Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes and Shoes

Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by iamben on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:54AM (#17338245)

Yes, and more retailers would size consistently based on this fact. There was a pair of jeans that fit me perfectly in GAP, for instance. I wore through two pairs of them (and at £39 quid they weren't worth getting repaired). The third pair I bought online. Same colour, same size, same name. Didn't fit at all. Went to store, all the sizing had changed across the board. About 18 months later, it changed back. Very annoying.

Edit: I bought APC jeans last time and the cost (and how good they look once worn in) was worth getting them repaired. Next time I can afford to spend a bit more, I'll probably go for Nudie - mostly because of their free repairs for life policy, which I think is amazing: https://www.nudiejeans.com/page/free-repairs-for-life

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Re:Surprising Findings About How People Actually Buy Clothes... by hiram112 on Monday June 18, 2018 @03:58PM (#17341186)

Same thing happens to me, and I've noticed that the countries of manufacture will vary. I didn't realize that clothing companies could switch their whole operation from say, Bangladesh to Vietnam, in one year, but I guess if it is profitable based on varying wages and currencies, they get it done.

But like you said, it is very annoying because I like to just buy what I already know works, and it's not possible at many retailers any more.

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