Newsizing

LOL, dh encountered new sizing this week.

As a fat woman, it's the name of the game: I know for straight sizes, they make items bigger at the lower sizes to flatter women's egos. They do the opposite at the larger sizes: my XL tees of yesteryear are larger than a 3XL now, underwear does the same, and outergear is, I think, the worse. I have an XL Columbia jacket that still fits, but I don't fit any of their gear now. Then there is the tale of the underwear, same brand same kind where the ones bought in September 2020 in one size fit fine, but the ones purchased in January 2021 at size PLUS 2 (my mistake, online) barely did, when I had actually lost weight over the fall.

So I'm used to the fact that sizes mean nothing.

But dh? Has worn 32/34 pants since college (...), and medium underwear and mostly, it's been the same size.

He found some Levis at Costco the other day, his old brand. He stopped wearing them because he didn't like the shade of blue they'd decided was the only shade they'd offer, and it got hard to find black. Plus Costco, at least ours, rarely had his size, but this time they did. He bought a pair, they were a bit overdone on the dye-to-replace-wear-marks on the thighs, and a muddier blue than he liked but eh.

LOL.

First of all, he was horrified at the tiny tiny zipper and the lower waist than the old 505s (501s? I forget and I'm too lazy to check.)

And the waist. This was beyond 'they'll shrink to fit' this was baggy. He'd need a 30, which Costco doesn't sell.

Vanity sizing now appears to be a thing for men, and straight-sized women. Plus sized women can just suck it, I guess. What else is new? :P