- Sizes are so made-up and so stupid.
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- Hi, I'm Yiwa.
- And I'm Jazzmyne.
- And this week we're going to be purchasing clothes
in our sizes from four different brands
to figure out will they all fit.
- Honestly, highly unlikely.
- [Yiwa] So, here are the ground rules.
- [Jazzmyne] To be able to compare bottom and top,
we decided to go with jumpsuits.
- [Yiwa] So, that means they have to be
as structured as possible
which means avoiding stretchy fabric
so that we can get a clear comparison as much as possible.
- Honestly, very skeptical on if this is going to work out.
- 100%, I think there'll be a big variance in sizes.
But, I say we go experiment.
Being a size 12, it's always a little bit hard
to find my size because it's like right on the cusp of plus.
And I always have to look at the very back of the rack
for things or at the very bottom.
When I'm at a plus size section,
they might not even have my size
because it's considered, you know, right on the cusp
and maybe they start at a size 14.
- Finding clothes in my size,
basically I've had to resort to only shopping online.
Not many malls or, you know,
stores carry one, clothes that I actually fit into,
and then two, clothes that are my style
that I actually fit into.
And then to fit my stomach and my ass,
also rarely happens.
Universal Standard has a whole lot.
I'm gonna type in jumpsuits.
They have some cotton twill jumpsuits.
That means that they're probably not so stretchy.
Brown is the vibe, too.
Okay, I'm into this.
I'm going to go with the 26-28 from Universal Standard.
This is like a catsuit.
(cat meowing)
I'm getting this one.
- I liked that it has a lower waistline that tends
to work better for my long torso.
Let's see what their size chart says.
I'm usually a size 12.
That is a large, but so is a 10.
Oh, size 12, awesome.
This one's really cute.
Okay, so everything has arrived.
The packages are here.
It looks kinda small at first glance.
It has a little give on the waist.
- We have this Universal Standard fit.
Oh, I love the color.
It seems kind of a little bit more give
than I thought it was going to be.
- I'm loving the green.
This is like perfect for spring.
This will definitely fit.
Not much give in the back, so that's kind of what we wanted.
- I am terrified for this jumpsuit.
It's pleather. There's no other words.
It zips up in the back. That scares me.
And it is like a little stretchy.
It's gonna fit me.
Now, look good?
- This looks really big for my size.
It's also kind of stretchy,
which I didn't anticipate that.
It didn't look like that online.
- Might be slightly big.
It just depends how much I fill this out.
- Okay, this is, yeah.
It looks very tiny.
Maybe I'll fit it.
- The only thing that I'm worried about
with this one is that the torso is not long enough.
So if this torso is not long enough,
then it's gonna look very odd on me.
But width wise, I think it might fit.
- [Yiwa] This alone has an inch-and-a-half difference.
And then Pretty Little Thing to Madewell
is almost three inches.
And then Pretty Little Thing to Universal Standard
is almost six-inch difference.
- [Jazzmyne] This is the biggest.
Then, it's a tie between Lane Bryant and Eloquii.
And then Pretty Little Thing is several, like,
literally about an inch difference.
- [Yiwa] So, we can see here that
all the chest sizes as well have a really big difference
between Universal Standard, Madewell,
ASOS, and Pretty Little Thing.
Okay guys, do we think Grinch?
There is little to no give, like maybe an inch,
not even three-quarters of an inch.
Definitely a lot roomier for me at the chest
and at the waist.
It's kind of warm.
If you run hot, I would say definitely don't order this.
- This is the Lane Bryant jumpsuit.
It feels pretty good, little bit loose right here
but to the perfect amount.
I wouldn't want it any tighter.
It is more loose in my chest area.
For it to fit so perfectly on the bottom half of me,
I don't think I can complain.
- This one is cute, but it's kind of low
and I'm not tryna to flash anyone.
I've used, once again,
the most of this seemingly elastic top.
It fits. (bell dinging)
- Second jumpsuit.
This one is from Eloquii.
Suspected or expected, these sleeves cutting off,
not so cute in my shoulders and arms.
The waist is roomy.
It's flowy. It's breathable.
But it's not like stretchy.
- This fits just right.
It's super comfortable and there's little to no give.
So, that's what we really wanted.
The chest is snug, but not uncomfortable.
The only thing is that these are just here to look pretty.
Fits. (bell dinging)
- Y'all.
Okay.
I am literally and figuratively sweating my ass off.
I cannot.
But with all of that being said,
it fits. (bell dinging)
This is a look, honey,
a look that I don't know if I will ever wear again.
- I really like this one.
It's so like sleek.
And the buttons are snap-on.
It's super roomy.
I don't think it's my size.
There's a lot of give.
It's definitely too big.
- It is stretchy material, like very stretchy material.
It feels very good and fitted on my chest.
I think I could go a size down.
- So, three out of the four jumpsuits actually fit me.
Through this experiment, I'm two different sizes.
Now, I can expect that there'll be an inch
or an inch-and-a-half difference between brands
without using a size specific chart
which I'll probably do again in the future.
- I have realized that I am two different sizes at once.
Material, how stretchy it is, the cut of it,
does it have sleeves,
those definitely, definitely go into it.
It is kind of frustrating because, you know,
it would be great if all across the board, like,
sizes were the sizes.
The best thing that I can do from here on out is
to go and look at the sizing charts.
It does not matter what your size is,
get what is comfortable for you.
Don't be surprised if you're, like, a small one place
and a 3XL the next, because they do that
to mess with our minds
and because society is based in diet culture, so.
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