Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The long and short of it....



You walk into a jean boutique and pick up a pair of some beautiful 7 for all Mankind Flynt caribbean jeans (shhh, one of my favorite colors). Size 25 it reads. WHAT?? Then you realize, you are not in Kansas anymore. This is the confusing european sizing that most designer brands use. Why do they do this? Well, most high fashion has its roots in europe. The finest denim fabric currently comes from Europe and Japan. So how do you decipher the european sizing? It works as follows:
00=24
0=25
2=26
4=27
6=28
8=29
10=30
11/12=32

Now for some reason, it is much less complicated for men, because most jeans are sized this way already, regardless of being designer or not. Go figure.

No comments: