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[NYCLatinaMe]

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

[AlsaceGal]

@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.

[Kachina624]

@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.

[NYCLatinaMe]

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

[SharkE]

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.

[NYCLatinaMe]

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@AlsaceGal 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.

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Thanks for the suggestion @AlsaceGal. 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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[SharkE]

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@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 !

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[NYCLatinaMe]

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. 

[NYCLatinaMe]

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.

[wagirl]

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.