Size matters

No, you pervs, not that size. Well..ok that size matters, too. However, this post is about sizes in women's clothing. How many of you ladies out there have clothes in your wardrobe that are in at least 2, if not 3, different sizes? And how many times have you gone to a store thinking, "I'm a size X" and tried on something just to find it's either too big or too small? Men don't really have this problem, since most men's clothing sizes are exactly in inches. Pants that are 34"x32" are what they are in any store.
Unfortunately for women, most of us care about "the number" as if it were who we are. We rarely say, "I wear a size X" but more "I am a size X". So naturally it would behoove stores to make their sizes fit their customer. For example, if in one store you find that the clothes with the lower number in your range fit, you'll be more likely to shop there because you feel thinner/better/happier in a smaller size. These, I have found out, are appropriately called "vanity sizes".
So the question remains, will we ever have standardized sizing or will the clothing industry win out?
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