M and S sizing

I fit into an M & S size 10, despite the fact that years ago when I was 2 stone lighter - 8 stone with a 22 inch waist - I was always a size 10, never an 8. I don’t think this is just an M & S thing. Sizes in general are getting more generous, to try to reassure us that we’re still trim. I for one think it does us no favours.

Yes, I’ve morphed from a size 14 to a size 12 recently and I’m still the same weight. I think it’s to con some people ?

Yes, I have gone down from a 14 to 10, even though I am not as tall as I was, but weigh the same.

Recently I have gone down a shoe size, 39 to 38. DD has also said she has dropped a shoe size so it is not an age think. She thinks it is because shoes are being made wider, She has very wide feet and always had to go up a size t get the width.

Is it just me who remembers when M&S did size 13, 15 etc as well as 12, 14 and so on?

No, I remember when a number of shops sold odd (number) sized clothes

I remember that too KatyK, although it was a short lived excercise, I think.
I'm a fairly standard size 18 but I've been back to M&S today to return the 2 sweaters I bought yesterday because they buried me. Think it's a bit of kidology to make me think that I've lost 10lbs in weight over Christmas I wish.

It’s a marketing ploy called vanity sizing to stimulate more sales .

Oh. I was so happy too!

M&S have for years done this, I'm always a size smaller in their clothes.

It began in the USA many years ago and it surprises me M&S have only just discovered it. As NotaGran says, it's vanity sizing.
You may think you're a size smaller when wearing M&S stuff but actually, you're exactly the same !!

I remember M&S odd sizes as well as even. I'm that way at the moment and have to wear a tight belt with their jeans as 16 too small 18 too big.

I'm glad i read the reviews as i am usually an 8 in shoes or 7 and a half in wide fit. Bought some trainers from here regular fit but reviews said they are big so got a 7 and a half and they are a great fit....also a midi swing dress, even a size smaller was really big so had to be sent back and whats with the high round necks? they cant seem to get it right at the moment.....also, the M&S in Luton is closing in May, it has three floors so not a tiny one....such a shame, shall miss it a lot...

Three pairs of M & S trousers. Same style , same size. One fits beautifully, one too big and 1 too small!

Sounds a bit like the Three Bears’ porridge ginny

I haven't found the M&S sizes getting bigger but they are more variable so when buying two pairs of jeans, same size, different colours, one will fit and one won't.

Well, either their jeans are getting longer or I'm shrinking - got some online last week, bought normal size, miles too long. Did look at the reviews and it seemed quite a common complaint with that style. Had to return them, tried a different style in the same length, and they were perfect.

I remember them doing sizes 13, 15 etc, they were perfect for me because I was halfway exactly between a 12 and 14 then. Now, I’m probably more like a 15!

I bought a Bra there recently on a whim- I don't usually buy them there.
I got it fitted for me as I was unsure of sizes. I am usually a 36E but she measured me as 38D. It seemed OK in the shop but the cups sit well away from my skin.
Back to Bravissimo!

I bought a pair of trousers there yesterday size 16 yet I have a skirt in the wardrobe bought a few years ago and can't fasten the waist size 20! ?

As a former supplier let me inform you.. it depends on the fit they are looking for..so a size 12 in one garment may have a completely different fit to another style.and it may have been designed to be a looser fit.. that said ,garments are fitted on different models who are essentially all the same measurements but can be different shapes..so you can have a 34 bust who has anarrow back but full front and vice verse..
a hip measurement that is more bum /less bum .
Often the fit process can ruin the essence of the garment with atechnologist completely ignoring the aesthetics .the buyer or designer should have the last say but that dies t always happen.
In my experience their sizes are one size up on the high street but then most of the high streets sizes are small for cost.
I always try two different sizes in clothes because at the end of the day it’s how it looks on you not what it says on the label .
MandS do not score well on fit or necklines..I agree entirely .necklines are so important.. there are formulas to achieve the most flattering shape..it’s the detail that makes or breaks a garment

Trousers - definitely. I used to try a pair on and if they were ok, would pick up the same size in different colours. Can't do that anymore, every pair is different!

KatyK The size 13 jeans & trousers that I used to buy where the best fit I have ever found I thought the world had ended when they stopped doing them.

Yes, all of my life I have had size 14 trousers and jeans and now I have to have size 12 or they fall down !!, Still I like looking at the label!

I bought two pairs of trousers from M&S, identical style, two different colours - one pair was too big, the other too small!