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H&M Sizes... please make me feel better :(

  • 25-07-2008 09:28AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys!

    Went on a shopping spree last night for my holliers in September and got 3 pairs of shorts in H&M. Im a size 10 in nearly every shop so, got a 10 in the shorts. Tried em on last night and there was about a 3 inch gap between the button and hole - they closed but bigor i was the queen of the muffin top!

    Are their sizes contrary or did i eat all the pies ?! ( no smart comments pls!! :pac::D:pac: )

    SM :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭mydarkstar


    All shop's sizes are mixed up it seems!
    I don't shop in H & M but a few weeks ago I was in Topshop buying my holiday clothes, I'd usually be an 8 or a 10. What I came out with was:

    dress - size 8 - perfect fit
    shorts - size 10 - perfect fit
    vest top - size 12 - too tight, still bought it even though it put me in a bad mood

    Yesterday's jean-shopping in Oasis wasnt too good either.
    size 10 jeans: could take them off with all the buttons done up, wouldnt stay up at all really.
    size 8, same jeans: buttons barely met to close, as you said - huge muffin top!!!

    Huh, go figure :)
    Best not to let it get to you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 744 ✭✭✭leesmom


    i bought 3/4 lenght trousers in h and m in a size 8 which everywere else fits me perfectly but yes i have the most disgusting muffin top ever,not so sure ill be wearin them:eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Sugar Drunk


    Fear not OP - H & M do have quirky sizing. I love their clothes but find that sizes are small especially on jeans/trousers. The tops come up v long and sometimes gape at shoulders/neck (but I do have very skinny shoulders so that could be me!).

    as the others here said it happens in all shops. I get tired of trying on a size which is too small and the next size up is too big. You just have to go with what fits I dont worry what size it says it is at all.!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭supermouse


    Well Thank God its not just me!! I heard a few years back that womens clothes sizing was going to be standard like mens, eg. 30 colllar kinda thing! How handy would this be!! Wonder if its going to come in at all? Would make my life so much easier :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 938 ✭✭✭chuci


    supermouse wrote: »
    Well Thank God its not just me!! I heard a few years back that womens clothes sizing was going to be standard like mens, eg. 30 colllar kinda thing! How handy would this be!! Wonder if its going to come in at all? Would make my life so much easier :D

    i wish it was the same everywhere would be nice alright.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Sugar Drunk


    my mates a designer and she said its to with how fabricis cut they have software to see ho wmany pieces they can cut from a piece of fabric. The more expensive places usually have standard ish sizes but certain places especially where the price is lower will compromise a bit on fit to make more. There no longer seems to be a definate 'size 8' or 'size 10' that clothes are made to so it can and does vary from store to store. It would be amazing if it were all the same in a way but in other ways it would not because sometimes you genuinely are between sizes (for years I am convinced i was a size '9'!) , and at least by shopping around something, somewhere will fit :)


    I


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 625 ✭✭✭princess-sprkle


    h&m sizes are teeny weeny. their 12 is a 38, even though its usually a 40 everywhere else. hmmm.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    I had to buy size 14 jeans in H&M, even though I'm a 10, or 12 at worst.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 605 ✭✭✭aliqueenb


    i dunno tbh but very mad at gap for changing their sizes to inches, just when i got used to buying a size 0 jeans there. man do i love their vanity sizing lol


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    H&M can have weird sizing. I once got a dress in size twelve and a white tee to go under it was size eight. Both fit perfectly!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭pookie82


    leesmom wrote: »
    i bought 3/4 lenght trousers in h and m in a size 8 which everywere else fits me perfectly but yes i have the most disgusting muffin top ever,not so sure ill be wearin them:eek:

    Have seen you elsewhere talkin about your 15 month old son..... You're doing really well to be back to an eight after a baby, I know a few new-ish mums who are still struggling...well done you!!! :)

    Wouldn't worry about a wonky trouser size giving you a muffin top!!!!

    I find H&M sizes grand most of the time, though I mostly buy vests and tops there. Only ever bought one pair of shorts that i can remember there and they seemed grand I think. But sizes are messed up in general. Makes me laugh when I see the threads on girlfriend sizes here - guys swearing they wouldn't go out with anyone who was a twelve or over.... They should really specify which shop sizes they're talking about!!! I can range from an 8 to twelve depending on outlet alone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭Awayindahils


    I tired on size 16 high waisted trousers in HM in Berlin. They barely closed and gave me a muffin top. I bought size twevle jeans in BT sales and they are still a bit loose. Sizes just seem to be crazy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    I am normally a 10-12 and I was in H&M the other day and spotted a gorgeous pair of trousers. I tried on the size 12 and they would barely go up my leg. How depressing, I really liked the trousers so got them in size 14 but I was nearly in tears walking up to the counter!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,504 ✭✭✭Aisling(",)


    i find h&m and miss selfridge to be the worse for size.iv been an 6 and a 14 in the same day !im around a 10 normally

    oh and awear have some weird fitting clothes particiularly their blouses.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    aliqueenb wrote: »
    i dunno tbh but very mad at gap for changing their sizes to inches, just when i got used to buying a size 0 jeans there. man do i love their vanity sizing lol

    Oh I think that's brilliant! At least there is no way they can make up their own sizes when they are now in plain old inches.

    I think more brands should do this, or at least put the inches measurement on the tag.

    OP - yes, H&M clothes run very small. I wonder why they do this, it doesn't exactly make their customers feel great about themselves!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭pookie82


    eth0_ wrote: »
    OP - yes, H&M clothes run very small. I wonder why they do this, it doesn't exactly make their customers feel great about themselves!

    Exactly. If you're running an establishment that makes women feel a size or two bigger than they really are it's not gonna earn you big money I would have thought.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭FabulousGirl


    supermouse wrote: »
    Hey guys!

    Went on a shopping spree last night for my holliers in September and got 3 pairs of shorts in H&M. Im a size 10 in nearly every shop so, got a 10 in the shorts. Tried em on last night and there was about a 3 inch gap between the button and hole - they closed but bigor i was the queen of the muffin top!

    Are their sizes contrary or did i eat all the pies ?! ( no smart comments pls!! :pac::D:pac: )

    SM :)

    Oh yay I thought it was just me! I bought a pair of cargo style shorts in H&M last summer in my usual size 10. When I got them home I couldn't get them over my backside. Very depressing. I'm usually a 10, sometimes a 12 so I don't know what is going on with H&M. I haven't bought anything there since and I'm still a 10/12 in Oasis, Warehouse, Zara etc...
    H&M need to get their act together. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭lorna100


    h&m's sizes are crazy, tried on a pair of shorts in an 8 and they fitted ok, tried on a different pair of shorts in an 8 and they wouldnt even get halfway up my leg. its so frustrating!!

    my sisters just back from italy, where she bought a pair of designer jeans (cant remember what brand now) that were a size sero on the label, ie. a size 4 here. She would generally be a size 10 - 12, and these fit perfectly. ive tried them on, and there a good 3 sizes too big for me, at least (and id be an 8 on a good day). and the wrong label wasnt just sewn on, she tried on a few pairs in the same size and they were all the same.

    its so disheartening having to buy something in a bigger size just because the shop cant get its sizes right. men have it easy!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Acoshla


    I have just returned from Canada where I shopped in H&M a lot.

    I am a 12 here and in most Canadian stores I was an 8, 9 or 10, in H&M there I was always a 12, which is their biggest size, starts at 00 ends at me, but I'm regular sized!!

    Sizes are stoopid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭Niamho!


    does my head in.

    there was a time there about 6 months ago i went into River Island, i'm a 12 on top and a 10/12 on bottom. but in River Island im always a Ten on top (Yay!) i'd never get inot a ten top anywhere else coz of the Chest area, Anyway, went in and picked out two tops, one was a ten and one was a 14. then i went back about 3 days later and got another top i'd had my eye on, they had size 8's and then a size 16, the size 8 looked not too small so i chanced it - fit perfectly!! not one of them in my supposed proper size 12. :cool:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭Niamho!


    sorry...another off the chest thing that drives me feckin' mental!!

    I bought a lovely dress in Jane Norman a few weeks ago. the size twelve was perfect everywhere except the Boobs. so i had to get a 14. Doesnt bother me having to buy the 14 but what does annoy the crap outta me with Jane Norman especially, is that you cannot be a size 10/12 and have boobs any bigger than a B cup or something..Maximum C i'd say :mad::mad::mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    I have a friend who used to work in A-wear and said some women would grab a few of the same dress/top in the same size as sometimes the stated size would differ. So one size 10 in the dress wouldn't fit but another size 10 in the same dress would fit, if you get me?

    That is why I hate shopping for clothes!! (make-up is a different story. :D )


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 605 ✭✭✭aliqueenb


    so the sizes are crazy, get over it:P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Larianne wrote: »
    I have a friend who used to work in A-wear and said some women would grab a few of the same dress/top in the same size as sometimes the stated size would differ. So one size 10 in the dress wouldn't fit but another size 10 in the same dress would fit, if you get me?

    That is why I hate shopping for clothes!! (make-up is a different story. :D )

    I bought jeans in Topshop which fit me perfectly so I decided to buy them in a different colour. I tried them on and couldn't get them on me. Compared them to another of the same size on the rack and there was at least an inch in the waist when folded over, which would be 2 inches in total.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,114 ✭✭✭doctor evil


    Larianne wrote: »
    I have a friend who used to work in A-wear and said some women would grab a few of the same dress/top in the same size as sometimes the stated size would differ. So one size 10 in the dress wouldn't fit but another size 10 in the same dress would fit, if you get me?

    That is why I hate shopping for clothes!! (make-up is a different story. :D )

    Thats mad:eek:, how are you expected to find anything to fit?:mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭Awayindahils


    Thats mad:eek:, how are you expected to find anything to fit?:mad:

    Try on lots and lots of clothes. Or in other words spend more time shopping.:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭supermouse


    Thank god others feel the same :)

    Its so frustrating trying EVERYTHING on in the small smelly rooms that the majority of high street shops have and wait 30 minutes for the privilage!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭pookie82


    supermouse wrote: »
    Thank god others feel the same :)

    Its so frustrating trying EVERYTHING on in the small smelly rooms that the majority of high street shops have and wait 30 minutes for the privilage!

    I think the trick is to do as I do - I'm generally a ten or twelve so i grab both sizes and bring them in with me. Saves the wait second time around cos they got their sizes wrong. Underwear on the other hand is a pain. You can't try it on (for obvious reasons) so i look like a gimp holding it up against my crotch to see if it looks wide enough. I still keep coming home with underwear that's too big :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 410 ✭✭flynnc8


    I do agree that sizes generally vary from store to store but H&M are particulary bad, most of there lines only go up to a size 14... and as a rather curvy girl at a size 12 to 14 I hate trying on trousers or jeans in there... dresses jackets and tops aren't too bad....

    Someone mentioned A-wear having funny sizes... I must be extremely funny then.. A-wear is the one store I can walk in grab an outfit an pay for it, without the need to try it on.. there sizes always fit like a glove.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭TheInvisibleFie


    I really needed this thread! I thought I had been loosing wait until I went into H&M yesterday. Everything was still a fourteen. Went into A Wear today and picked out a load of size 14s and everything was too big. Lots of confusion. But there was a really big queue so I just gave them back and left instead of trying out different sizes. Noticed A Wear 14 was a 42 whereas I sure H&M was 40. I like the way Top Shop give you the waist and leg measurements. So much less hassel.


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