and start trying them on. Once I find a style/size combo or two that I like and that actually fits, I'll go back out and find a couple pair in blue, a couple in black, whatever I think I'll need. I might buy 5-6 pairs at a time if I can find that many of the kind and size I've decided on. Then it might be a couple years at least before I have to shop for them again.
Same goes for any "basic" clothing item, if I find a pair of work shoes I like I'll buy 2-3 pair so I don't have to go looking again in six or nine months or whenever the first pair wears out.
And don't even get me started on shopping for a bra.
