Reply to: Have male clothing sizes become more flattering over the last 30 years?

[DimPrawn]

Are you seriously asking if 30" in the 70s is different from 30" today?

When we joined the EU, the inch was metricised from 25.4 mm to 25 mm.

Meddling cheese/sausage eating bastards! No wonder my old clothes don't fit me anymore.

[d000hg]

Bit off topic but still clothes related. Why must we have this daft thing that men's clothes button one way and women's another? Got a leather jacket of the late missus's that would look good on me but because of the button thing I would looks like a tranny if I wore it.

I think most people aren't even aware of this, and wouldn't notice anyway? Maybe you move in more pretentious circles than me though

[SueEllen]

Bit off topic but still clothes related. Why must we have this daft thing that men's clothes button one way and women's another? Got a leather jacket of the late missus's that would look good on me but because of the button thing I would looks like a tranny if I wore it.

It stops men wearing women's clothes therefore clothing retailers make more money.

[mudskipper]

Bit off topic but still clothes related. Why must we have this daft thing that men's clothes button one way and women's another? Got a leather jacket of the late missus's that would look good on me but because of the button thing I would looks like a tranny if I wore it.

I very much doubt that anyone would notice you were buttoned the wrong way, but if it worries you, get a dressmaker to move the buttons to the other side - it's straightforward enough. Sew up button holes, put buttons on top so the sewing doesn't show, make new button holes on the other side.

[shaunbhoy]

Bit off topic but still clothes related. Why must we have this daft thing that men's clothes button one way and women's another? Got a leather jacket of the late missus's that would look good on me but because of the button thing I would looks like a tranny if I wore it.

Is that a problem? What would MF do?

[xoggoth]

Bit off topic but still clothes related. Why must we have this daft thing that men's clothes button one way and women's another? Got a leather jacket of the late missus's that would look good on me but because of the button thing I would looks like a tranny if I wore it.

[RetSet]

Google NYDJ

Women have been subject to this for years.

Top tip. Look for jeans with 2% Lycra, Fatso!

[SpontaneousOrder]

Depends on the cut too. Guy I used to work with complained incessantly that he had to get bit size trousers in order to have sufficient room in the crotch. It was hilarious because he had inches of waistband gathered together by his belt, and he was oblivious to the fact that people tend to wear their trousers on their hips now, rather than their actual waist. If he wore them on his waist he'd have plenty of crotch room without miles of excess waistband.

I find, as others mentioned, that if you spend £40 on a pair of jeans then you have to try them on first. If you spend the thick end of £100 they tend to all be exactly the same every time.

[xoggoth]

As d0000000000000000gh said, I thought this the other day after seeing some health thing and measuring my waist. I put it at 34" but 32" jeans are way too big unless I tighten up the belt with a hole I had to cut myself. 30" better but impossible to find without really short legs.

Maybe there's a difference between the fully relaxed dimension and what is needed to actually support any weight.

Or stand on your head to measure. Then your belly will end up round your tits.

[MercladUK]

Small, medium and large may have changed. 30" has not.

30" will equal 20" 30" & 31" if you pay peanuts to a Korean factory worker

no QC

As SueEllen noted, I always try on at least 3 pairs of same size jeans/trousers especially in GAP to find the right pair

[Ticktock]

Size measurements have got bigger over the year as people have got larger in both height and fatness.

Also many things are now made in the far east and Bangladesh so there is absolutely no way of comparing 70s clothing with today's sizes.

I've actually got 3 pairs of the "same size" jeans from Gap in exactly the same style. They are all different sizes and leg lengths.

Small, medium and large may have changed. 30" has not.

[SueEllen]

Are you seriously asking if 30" in the 70s is different from 30" today?

Size measurements have got bigger over the year as people have got larger in both height and fatness.

Also many things are now made in the far east and Bangladesh so there is absolutely no way of comparing 70s clothing with today's sizes.

I've actually got 3 pairs of the "same size" jeans from Gap in exactly the same style. They are all different sizes and leg lengths.

[darmstadt]

I've noticed it with different manufacturers, a Diesel 32 waist is quite a bit more than a Levi 32 waist which is a bit more than CK. Same with lengths as well...

[shaunbhoy]

MF has gone from a 36 to a 48 - entirely due to changes in clothing size...

The man is a walking talking advertisement for the benefits of Spandex!!

[NotAllThere]

My main bugbear with modern clothes is that gents' shirts are way too short, which means one must spent a fortune on made-to-measure shirts...

There are other kinds of shirts? INKSPE etc. etc.