River island sizing

[Sunkist12]

Does anyone find that river island jeans come up small? Or is this me just hoping

I'm usually a size 12 and I ventured into river island for the first time to buy jeans. Tried on the mom jeans and I couldn't fasten them up.
I wondering if it's me that's gained a few pounds, or if they are small to size?
I've got a few different brands at home which are all 12s and no issue. Come you through some true to size shops at me? I find new look, very and m&s really good for jeans.

Please help before I go on an eternal crash diet.

GG20 what do you mean by a ‘real’ size 12? There is no industry standard, that’s why there’s an issue between stores...

@Kennehora I'm 5'3, weigh 10.7 and am also a pear shaped 10 on top and 12 on the bottom. It depends on your shape as well as your weight

I think that was a bit rude to the OP tbh!

I've worked really hard to keep my weight off I've gone from 16st to 10.7

I think I look average.

I find RI sizes on the bigger side compared to topshop or zara but smaller than next or gap.

@Kennehora op said she was a size 12

So you are normally a size 6-8 and op is normally a 12..... yeah same thing

And you look very lovely in that picture OP

Yes kennehora you were rude and you know it. There is always one person on these threads that comes on to exclaim that a person couldn't possibly be that weight and size. Always someone getting a sly dig in. Well if you want to play that game there's no way anyone that's 9 stone 3 is a size 6 in any store

I'm 10.7lbs, 5ft 5 and was wearing size 10 RI trousers yesterday but always a 12 in top shop jeans, although the bum gets saggy. It just depends on your individual body shape. Your figure looks fab by the way 🙌x

Kennehora -yawn-

I'm the same height as you op and a little bit heavier, more like 10st 12lb and I am mostly a 10, normally a 12 on top half though. I have some RI jeans in a 14, they are a not big in the waist but tight on the legs.Everyone carries weight differently and has different muscle mass etc. Your photo looks fab.

Sorry if I wasn't clear and caused confusion. I mentioned I was a size 10 on top mostly and can fit into some size 8s. This is on top only as I'm pear shaped and have a small waist and an A cup. I'm a 12 on the bottom half.

The only reason I posted that picture was to show that everyone is different and even though I am 10.7 stone I feel you could easily pin point me as an average size 12 or whatever average means. I hold weight differently, so my weight goes to my thighs and bum

Previous weight has alot to do with it as I felt like I had to justify my size when I've worked so damn hard to be told No, you're not and again you looked at my picture and said nope you're not that size. I appreciate you may not have intended to be unkind, but it came across that way. I'll repeat it again, I'm a size 10 in tops can fit into 8 depending on cut. However, majority is a 12.

Kennehora yep. You are rude. And can't read. The OP clearly stated that she is a 10 top, sometimes an 8 and always a 12 on the bottom. You've said you are normally a 6-8 but an 8-10 in RI. So you are a completely different size to the OP but you decided that she couldn't possibly be the same size as you as she is heavier. So you are a 6-8 and she is a 12 on the bottom and you can't get your head around that. Rude.

Kennehora, you remind me of an acquaintance who always always has t bring into any conversation how 'tiny' she is and always has to be the thinnest, smallest in some oddly 'self depreciation' attention seeking way.

But thanks for saying I don't look like a size 12. I feel utterly shit now.

BMI is bollocks!

Hopefully this is a clearer picture and that I 'pass now

@Sunkist12

You look slim and absolutely lovely and congratulations on the fantastic weight loss.

Any thread on MN about size or weight is a magnet for those who have to be slimmer than everyone else and make themselves feel better at the expense of others. Take no notice.

Thank you for your apology. I've had 2 dc both c-sec, mid 30s and a life time of bad eating to boot. I don't want to feel bad about my body and I appreciate you didn't intent for that to come across.