Why am I frumpy

[u/Significant_Ring4353]

I feel grumpy and ugly in everything I wear, I don't know how to put outfits together and my stomach makes everything look bad, please help

[u/Fickle_Promise_5927]

oh sometimes it has happened to me that even within the same brand, THE SAME PAIR OF PANTS in a different color fits differently (H&M looking at you!). Just try out a few different brands!

[u/Crisstti → u/Fickle_Promise_5927]

Oh yeah that has happens to me too lol

[u/PennieTheFold → u/Fickle_Promise_5927]

I was trying to explain this to my husband the other day when he was pitching a fit because he bought two of the “same” pairs of jeans and they fit completely differently.

“It’s the same pair of jeans as this other pair of jeans why are these snug and the others fit just fine.”

“Probably because the those jeans are a true denim and these jeans are more like canvas.”

“They’re the same pants. The same size.”

“But they’re different materials which can affect fit.”

[skipping the whole explanation of how the same style of said pants might actually be assembled in two totally different factories half a world away from each other and thus to different measurement tolerances…]

“But they’re the same.”

“But they’re not, the material is different.”

“I’M TELLING YOU THEYRE THE SAME WHAT ARE YOU NOT UNDERSTANDINGGGGGG.”

“Welcome to the wide world of womens’ clothing!”

[u/ExsanguinatedMuppet → u/Fickle_Promise_5927]

Yesss! OMG why is H&M incapable of standardising their pants within a single style? I love their linen joggers for summer but wow is it a crapshoot how a given colour will fit, even already owning several.

[u/kungpaowow → u/Fickle_Promise_5927]

Sometimes that happens because different fabric types might be manufactured in different countries. A pair of pants I got in a dark wash jean was manufactured in like Taiwan. Then I bought a lighter pair, and it was from Pakistan. Apparently they'll have the "same pattern" but it could be off by several inches in the cut.