you'll pant and pant once more...
Mar. 19th, 2006 04:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
orangerfulSo WTF is up with men and women's pant sizes? Who decided that guys get actual numbers that mean something and girls get arbitrary numbers?
I mean, I figure it's all a mental thing. Is it true that men's clothing rarely comes in a size "small" because no man wants to be told he is small? While women's sizes are labeled smaller because we like to be told we're tiny? So I figure they came up with these smaller numbers for women so we would be smaller. (this is a US thing though, as I noticed a few pants had "UK" stamped inside with a different size closer to what the men wear). Also, the men get specific measured lengths, while we get "short, regular, long". Which also means, at least to my understanding after talking with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
verdatum, zaubervz and jimithingy last night, that their pant sizes are more consistent. They are the size that they are, while my size fluctuates depending on what kind of store I'm in. Hechts I'm probably a 12, Kohls I'm usually a 14, retail stores in malls, usually a 14-16.
This also forces us to try stuff on, something I hate but have to do since each new store has a new size. Guys, not so much, they go in, get their size, walk out. I think, if that was the case for me anyway, I'd buy more if I could just go in and grab my sizes and leave.
HEAR THAT CORPORATE AMERICA!!!!! BE CONSISTENT AND I WILL BUY MORE!
*sigh*
In other news - Heath Bars are apparently not very popular in our Giant. I just bought one and it actually had dust on it...poor unloved Heath bar...come here, Sammie will make it aaaaaaaall better *eats*
I mean, I figure it's all a mental thing. Is it true that men's clothing rarely comes in a size "small" because no man wants to be told he is small? While women's sizes are labeled smaller because we like to be told we're tiny? So I figure they came up with these smaller numbers for women so we would be smaller. (this is a US thing though, as I noticed a few pants had "UK" stamped inside with a different size closer to what the men wear). Also, the men get specific measured lengths, while we get "short, regular, long". Which also means, at least to my understanding after talking with
verdatum, zaubervz and jimithingy last night, that their pant sizes are more consistent. They are the size that they are, while my size fluctuates depending on what kind of store I'm in. Hechts I'm probably a 12, Kohls I'm usually a 14, retail stores in malls, usually a 14-16. This also forces us to try stuff on, something I hate but have to do since each new store has a new size. Guys, not so much, they go in, get their size, walk out. I think, if that was the case for me anyway, I'd buy more if I could just go in and grab my sizes and leave.
HEAR THAT CORPORATE AMERICA!!!!! BE CONSISTENT AND I WILL BUY MORE!
*sigh*
In other news - Heath Bars are apparently not very popular in our Giant. I just bought one and it actually had dust on it...poor unloved Heath bar...come here, Sammie will make it aaaaaaaall better *eats*
