Please can someone shed some light on the absolute minefield that is the sizing of vintage Levi’s.
I’m either being astronomically dense or completely misunderstanding something here (both very likely at the moment).
I want to buy a pair of vintage Levi’s (obviously) straight leg - 501s possibly but still looking around.
Of course with ‘that which we shall not name’ still keeping us from real life I can’t try any on and so, with the guidance of some YT influencers, I’ve been looking on eBay... but here’s the thing, apparently vintage sizes are not the same as current sizes. How can this be?
Now, I understand numbered sizes like a 12 being bigger these days but surely if you’re a 28” waist you can fit into 28” waist vintage Levi’s, but apparently not.
Can someone explain, surely an inch is an inch?
Also, I know I’m buying clothes in a pandemic and no I have nowhere to go outside of muddy walks every day, but also I want to treat myself because.. pandemic, also I’m worth it etc 