M and S sizing

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! ?

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 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!

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 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.

Sounds a bit like the Three Bears’ porridge ginny

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

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...

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.

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 !!

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

Oh. I was so happy too!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 ?

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.