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Sizing pants: men's vs women's (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] VelvetStorm 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is 100% not how mens sizes work.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's 50% of how men's sizes work

[–] VelvetStorm 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know this is anecdotal, but I've never had pants size be the same as my waist size, even when I was in good shape.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Then you must have the weirdest waist ever, for a man.

I am able to go out into any store with my current waist size, and get a good-fitting pair virtually every time without even trying it on. Now, I may not like certain styles - I prefer my belt to be at my bellybutton, not halfway down my hips such that any erection can only ever point down - but men’s sizes are remarkably consistent.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought that too, until I actually measured my waist because I needed to buy some hunting pants online. I've worn the same size Levi's since I was 15 years old, and I figured that was my actual waist size. It's not. Measure yourself and compare it to the waist size of your jeans. They don't match up.

[–] BluesF 6 points 5 months ago

Are you measuring your waist or your hips? Counterintuitively the waist measurement is not where your trousers actually sit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try and find a 38" waist with a 36" inseam. Even in Tall and Big man stores they assume you have at least a 44" waist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Try and find a 38" waist with a 36" inseam.

Then that is an availability of options issue, and not any kind of issue where manufactures label a pair of pants to be a 38 when it is really a completely different size.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I bought several pairs of shorts recently from the same brand, all the same waist size, and some definitely fit better than others. There are always manufacturing variances.