How do you feel about the fashion industry's use of "vanity sizing"

hate is perhaps too strong a word, but I'd prefer honesty... why not just give sizes in something tangible like centimeters

Never heard of this but then I pay little attention to fashion, especially women's.

I think it's dumb, although I have to admit to liking the fact that it means I wear a pretty small size most of the time. It's also confusing, because there's no uniform sizing scale anymore, so you never know what size you'll wear.

I don't see the sense of it. Even men's clothes aren't necessarily 'normal' sizing anymore. But in the opposite way. If dress shirts aren't by neck/sleeve size I always buy XL which used to mean about 16.5 neck and 34 sleeve. I bought a designer dress shirt at Costco awhile back in my 'normal' XL size. When I put it on it in reality was made for someone who wears 2X. The neck was too big and the sleeves came down to my fingers.

feh

I'm honestly not so into the idea of treated larger people with too much sensitivity. I'm not saying we should go around making fun of anyone, but to go out of our way like this? Plus also, I'm very thin, and so I think now it's harder for me to find things that fit me right. It doesn't seem fair to me.

This sounds like a fashion issues catering to women. I've never heard of it. Sounds kinda silly.

We are what we are...a size is only a number.

Like there isn't enough problems with reality these days. Fudging retarded.

It's annoying and it makes me buy the wrong size. It also doesn't give me the realistic idea of what size I really am.

It reminds me of condom sizes. There's no 'small'

I hate it. On eBay the only thing I go by is actual measurements. I think a lot of stuff ends up on eBay or in thrift stores precisely because of this.

Its a dumb idea. Sizes should be standardized so that everyone knows what a "size 5" really means. People should get over their vanities. On lameness scale, this is only several notches lower than women lying about their age on their drivers licenses several decades ago.

You mean the age on the drivers license itself was a lie? I can imagine that.

I didnt know they did this.....but its sooo wrong, I am overweight and big and for me it would cause frustration

I hate it.

I don't know if hate it too strong. It is opposite if you try women's junior sizes. A junior medium is like an extra small in regular women's go. So, who knows what the heck is going on and if you want it to fit you have to try on every thing first! Ticks me off, frankly!

I think men have it easier.

I kind of get the feeling that a junior size is like the same height, but no waist or hips (or thighs or anything else) to speak of.

effin retarded.

> Fudging
> retarded.

Hey, that's just what I said!

Oh no (based on other comments lately too), SC wil go down in Wiki history as the first example on the internet of achieving group-mind.

Now that is an interesting thing to think about.

It makes perfect sense really. With our diversity we come to form a single comprehensive thought, and then split up again as our local geographic representatives to propogate our group-thought. As we walk down the street we greet each other "Hi SC!" "Hi Wiki. Seen Snopes or Half-Bakery around lately?"

I've always hated woman's sizing. Always will. I'd like to say "give me the measurements", but it's not that simple. Most of us have too many curves. And vanity sizing just adds new problems (especially where it concerns anti-fat people who looks for something else to gripe about people who are bigger than them).