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[Bonkers1]

When shopping at a store for pants would you size up if your normal size is too tight?  For some reason I won't buy a larger size - vanity issues.

[SloopJohnB]

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@Bonkers1 wrote:

When shopping at a store for pants would you size up if your normal size is too tight?  For some reason I won't buy a larger size - vanity issues.

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• Yes, if my regular size is too tight I would buy the next size that fits.

[kaydee50]

Of course!  I don't care what size the item is as long as it fits correctly.

[cotton4me]

Absolutley I would size up.  Comfort/fit is more important to me than size.  I wear different sizes depending on the manufacturer.  

[Jk9]

Absolutely I would and do size up.  I am not stuck on a size number, but look for the best fit.  Besides no one sees that number but me!   And I hate tight pants and how they feel so I will definitely get the size that fits.  

[KBEANS]

I would, and have sized up. I'd rather be in a larger size and look put together than having the pants be ill fitting, and everybody see how ill fitting they are, and know my flaws.

I have cut the size tags out of clothing so no one inadvertently sees it, and also in the hopes of forgetting what that size is.  😆 

Try that if it helps. 😂 

[VanSleepy]

I would go up a size but I wouldn't be happy about it, and I  know that's silly because sizes are all over the place these days.

[Sooner]

And one would wear pants too tight because. . . ?????

[Susan Louise]

I never owned just one size in pants or tops my entire life. It was always 2 sizes...whether I was at my highest weight - 2X/3X (BTW, I never bought clothes with #'d sizes back then...LOL) or now back to a normal size XS/S (4/6).

For most of my life before I started gaining weight in my early 40's, I was mostly a size S and either a 6 or 8. I was about 1 size larger back then than I am now. I would also have to go up to a medium every once in awhile when I still shopped at B&M stores back then too.

I am roughly one size less now then way back then. I posted a pic on these forums months ago from 1995 when I was in Bermuda (I was wearing mainly a size 8/S back then with a few S/6) and one pic from a couple of years ago with my DH showing I am smaller now...mainly a 6/S with some 4/XS.

It depends on the garment, type of material, brand and line of clothes.

[wilma]

I always buy up a size in pants because my waist is smaller than my hips. I either use a belt or have my tailor take in the waist. Sometimes I can squeeze into the smaller size that fits my waist better, but then the pants are way too tight in the thighs. I've never liked leggings or super tight pants so I always go up a size. Works best for me.