WTF H&M?!?

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How to make a postpartum woman feel even better about her new, less than perfect body. Ordered some jeans online, I'm a 12 but wanted to make sure no muffin top so ordered them in a 12 and 14. They arrived today and I can barely pull the 14s over my thighs and they are about 6 inches from being able to do up. So upset and feeling really shit about myself now. I know my existing size 12 jeans fit so there must be something drastically wrong with their sizing but it's still not great for self confidence. I would have taken a picture but it was too embarrassing!

I avoid the trousers because of the sizing. It's just mad and very disheartening when you can't squeeze into a size 16. And their tops are massive, I've got a couple of jumpers and tops from the girls range (and I'm tall size 10).

Go somewhere like Wallis or M&S, they're on the big size and good for an ego boost.

Dd2 is 14, a dancer and tiny and very slim. She's normally a size 6/8. She had to buy a dress she like in a 12 from h and M and it's still tight across her A cup bust.

I took it back and complained. This isn't about 'sizes running small' it's about having a shit quality control and rubbish production dept

I have come to think of H&M as a children's shop.

H&M sizing is very strange. I take size 18 in most shops but size 22 in H&M (which most branches don't even stock) in anything that comes in individual sizes, yet if something comes in S M L XL I need the L at most and sometimes even the M. If they seriously think I'm a medium and a size 22 I don't quite understand how their thought processes work.

I've come to accept that anything other than t shirts won't fit me at H&M.But the deep v linen t shirts are brilliant and flattering and I love them ( and I live in a town with a very meagre selection of clothes shops).
I do have to say the beautiful size 16 silk dress I ordered looked amazing on my size 4 - 13 year old Dd .It wouldn't even go over my arms!And the bizarre sizing they have in S,M,L often means the L is for giants in every sense of the word.But there is absolutely no point in hating the shop for evermore.As I have nowhere else to go .

Yep, H&M are fucking awful which is why I don't shop in there anymore.

I'm 5ft 8" - size 8-10. The last time I went in there, I had to try a pair of jeans on in size 18.

The last time they were any good for sizing was about 10 years ago. I buy the odd t-shirt or jacket in there but never any trousers.

Im in the minority but I do appreciate HMs existence as it's one of the few places where I can find clothes that actually fit. I'm a size XS / 4/6. But in general sizing is nuts. I was looking at some aeropostale jeans last night and their size 0 was too big for me :/

Yeah they're insanely small. I don't mind them doing small sizes but just label corrected.

Shame because i would spend loads of money there if they're let me

You can tell something's up because size 20 sells out instantly online, presumably to average bods like me who think well that's bound to fit.

Genuinely grateful for the replies. Definitely going to take the size on the label with a pinch if salt from now on.

I like H & M and have got some good pieces from there but I think the trick is to take an armful of sizes and try on. It's absolutely no good doing online shopping.

What sums up their sizing is a recent conversation I had with the secretary who sits next to me. She is, not to put too fine a point on it, very slim and petite, usually buys a size 8 but can squeeze into a 6 if the cut is right. She came in the other day in some printed slim fit trousers and a simple t-shirt and looked great. I asked her where her trousers were from and she said H & M but then said that she couldn't believe it - they were a Size 16 as they were the only size she could get on!!!!!!!

I'm with Gok Wan; don't look at the size label, just judge by buy as to whether you think it would fit, and then try it on. You can always cut the label out.