I can understand uniquely shaped clothes (halter tops, etc) but why not pants, skirts, suits, etc?
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A lot of women would be upset to know they are built like a D1 runningback so they went soft with their sizes. Instead of 36 inch waist, they get called a size 14, just sounds better bc lower number good
Men’s clothes aren’t really sized by measurements anymore, either. You’ll find that ‘inches’ vary in length between brands and styles.
People, in this case women, like to hide how much they weigh. An inch reading like what you find on pants measurements would expose how large a woman is through numerical value and makes it harder to lie to yourself about how heavy you are.
Dress sizes are somewhat innocuous on purpose, sometimes you’ll fit into a four, sometimes a 6, so that your brain can hide from your eyes. It’s ultimately baby stuff that allow people to live in a fantasy world.
I recently watched a video about this topic: https://youtu.be/IlTp6wRkXuY?si=HUXY5g7y_LhZ_a1k
Fudgeability factor. The clothing makers figure no woman wants to know what her measurements are. Kinda like a doctor diagnosing someone with pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome. No practical, useful and factual ‘you have diabetes and you are fat.’ They fudge around with language so they don’t get screamed at by people with unstable blood sugar issues.
If it makes you feel better many mens clothes aren’t accurate anyway. 36 is supposed to represent 36″ waist but nothing to stop them from labeling it whatever they want. I have seen many pants labeled 34″ that were really 38″
We could end fashion anxiety tomorrow if we all get over this and just wear s/m/l boiler suits. Sigh.
I don’t think woman want other people to know the measurement of their waist? A random number size sounds more appealing than 38″ waist 😉
Why not do an exact measurement of the waistband opening and an exact measurement of the rise (crotch to waistband), as well as the inseam. That way you could actually check, because the measurements would be reliable. Even still, there are many high elastane fabrics with enough stretch to distort.
It is an American Marketing and Sales tactic.
they use pseudo psychology to confuse people on what to think about what they buy. If one retailer has a woman at a size 11, and the same item at another store is a size 6 – she is going to buy the Size 6 (they think). And when they prove that, they can then jack up the price on the size 6 item and get more money.
It is pretty egregious but it unfortunately works. Look at the Facebook psychological experiments in 2012 for reference.
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