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Fit Guides - What do you think?

NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:41:17 GMT

I just realized that QVC is actually now giving fit advice, but I am wondering how reliable it is.

I copied below "fit" advice from 4 DIFFERENT ITEMS. These appear between the "color" selection boxes and the size selection boxes.

In the past, I had only seen the first type ("What's My Size), which I had never bothered to use because I rely on the garment measurements.

But I just realized that for a Joan Rivers boucle sweater cardigan that I am interested in buying, and based upon the garment measurement looks like it runs small, the FIT designation is "SLIGHTLY BIG". (Cardigans should be roomier than tops, because they go over, and the garment measurements posted for my regular size would have been skin tight.)

For a Logo top that I was about to checkout, and based upon garment measurement looks like it runs big, the FIT designation is "RUNS SMALL".

I also saw the "TRUE TO SIZE" FIT designation on another garment, which didn't register with me, or surprise me, and went unnoticed until I saw the other 2 FIT designations, but I thought I would share all the variations in FIT designations that I have seen.

Have you noticed these fit tips before? Have you found them to be true?

Please help! I'd like to checkout my purchases!

TIA

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

Alsace Gal — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:47:33 GMT

@NYCLatinaMe

Yes, earlier today I was looking at a skirt I purchased last year.
I answered the questions and it gave me the size of pants I should wear.

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

Kachina624 — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:48:51 GMT

@NYCLatinaMe. Don't you imagine those fit designations are based on comments or designations made by people doing reviews? Those can be all over the place depending on the customers vision of her size compared to reality.

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NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:50:23 GMT

@Kachina624 These are new items, so no reviews on any of them.

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SharkE — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:54:47 GMT

QVC, I go by after the description where it says

click here for the measurements for this item

Then it brings up the guide.

Sometimes it will say "fitted" in description I keep walking. "relaxed, fit, I love, built more for the average

full busted woman. Semi-fitted is ok. Just pay attention to the bust and hip measurement.

Over at HSN it is a nightmare !! It's all a guessing game

you got "measurements for this garment", then , it's got "fit guide", then if your lucky they will show on the TV exactly the red guide I rush to read the large and xlarge to see the bust measurement. Sometimes they

have a 'large' bust as 40 ! huh? not gonna cut it for me.

Denim &Co. I can't go wrong. I can even wear a medium in Gary's oversized sweat shirts!! He designs for the average woman. All the hip sizes are usually too big and I have to pay another 10 to the seamstress to take it in on both sides. Denim and Co. comes the closest to my body shape.

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:33:50 GMT

@Alsace Gal wrote:
@NYCLatinaMe

Yes, earlier today I was looking at a skirt I purchased last year.
I answered the questions and it gave me the size of pants I should wear.

Thanks for the suggestion @Alsace Gal. I just tried it and remembered why I did not think it would be useful. You have to tell them what my size is in other brands. I don't know what size I wear in those. It varies. My size varies because of my body shape. We are not all proportioned the same. I was hoping that like Amazon, they were recommending by my size based on my other purchases. Amazon also uses information collected from returns, which I don't think QVC does. And these are new items anyway. Going by height and weight and age is not going to work for me because I don't have the traditional fit body. Thanks anyway! I think I will go by garment measurements, or maybe I will go by my most common Logo size. I just think the top looked big on all the people that wore it during the presentation, AND the measurements looked bigger than normal on my most common Logo size. But the FIT designation is "RUNS SMALL". 😡😡😡

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Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

SharkE — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:38:39 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
QVC, I go by after the description where it says
click here for the measurements for this item
Then it brings up the guide.

Sometimes it will say "fitted" in description I keep walking. "relaxed, fit, I love, built more for the average
full busted woman. Semi-fitted is ok. Just pay attention to the bust and hip measurement.

Over at HSN it is a nightmare !! It's all a guessing game

you got "measurements for this garment", then , it's got "fit guide", then if your lucky they will show on the TV exactly the red guide I rush to read the large and xlarge to see the bust measurement. Sometimes they
have a 'large' bust as 40 ! huh? not gonna cut it for me.

Denim &Co. I can't go wrong. I can even wear a medium in Gary's oversized sweat shirts!! He designs for the average woman. All the hip sizes are usually too big and I have to pay another 10 to the seamstress to take it in on both sides. Denim and Co. comes the closest to my body shape.

HSN also has another set of sizes under
"fit and description" ! What in the hale are U suppose to use !

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:48:58 GMT

Honestly @SharkE, I stopped shopping HSN fashions a while back due to inconsistency. I have little interest in rewrapping orders and going to the post office for returns. QVC's garment measurements are reasonably accurate, but I still have returns because I may not like how it looks on me, and then won't wear.

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

NYCLatinaMe — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:54:20 GMT

So I bought the smaller than usual size, based on garment measurements and despite the FIT advice that it "RUNS SMALL". I remembered I had bought another Logo Lavish item in a smaller size based on garment measurements and it fits me fine. My regular size in that item would have been too big. The back measurement of the item I have is identical to the back measurement in the smaller size of the new top. So going with the smaller than my regular size, disregarding the FIT advice that it "RUNS SMALL". Hopefully it will fit. The item I have and fits me in the smaller size is still available on the Q, and the FIT advice for that item is also that it "RUNS SMALL". But for me, a smaller size fits, so it RUNS BIG.

The thing that is tricky about the new Logo Lavish top is that it has a cotton modal lining underneath an overlay of embroidered eyelet polyester chiffon. Never seen that before in a casual garment, it is very pretty, so I had to buy it. Price today is $65 vs an alleged QVC price of $100. The cotton modal underlay had a smaller chest measurement than I prefer in the size I bought, since I like my clothes loose, but since there is a loose embroidered eyelet polyester chiffon overlay on top, it should be OK. And every other measurement appears to be a good fit. So wish me luck! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

The FIT advice does not seem to work for me, so I will continue to rely on garment measurements until that doesn't work.

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wagirl — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 14:14:10 GMT

Fit guides!!!Another bane to my existence!! I can match almost prefectly to fit guides--then when I get that item--it NEVER fits!!! I range in between med-large--if there was a med 1/2 or a small --large, I would be in hog heaven. I don't order fashion online much and never from here. I did get 3 pairs of capri pants from AMZ in a large----must have been my small-large size--because they fit perfect and the reviews were not that great but they fit me.

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Bookplate — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 15:58:40 GMT

They probably use AI to write these fit suggestions based on the text in the garment description and the general QVC size chart.

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cjm61 — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:07:15 GMT

@NYCLatinaMe I always look at the actual garment measurements as well as reviews stating it runs small or large. However, that can vary within the same garment, one review can state it runs small whereas the very next review says it runs large. If people would just state their body measurements it would be most helpful.

I have discovered within the last couple months I am given my size recommendation on a few items. I find this is pretty accurate.

As for the What's My Size?, I glance at it but don't pay much attention.

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Carolina925 — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:06:23 GMT

Whenever I get a purchase where I love the fit, I go to the "click here" size guide and write down the measurements that work for me. Whenever I see something I'm interested in, I always look at that guide to see if they'll work for me. That's one reason I purchase from QVC, I've seen no other online companies that do this. I'll stick with this as long as it works. This guide is a make or break for me since QVC's sizing can be all over the place. I do know that "skinny jeans" will never work for me since I carry my weight in the hips/legs. Joan Rivers clothes are always very much oversized so I always can tell if I need my regular medium size or go down to small. I find it the most helpful guide for me.

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NYCLatinaMe — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:48:25 GMT

So I bought one size down from my regular size based on garment measurements and disregarding the fit designation that it "RUNS SMALL", and the top, one size down, fits me perfectly!

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That is because my shoulders are on the small side of my size, but for those of you that are busty, I recommend stay true to size. The top has a lining, and the lining just fits my bust, so if I was bustier, it would have stretched the lining, which would be noticeable through the translucent organza top that would have probably still fit, but would not be a good look IMO.

The top is very pretty.

I do feel misled by the presentation. The shoulders and back yoke are cotton/modal, and Amy said something that I took to mean that the lining was the same cotton/modal (not rewatching, but I think she said something like "there is a whole t-shirt underneath" while pointing out the cotton/modal accents), which I thought would make the fact that the organza layer is 100% poly ok with me.

In fact, the lining is nothing like the cotton/modal accents. It is 100% poly that feels like stretchy poly lingerie. I don't buy 100% poly tops any more, and most likely I wouldn't have bought the top if I had known that. The description does state "lining 100% polyester", but it is confusing since the organza top is also 100% poly, which I knew, and I have seen confusing and erroneous material descriptions in the QVC website in the past.

The top is pretty, it is loose, so I may keep it. But feeling misled. It is in the short side, which is a good thing for shorty me.

Re: Fit Guides - What do you think?

wilma — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:29:20 GMT

I always check garment measurements first. Love that the Q has those for clothing items. Then, I check to see the fit of the garment in the description. Works for me most of the time.

I don't think I need a fit guide suggesting what my best fit would be. I've seen those on other sites, and they don't really help me. What helps me most is garment measurements and previous brand experience.

Have a Great Week!

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NYCLatinaMe — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:56:50 GMT

Agree @wilma. Those garment measurements are what keeps me shopping here.

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Nonametoday — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:42:38 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
QVC, I go by after the description where it says
click here for the measurements for this item
Then it brings up the guide.

Sometimes it will say "fitted" in description I keep walking. "relaxed, fit, I love, built more for the average
full busted woman. Semi-fitted is ok. Just pay attention to the bust and hip measurement.

Over at HSN it is a nightmare !! It's all a guessing game

you got "measurements for this garment", then , it's got "fit guide", then if your lucky they will show on the TV exactly the red guide I rush to read the large and xlarge to see the bust measurement. Sometimes they
have a 'large' bust as 40 ! huh? not gonna cut it for me.

Denim &Co. I can't go wrong. I can even wear a medium in Gary's oversized sweat shirts!! He designs for the average woman. All the hip sizes are usually too big and I have to pay another 10 to the seamstress to take it in on both sides. Denim and Co. comes the closest to my body shape.

@SharkE

I did that on the NIc + Zoe and it was 2 sizes too big. I should have used my standard QVC measurements. Now I am paying shipping back and forth.

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SharkE — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:12:18 GMT

I wait till they show the on screen measurement guide at HSN

I go by it. Don't think QVC does that.

Figured out their game.

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RetiredATC — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:28:06 GMT

I always use the "specific garment measurements" information. When they give the model's height as a guide to size, that doesn't do anything for me, and is useless. I need waist size, and bust size to determine if the item will fit me. I never rely on the slide bar feature, and, if you read the reviews, for the same item, some say it runs large, and some say it runs small. If QVC gets rid of the specific garment measurement, I guess I'll save money because I won't buy! lol

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ROMARY — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 01:42:56 GMT

I've been measuring my best fitting pants in the same fabric as the item I'm interested in.

Then, I go to the 'click here' for this item and find those measurments.

I order the size that resembles what I already own, as long as it's the same/similar fabric.

That has more or less worked for me, so far.