Dotty P's - bit disappointed, size-wise

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Another sizing thread... I ordered a top (one I'd seen on a MN thread, as usual ) and it came yesterday - it's a size 18 but is really really small....

Now I've lost a load a weight and seem to be in most size 16s at the moment and 18 tops are usually now very comfortable/often too big - hoping to keep shrinking but am gutted the Dotty P top is so tight on me.

Do you find they tend to come up small, or is it because I'm very old and dotty p is actually for youngsters many years younger than me...?

just to say this is my first Dotty P's purchase - am usually a Monsoon/Debs/la Redoute girl...

I think cheaper shops do tend to come up smaller size wise.

I find the opposite in Dorothy Perkins, can buy size 14 tops and coats in there, most other shops I'm a 16 up top.

i find dotty p the worst vanity sizing. I can get in a 10 and I'm a 14.
might not be true as they go up the sizes tho

I'd say it very much depends on the style but generally DP tend to be generous. But you may have got a wrongly sized one - don't be disheartened because of one random top though.

I find them really unpredictable - I've tried on dresses that have looked very similar in terms of cut but with a different fabric - size 12 in one, 16 in another.

Don't let it throw you - well done for losing the weight.

oh no! Am v disheartened now... Although even when I first picked it up it seemed so small I checked the label inside the top - feels much more like a 14 to be honest, but it definitely says 18.

I'll have to go inside a shop and check out some other 18's just to put my mind at rest I think - hopefully it's a one off and mis-labelled...! And dp's a size 14 - might make her try it on although that would mean I'd have to confess to having bought it

oh to fuck with sizes. i am the same size i was a decade ago, (confirmed by clothing that dates that far back) which was a uk 12. I fit a dotty p 14, sometimes that is too small or ill fitting.

i could two farts in a high wind for sizes, i pick stuff that looks like it will fit, try it on etc.

it is v childish, but when i see people posting that x store uses vanity sizing, and that they can always get into a size -46672 (implication, OP is a moose) i do wonder who they think they are helping

i always want to respond with, well yes, but you're ugly, and tactless to boot

Was it one of their 'brands' Dotty? i bought 2 tops a few weeks ago, one from each of 2 'brands'. one was in XL and the other a size 10

Realistically i am a 12

I'm just annoyed because I work full-time, teach the piano in evenings/weekends and don't get the chance to go clothes shopping so I buy on-line for most stuff.

So I went for an 18 top 'cos I knew it would fit well.

Ah well - am keeping it in the drawer on the very slim chance that I'll do a bit more shrinking - it can be a nice Autumn 2012 top...!

also their clothes are mainly crap. they are like a down at the heels next. i can't be arsed to trawl through their dreck, i find new look better for that kind of cheap n cheerful stuff, and their sizing is far more consistent

My aunt used to go into m&s and hold up every size 12 in a skirt to find the biggest one as there was so much variation in the sizing and she was most definitely a size 12

I do think the style is key too - I don't have much of a waist so anything that is very structured - I need to size up.

I also don't like tshirty tops to be too clingy so size up in those too.

Think I'll stick to Debs - love Rocha John Rocha and their sizes are nice and generous . And la redoute for the cheaper stuff - I'm a very pleasing size 16 or 14/16 in their clothes which feels much more marvellous

Best to stick to ranges that cut for your shape definitely.

And well done on weight loss - I too am dieting and lordy tis dull. Especially on a snowy afternoon when all I really want is cake.

I wouldn't base any assumptions about their general sizing policy on one top. You know what size you are (if you don't know, measure yourself and look at a few retailer's sizing charts to get an idea) and you know whether you've lost weight or not. I'm sure DPs quality control with respect to sizing is absolute crap!

Go to Reiss - you will probably be a size 6 there :)

Agreed it's very dull - the only not-dull thing is having to buy new clothes

oooh really?! Am loving Gap jeans at the moment - I'm in dp's old jeans which are marvellously labelled a size 12 (actual 16)

Yep, Reiss are VERY generous with their sizing just not so much with their pricing. I always need a size down in River Island too. Anyway, none of this matters - just do what my great-grandma always did: cut out all the labels and carefully sew in a size 10 one (seriously)

Ha! I'm pretty sure that even with another two stone off, I'll never be able to get away with pretending to be a size 10! A lovely 14 would be just perfect - one day . And yes, just had a look at Reiss - those prices (and I was checking out the sale stuff) are a bit bloody outrageous out of my budget...

Reiss are stopping their vanity sizing apparently.

Are they? I wonder how that will work. Will they relabel their size 4s size 8s or start making their size 4s actual size 4s? We could take our kids there then!