I just took k my measurements to buy the right size of jeans and apparently I should be buying size 20 even though..

[Hungrycaterpillarsmummy]

I'm a size 14 and all my trousers are a 14.
Wtf. This is the size guide for Levi's jeans and honestly I'm in shock. I am absolutely not a 16 let a lone a 20!
My husband then went into fact checking mode and also measured me and couldn't believe it.
No wonder I bought a size 14 river island jeans and they didn't fit!

No I haven't actually so I will do that

Wait, did you measure the belt with a rigid tape measure or are you going from the size of the belt?

Most people pull a fabric tape measure pretty tightly, despite what instructions say, so that could easily take 2 inches off your actual total.

Google AI said to find the bottom of my ribcage, find the top of my hip bone and measure half way between the two? I think that did take it over my tummy 🤔

Just used a rigid tape measure and I didn't make the belt tight around me basically just placed on

I love Levis, most of mine are 28/29 waist, I'm a Suze 10-12 so that'd be accurate according to the chart. I'm still holding on to a pair of 26 in the hopes of getting back into them, I was a size 8 back then!

According to the ASOS size chartI'm a size 16 but actually when I wear their clothes I'm a size 8-12! So hard to know what to buy.

I am ahem quite a lot older than you, so I still think in 90s sizes! Back then it went:
24” waist - size 8
26” waist - size 10 etc
My mum still thinks in 70s sizes, so would consider a 24” waist a size 10 etc. Sizes change such that size 12 fits the ‘average’ woman apparently. We are all (well most, I’m a shorty) taller now, with broader bone frames, as we have enough to eat, so everyone is bigger in general.
Basically, it’s all made up and not to be worried about!

Levi's have remained 1970 sizes. 30" waist has always been size 12. I have Levi's over 30 years old still going strong. Go into a Levi shop and get measured and fitted for jeans they will last for years and get better with age. Some styles will be able to size down like the 569 wide leg relaxed fit.

Says I'm a size 4, I'm an 8 and absolutely wouldn't fit in to a size 4.

If you have a short torso your waist will be higher. I just measure where I go in, which is roughly the bottom of my ribcage.

I wish I could rely on measurements, but I have a thick waist (30 inches) and small hips (37 inches) so I never know what to go for. Currently a size 8-10 in most places, but even when I was my smallest (size 6) my waist was never less than 28 inches.

But the Levi size 14 is 31.25 inches and the other size chart you posted of size 14 is similar so why do you think you would be a 20?

Based on my measurements I physically took which is why I think the chart is a load of nonsense. Clearly some people think the chart is correct and I clearly only think I'm a 14 when I'm definitely a 20. I might buy size 20 and post the results

But based on the River Island jeans photo, you would probably be more comfortable in a 16 or 18. Wear the size that fits, not the size you think you should be.

What was the measurement though

I’m a UK 12 and get 29 in Levi’s. I always thought a 30 waist corresponded to 12 in women’s bottoms?

Presumably 35-36 inch waist?!

It does. A Levi size 29 is 30.25 waist.

You say presumably but OP could easily be reading the chart incorrectly, she hasn’t confirmed

Yeah that’s true

Sorry my post didn’t make sense, trying to do two things at once - I meant that I thought the size chart was right!

You see, this is why I buy Levis - because they're true to size - and they cut for hourglass figures (or people with a smaller waist). I usually wear an 8 or if i want a more relaxed fit, then a 10.

Surely you must have heard of vanity sizing in the high street?

But all that Levi’s are saying is, if you think you’re a 12 or a 14, buy XX size in Levi’s to fit you… so just buy the size you think you should need according to your dress size and let us know how it goes

I love Levi jeans. They are the only ones that fit properly as the sizes don’t change every 5 mins.

Im a 6-8, and always buy the 720 high rises in a size 26 waist, 27 leg.

@redshoesredlaces that makes more sense but why are the vintage ones measuring at 32 inches on their waistband?
Both are 501s but I guess the vintage could be fakes?

@Hungrycaterpillarsmummy Google ai is wrong. Waist is always measured at your smallest point, but that might not be where the jeans waist is which may be partly where the issue lies.