https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:28:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078732 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 05:24:13 +0000 Jules 1078732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Their inconsistency/quality control&nbsp;drives me nuts. I hate the in-store shopping experience, where they never seem to have a full range of sizes in anything, but I also hate that ordering on line is basically a guessing game.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078688 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:15:39 +0000 Anonymous 1078688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Suz said. Last winter I ordered a sweater in the same style and size as one I had just bought, but a different color. It was way too big. Taking it to the store I found 3 more..same sweater and color and size. I tried them all on and each fit very differently from the others. I've not bought anything from them since. It's too much work. It's not you, it's the clothes and what seems like no control in sizing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078686 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:14:04 +0000 Adelfa 1078686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My DD worked at AT a couple of years ago and if something didn't fit a customer she just kept trying other garments on, in the same size if that was all that was available. Sometimes the fourth garment, same style, same size, was the one that fit. That went for shoes, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078671 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 04:03:20 +0000 Beth Ann 1078671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel your pain, Mochi!&nbsp; We're about the same size, and I find that Gap jackets are not reliable for me, either.&nbsp; I'm trying to train my eye to "see" size better -- I can now tell without going into the fitting room if there's enough length in a garment, for instance, and this saves me time while B&amp;M shopping.&nbsp; I am constantly taking in at least two sizes of everything.</p> <p>You are looking terrific.&nbsp; Your wardrobe has become more focused and more you in the past year, you're looking fit and your recent hair cut has sent your style quotient sky high.&nbsp; </p> <p>Sometimes I literally speak to the clothes in the dressing room.&nbsp; I mean out loud.&nbsp; In my Diva voice (melodious, but firm). "If you want my money.&nbsp; It's your job to make me look damn good." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078604 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:16:22 +0000 Von 1078604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have found the same thing at BR as well. &nbsp;They used to be my go-to for work pants, and my last trip was a big fat bust. I couldn't fit comfortably in any size bottom 12 or above, which is strange considering I have 4 pairs of Martins and Jacksons in 12 + 14 currently in the closet that fit just fine. My attempt at finding new pants in BR left me feeling rather sized out of the brand...but perhaps they've changed the patterns to be more narrow through the hips and thighs. I dunno, but it's enough for me not to trust any online ordering from them at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078510 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:08:35 +0000 viva 1078510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Laura might be right about GAP/BR because I have noticed changes in how BR has fit me lately. But the biggest issue -- and not a new thing -- is what everyone has commented on: inconsistency. I'm not sure you ever really know what size you are trying on. With those stores, if you can, it's best to go to the store itself so that you can try on multiple of the "same size" to find the one that works. <br />Definitely right, it's the clothes - not you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078504 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:04:06 +0000 Laurinda 1078504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inconsistent. I just had to reorder a sweater in the next size down, their 'slouchy' fit read as 'sloppy big' on me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078487 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:55:56 +0000 Gigi 1078487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I stopped even trying things from&nbsp;Gap because everything was *huge* and I was completely sized out. That was back in early summer. But I was in there not too long ago--a few weeks ago--and tried on some pants. They actually fit OK, which surprised me. But I chalked it up to the fact that they were skinnies and were supposed to be kind of small anyway. So if they're making things smaller, this is great news for me. :^) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078471 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:49:03 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1078471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Remember Mochi - it's the clothes, not you. When I went shopping for bootcut jeans a while back, I had to go up two sizes in Gap just to try them on and with blazers, I can wear a total of four different sizes. Total inconsistency. It's very frustrating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078436 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:25:57 +0000 catgirl 1078436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Something changed recently with their sizing for sure.&nbsp; It's just all over the place IMHO.&nbsp; I'm an XS in some tops, but 2 sizes up from my usual Gap size in some bottoms.&nbsp; And that is just wrong. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078429 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:20:23 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1078429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Remember Angie's post recently about premium denim 'downsizing' recently? I find myself wondering whether ON/Gap/BR has done something similar between spring/summer and fall/winter this year. Case in point, I was at ON yesterday trying some stuff on, and the clearance summer dress in XL was literally falling off me it was so huge, but the full-price winter dress was snug in an XL. Now, granted, they were two different pieces in two different fabrics, but the difference in wearing ease was the equivalent of four dress sizes. I mean, ON and Gap can be inconsistent sometimes, but not usually that inconsistent. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078401 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:54:27 +0000 Liz A. 1078401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To me they run big... How weird. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078398 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:45:16 +0000 Amy 1078398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just call it maddening. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078395 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:36:41 +0000 Mochi 1078395@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. Interesting. If there is such a thing as vanity sizing, would you then call this self-esteem-busting sizing? Like going in the opposite direction?&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyway, in my size range, I usually can't find anything on the floor so am forced to order online. Which I did. It didn't work for me. Buh-bye, ordering from Gap online.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078387 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:28:19 +0000 Suz 1078387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GAP can be totally inconsistent even within an item.&nbsp;Sometimes you need to try half a dozen to get a fit -- in the same size!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078386 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:27:21 +0000 Anonymous 1078386@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GAP revised their sizing, I think. As a matter of fact, I think lots of retailers are revising the vanity sizing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078384 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:25:45 +0000 dustt 1078384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GAP is crazy - I am normally a size 10-12 - I have gap items in my closet from size 8 to 16...... makes no sense - I never order online from them anymore only buy from B&amp;M and only then if someone (usually DD) drags me in and something catches my eye.&nbsp; - I find both Old Navy on one end and BR on the other to be much more consistent size wise - </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078376 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:20:47 +0000 Beth 1078376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They're wildly inconsistent, IME. So frustrating.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078360 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:00:40 +0000 K. Period. 1078360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that they aren't very consistent. &nbsp;I hate it most when they don't run consistent from season to season and they don't give you a heads up ("We've redesigned, based on customer feedback!" how hard is that?). &nbsp;With the Gap, I always buy multiples and if I'm trying on at a B&amp;M store, I try on several all in the same size. &nbsp;You just can't count on their sizing. &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078355 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:57:04 +0000 Mochi 1078355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see...but both the 14 and 16 were incredibly small.&nbsp;</p> <p>No worries. You know, actually now that you mention it, I saw this jacket in a 10 during Shoptoberfest and tried it. It was too small, but probably around the same size as the 16! Isn't that weird? I don't love it that much to try and fix the problem with them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078354 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:55:10 +0000 Diana 1078354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It might be missized! &nbsp;I ordered some pants last summer in 8 and 10, and the so-called 10 was substantially&nbsp;smaller than the 8. &nbsp;The second pair of 10s I ordered fit like they were supposed to. &nbsp;Gap's quality control seems to be a bit off these days. &nbsp;I have placed 3 online orders with them in the last 6 mos. or so and two of them (the aforementioned missized pants, and another one where they sent me 6 instead of 8) had problems. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-gap-sizes-run-smallvery-small#post-1078342 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:46:41 +0000 Mochi 1078342@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because I just had a jacket in 14 and 16 shipped to me. The 16 didn't come close to fitting. I can usually finagle a 14 or sometimes even a 12. Not depressed, just want to keep it in mind if that's true. Thanks! </p>