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Problems with clothes sizes in shops
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 9 Sep 2009 14:17 |
I have that trouble with stockings and pop socks. The feet are never quite big enough. I was looking at some light weight cardigans in Peacocks today, and they seemed to meet for the first button somewhere below the navel. |
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Julia | Report | 9 Sep 2009 15:50 |
I like the M&S elasticated waist trousers, because I don't always have time to be bother with zips etc. But my beef is the fact that they are not pressed with a crease down front and back. Apart from this being sloven workmanship, and obviously done or not done in this case to save costs, however, because this is what they do these days, you cannot properly judge the width of the legs, particularly around the ankle. Just had to press some creases into a new pair of their trousers, cost £29, and I am sure my feet will not be visible. And why oh why do manufacturers think that just because you need a bigish size, you must have fat top of the legs. I could make myself a skirt out of the surplus. |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 9 Sep 2009 15:56 |
Well, I'm another who wants to gripe about this problem!! |
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Kate | Report | 9 Sep 2009 16:24 |
Oh, Karen, I'd have given her a mouthful! I'm 24 and I used to like M&S clothes but now I often go in and can't see a thing I want to buy - even the lingerie doesn't look as good as it used to. I love the fact that she said they had to be competitively priced - personally I'd rather have something £5 more that was of a decent quality! |
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Dianne | Report | 9 Sep 2009 17:02 |
I bought a suit in Debenhams for work and had to get a size 10 in the jacket and a size 20 in the skirt. 5 whole sizes difference and yet I was a size 14. How do they work that one out I wonder? |
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Jean (Monmouth) | Report | 9 Sep 2009 19:19 |
I am Sooo glad it isnt only me! |
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Huia | Report | 9 Sep 2009 20:34 |
Now shoes are another of my big grouches. I have wide feet (or a high instep another person told me). Once upon a time shoes came in 4 widths: A, B, C, D. The most commonly stocked ones were B and C. I always had trouble getting anything to fit, even in the D width if the shop stocked them. |
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Annx | Report | 9 Sep 2009 22:05 |
Another thing when you are short is that it is impossible to get a dress the right length and if it has a nice border pattern around the bottom, you can't shorten it anyway without losing the border. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 9 Sep 2009 22:19 |
Daughter and I were puzzling over the fact that if you are a size 18 you are expected to have longer arms than a size 16. |
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