KerriMarie, are you buying your "M's" from European based stores? Clothes in Europe are usually smaller than American ones.

Yeah but I'm not talking about Brand standardization. I'm talking about size standardization.
A 14 from the Limited in the U.S should be the same as a 14 in Jacob in Canada.
At least do this for North American sizes. a 14 is a 14 and a 2 is a 2. I don't understand how in one place a 14 can be so huge that you need to drop down 5 sizes and you go into another store and the 14 is too small.

But there is no 14 at a Limited in the US anymore. :mad: :o :mad:

That's all I can say on that, there's probably someone from corporate trolling the boards. :rolleyes:

Another interesting anecdote - I was cleaning my closet the other night and found a size 12 skirt and a size 8 skirt from American Eagle. The size 12 was about 2" smaller in the waist. I held both of those up to a size 14 pair of shorts - the 14 was smaller than that 12, which was smaller than the 8. WTF to them.

Well that sucks. But you know what I mean. A 2 is a 2 and a 4 is a 4 and so on and so on.

Having a size 14 that is smaller than a size 8 is just wack!

Actually, Canadian sizes are different from US sizes. Notice that after Ralph Lauren bought Club Monaco, that the clothes became bigger? That's because they converted to US sizes. A size 6 from a US brand is a size 8 Canadian. Size 0 at Jacob is like a 00 in most US lines.

No actually I didn't notice, because I don't shop there...but that's not the point.

I don't think you're getting what I'm trying to say. I know the sizing is different. THAT'S THE PROBLEM!

The sizing SHOULD be uniform. There SHOULDN'T be different sizing in North America. What I am trying to say is that a 14 in the US SHOULD be the same as a 14 in Canada, and so on and so forth.

Then maybe we should have an international standard or list sizes from several different areas, like they do at Zara and Mexx. It'll be a heck of a lot easier that way.

That's what I was trying to say. And if not and international standard at least a North American standard.