a conspiracy we can all agree on

[kimba1]

I`ve always been a size 36 waist

recently online I bought some haband pants
no matter how hard I suck my breathe in i just can`t fit in those pant
i found most pant that size now are smaller
what the hell is going on, are they using asian measurement?(I`m chinese,I can get away with it)
I asked around and everybody is noticing the newer clothes are shrinking .
I think it`s a trick for us to buy more stuff,because us yanks are too lazy to return stuff(i sure am)

[BT]

The bigger problem is waist sizes don't come in 35 or 37. Not sure if 33 is readily available either, but i haven't gotten down to that quite yet.

[kimba1]

I totally agree
I call those numbers size limbo
when I started losing wieght I had those problem
when i hit those odds number sizes nothing fits right
size 37 mean 36 is too snuggy and 38 is baggy
and when your a buttless wonder like me ,you`ll wish suspenders are back in style

[Xavier_Onassis]

One way to discover whether your theory that pants are shrinking is to take a tape measure and measure them. close them up, and measure from the seam at the back of the wasit to the closure, then multiply that by two.

Haband is normally exactly the correct measurement: I have found much more variance in dept. store pants, which cost double the price of Haband, and then they charge you for hemming them up, which must be done unless you are 6'5" or so.

Haband can make mistakes (or their Chinese pantsmakers, who stick the size label on), but they will always take them back.

When I buy a pair of pants, if the size is not on a permanent label, I write it on the back of the waist with a magic marker.