https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:58:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1239636 Fri, 02 May 2014 08:43:36 +0000 ManidipaM 1239636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh! Thanks, Lyn! I was going to get the 18 they claimed I am for skirt waist (M&amp;S thinks I am 16 but I fit the 14 in all jeans and trousers... they had no skirts to try! Silly so-and-sos, it is SUMMER)... but now do I want 16 again?</p> <p>I wish returns were easier here so I could order 3 sizes and return two. Starting to feel too hassle-y and I might try a different B&amp;M brand. But I do like some of their prints... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1239101 Thu, 01 May 2014 20:51:28 +0000 lyn* 1239101@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have quite a bit of DP stuff back when they had a reasonable shipping option for us Canucks that didn't attract the wrath of the Duties and Extra Fees Deities ...</p> <p>I find they are pretty TTS. I am a US4 and a UK10; I sometimes do size up to a UK12 because I don't like body-con stuff. I may go down to a UK8 in a skirt, because they are slightly more "forgiving" in the midsection, I find. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1239084 Thu, 01 May 2014 20:36:39 +0000 ManidipaM 1239084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Ornella! So confusing when the size charts tell one story and the actual clothes do something else.</p> <p>Carter, eh, good point there, thanks! The skirt has a fitted waistband but the top I was eyeing is the new looser fit with dropped or no shoulders! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1239012 Thu, 01 May 2014 19:42:18 +0000 carter 1239012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not British, but I do have some DP tops. I odered according to the charts. The fitted tops fit, but I probably would have been happier one size up for the shoulders. The tops that are meant to be oversized are great. They would have swallowed me if I had sized up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1239001 Thu, 01 May 2014 19:21:33 +0000 Ornella 1239001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say it's safe to translate 14 M&amp;S to 14 DP </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1238955 Thu, 01 May 2014 18:32:15 +0000 ManidipaM 1238955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Diane! Wide shoulders here too. I often end up discarding woven tops because they pull over the shoulder blades while fitting fine on the bust. So helps to know that has been an issue! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1238925 Thu, 01 May 2014 17:53:02 +0000 Anonymous 1238925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mani, I'm afraid I only own one Dorothy Perkins item and it's a white moto. I sized up one size, but only as I have square shoulders and needed the extra room there. I think they are probably TTS. I have&nbsp;only ever&nbsp;bought a tee shirt&nbsp;from M &amp;S and bought my usual size 10. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/dorothy-perkins-sizing#post-1238915 Thu, 01 May 2014 17:41:55 +0000 ManidipaM 1238915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, can any British YLFers familiar with both m&amp;s and Dorothy Perkins sizing help me out, please? I just figured out I am a 14 at the former though measurements suggested 16, but we have no brick and mortar store for the latter. So I am trying to gauge whether I might need to size up ie go to 16 or stick with the same 14 as at M&amp;S. </p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>