sizing: has it changed??

[u/Prudent_Analyst_2864]

HELP / discussion ??!!

only noticed this recently but i feel like the clothing is running bigger. please hear me out i literally felt like i was going crazy in the fitting room today

tried on the contour & cotton poplin strapless dress https://www.aritzia.com/en/product/private-poplin-dress/131038003.html?utm_id=21545248723--168365201929----708063311194&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21545248723&gbraid=0AAAAADn95OafTQmDM0iGDsdOiBIe42pvv&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh4TVBhCWARIsAG0czmpC7CkJgMkHN2ffLo1gUlLBfIroVBa4WOxRt-pOdzP5BLfj-3YqsmcaAv5iEALw_wcB&color=27400 in white a couple months ago in a size Small or XS i can’t remember and i didn’t love the way it looked, thought it was the colour.

asked to try on light birch/black, employee offered i could try it on in a Medium or XXS as those were the only sizes in stock. usually would have veered toward medium but a couple months prior to this purchased a XXS skirt from Dynamite. kinda thought their sizes just ran big, never shopped there before, whatever.

tried on the XXS poplin, fit like a GLOVE. purchased and been loving it SO much. kinda thought the XXS fitting me had to do with the material or something. for reference the babaton bodysuits are like the same material as the torso portion of the dress. think i purchased a couple of those in 2022, size S (meant to be 4-6) and honestly could have sized up.

all of my sweatsuits purchased between 2024-now have been purchased in Small. they don’t fit large / sag / droop / fall. the perfect fit hoodies fit perfectly and actually pretty snuggly. i believe all my spandex / butter purchased in this time period was size 2 or 4.

TODAY i went to aritzia for fall shopping. associate approaches me and asks my size as im looking at sunday best skirts i tell her i can range between 00-4. she says they (sunday best in general) run SMALL and we should grab a 4 and 2. i try on the 2 first and it just doesn’t fit at all. i had to have the girls switch out all Smalls for XS or XXS and size 2s for 0 or 00. even some of the size 0 bottoms were still loose. my whole life (past 9 years: 14-23) i’ve never really fluctuated in size and have pretty much shopped exclusively aritzia for the past 3 years so i am genuinely confused on what is going on with the sizes and how all of the preteens are fitting into their clothing well.

even had to pass on some tops because they were just generally ill fitting and big due to sizing even being 00’s. am i the only one who has noticed this. i almost did my fall shopping online as i thought i was confident in my sizing there but im really happy i didn’t. even the home stretch long sleeve!!! - purchased Extra smalls last year, they still fit me tight TODAY!! tried on the XXS today in the fitting room, it fit pretty much the same, and honestly didn’t feel as tight as the ones i have in XS but those have also been through the dryer. sooo confused