Jeans manufacturers and Diet pill companies
- October 6, 2008 at 10:25 PM by belladonna777
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I have a serious beef with the clothing industry right now. It is my firm belief that the jeans manufacturers, diet pill companies and plastic surgeons all have exclusive contracts with one another.
What would lead me to have such a paranoid view point you may ask? Well, I have no problem telling you. I LOVE jeans. I wear them everyday. Dressed down, dressed up and everything in between. I have a few pair of favorite jeans. You know, the comfy, soft, broken in, hug the right places in all the right ways. I wear the hell out of them as I am sure that most of you do.
A few weeks ago, the ass started giving out on 2 of my main staple jeans. SO, I decide to shop. BAD IDEA DUDE. BAD IDEA! I go to all of my usual haunts since I am very loyal to two particular brands of jeans. Hydraulic and Tilt. They make my ass look rockin' and they are just right at the waist and the length. A dream come true. I usually fit perfectly into a size 3 pants. So, I grab a heap of size 3 pants and head for the dressing room. My left leg gets stuck. I persist, against my better judgement. I can not breathe and they are not even zipped. In fact, I must PEEL them down my leg like so much Catfish skin. WTF!!
Now, I go and get some 5's. Same deal. Then 7's. A little better but WAAAAAAAAAY to much muffin top for this gal. I choke back the tears and go and grab some SIZE 9's. Put those suckers on and what do you know. THEY FIT!!
Before all you haters start saying I have gained weight, I am delusional or just an all around lard ass in denial let me tell you something. I am 5 feet tall. I weigh 112 lbs. In what universe is that a size 9. I suck it up and sneak to the register hiding the size tags the best I can with my over sized purse. I drive home in a state of shock. Could I be in denial? Could I have gained 4 sizes since yesterday?
As soon as I get home I recheck all of the tags in my old jeans. Yep. Size 3. Just like always. So, I decide to do a little experiment. I compare the waist of my new SIZE 9 Jeans with the waists of my old jeans. THEY ARE EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME. Same brand, same style, yet somehow 3 is now 9.
Tell me I am paranoid now, assholes. Tell me there is not some conspiracy to make us feel larger than we actually are. A plan by jeans manufacturers and diet pill companies. I dare you. Only I promise that you will come out on the losing end.
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I always shop in Juniors because I am so short lol. I am only 5 feet tall. The main beef I have with this is that jeans get LONGER as the sizes go up. I paid out the ass to have them hemmed lol.
I wish (sort of) we could go with the men's method of going by inches. Hard to lie there!
Another clothes conspiracy is panty hose. Those damn things never last more than one wear!
I feel your pain although I was never was quite as itty bitty as you. I went from a size 7 to a size 12 WTF!! although my fat ass gained quite a bit of weight :(
ok, i have been at the same weight for over a year now and i recently had this same problem. however, i went from a 15 to a 20 so i'm quite a bit bigger than you. i was so paranoid when i bought my jeans i did the SAME thing you did. i compared my old jeans to the new ones and they were the same size, so i went and stepped on the scale and i was the same weight i had been before. so how did i just magically jump sizes? i definitely think something fishy is going on ...
I agree 100%. Mind you I am no where near a size 3 nor have I been since I hit puberty but it's the same no matter what size you are. It is one giant f%$#ing conspiracy to make us all freaking feel like s&%$ about ourselves.
That's why I hate shopping, though this last time I miraculously went down a size. How the hell did that happen?
See...some jean companies do not cater to us curvy chicks. One time, I thought I'd spoil myself with a pair of Lucky brand jeans. I started with a size 26.. no dice. 27...28...29...30?!?!? Finally, I asked the itty bitty sales DUDE: are you MOCKING me?? I couldn't get a pair past my thighs. I've settled for jeans from Express.
I bet your ass looks super, though.
My fat ass only fits in S-T-R-E-T-C-H jeans...lmao!
ok i totally have the same problem. Mine are Refuge from Charolette Rousse. I am a size 13, have been for 3yrs...I just bought new jeans yesterday, same brand, same weight....yet my 13's are tight around my hips, which i've lost 2inches in! WTF! yeah they are smaller than my 11's from awhile ago so it makes me feel better that i could be in an 11 if they didn't have some conspiracy going on! I dunno it's kind of depressing but when i compare them w/my 11's it makes me feel better!
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Hmmm... European sizes maybe? No? Well... juniors instead of misses... maybe? No? Hmmm.
You're right then. They just suck.
JoyeAustin Oct. 6, 2008 at 10:31 PM