Wednesday Rant - Size Charts

Wednesday will be the official day to Rant and Rave. Today's is about size charts on website. I am in avid online shopper, partly because most of the brands and stores, I like, are not in my general location. As an online shopper I often look for the best deals and website that are easy to navigate; the main reason I online shop is because I can look a many different items and stores in less than an hour. Online shopping has grown leaps and bounds, it has become super easy with some website. You can discover new brands that you are usually not exposed too. This all sounds great and you're probably asking so what's the problem; well since I use online shopping to discover new brands, I can't always tell how things are going to fit. Most people would say that's the price you pay for shopping online. I say that's crap and more stores should provide individual measurements. Some great websites have chest and length measurements, which are very helpful and these are the stores I usually shop at more often. Denim doesn't usually have these measurements that I would like to see; mostly waist and thigh. You might think, wait the waist is displayed when you purchase denim; true but some brands use vanity sizing and some brands also run smaller. Websites need to individually measure each item and list if this item is true to size, runs bigger or runs smaller.

Let's face it, it's impossible to try things on, that's an advantage of shopping in stores. Websites are trying to fix this but it's not a lot of them and some are small steps. Some website have used feedback to tell how items fit by people who have purchased the item. This is good but new items aren't usually reviewed for a few weeks and the reviewed don't really leave a detailed message. eBay sellers have been known to post measurements, but eBay has a lot of fake items and if you aren't skilled in spotting fakes you can get burned. For tees you should check 80stees.com, they measure all the tees and post both chest and length. We shouldn't just accept that online shopping is flawed. Get on the website and hit the "contact us" link and send them an email letting them know what you want. If enough people send email the stores will start to take notice and hopefully make changes for the good. Here's to a day when online shopping is just like shopping in a brick and mortar store.