AAARGH!!! - Help me with this one please...

[inanidealworld]

I regularly wear a pair of Gap size 8 (UK) long & lean jeans. Today, I tried a pair of Gap size 10 (UK)skinny fit and could I get them past my hips? No. I thought I had made enough adjustment for the cut by going up a size.
Very at Gap.
How can this be?

their labelling is a bit hit-and-miss

I have a skirt labelled as a US size 4 (ie a UK 8) and there is no way my arse is an 8.

strick with the long and leans, they're much nicer in a any case.

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I am a 10 sometimes in Gap, but rarely

12 most places

and in H&M I struggle to fit in their 12's

all shops are different, I usually take a 12 and a 14 in to try on so you don't have to faff about getting dressed again and getting another size

skinny jeans make most people look odd imo

icod the trouble is none of the sizes I tried fitted properly in that style so bang goes my thoughts of the skinny ankle skimming jeans with little ballerina pumps look.
Olive Oil - yes but in the same store?

i'm a biggish size 14 bottom in most places, but i couldn't even do up a pair of gap 18s. the shop assistant was flabbergasted and i was rather humiliated.

And I thought being an American brand Gap would be a bit generous in their sizing.

fishie don't get me started on bums! I have what you might call a bit of a 'shelf' bum which makes it hard to find a trousers where the bum fits without the waist being way too big. Although must admit those days are less frequent with my fairly recently acquired muffin top of a tummy courtesy of 2 babies.

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i bet they aren't three sizes bigger than usual [sulks]. good bargain though.

idealworld unfortunately i have not been issued with a bottom, just a big tum. i know which i'd rather have!

it all depends on the age of the child that made them

I still buy them though

Gap sizes are defo hit and miss. Have 3 pairs of Long and Leans, think 2 8's and 1 10. All fit more or less the same. I have Slim Boot Cut which are v nice shape and a good compromise when I am pretending to be a bit more 'with it'.