How does zara fit

Crew and GAP. I almost always have to size up at Zara. But then, I have to size down at J. I have no idea! No Zara help here, but LOL at goldenpig! I've broken out in a sweat trying to worm my way out of tight clothing in dressing rooms. I was bent over, yanking it over my head--I couldn't pull it up and couldn't pull it back down. I have never felt so much like a sausage in my life!

So glad no one was there to see me! Ouch, GP - that is no fun! I once had to cut a top off myself Zara runs small even for European non couture brands. Certainly waaay smaller than the Gap, and smaller than J. I tried on maybe 10 things and nothing worked for me fit-wise and a few things were of such poor quality, e.

My SO, who is tall but quite slim and wears a men's M usually, found that none of the men's jackets fit him unless he sized up to an XL. I wear a large in their tops usually but in the skinny studio trousers wear a medium due to high elastane content. These are bar none my skinniest pants in the way they make me look and feel. Definitely runs small. And inconsistent, I'm afraid. Most of my tops are M, but dresses and jackets are L. I want to order some pants very badly but I have no idea what size!

Oh and another weird thing about Zara sizing is in some items they only make certain sizes, but not others.

Where most brands make all sizes of everything, Zara sometimes only makes an it in M and L, or S only or L only. It is really bizarre and no one has a concrete answer on why. Must be something to do with market research though. Okay, so I ordered everything in a medium, because of my shoulders. We'll see - if nothing works, I'm okay with that. Sounds confusing!

AG, did you get everything you wanted? I noticed many things disappeared from the site since last night. The 'Woman' range is their main range and features a square, and the 'Basic' range features a circle and targets the average customer who is looking for essentials.

However, this hack is still handy as one social media user pointed out, "But TRF runs smaller because of it being for a younger age group, so it's not entirely wrong. So if you're shopping in the 'Basic' range you may want to think about sizing down and if you're shopping in the 'TRF' range you may want to buy a larger size. But good news if you're purchasing from their 'Woman' range as the sizing seems to be the truest to size collection.

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