https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 13 May 2026 00:34:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524298 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:25:00 +0000 Lorem Ipsum 524298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good suggestion, Mo. I hadn't thought about it. I probably should put a measuring tape in my purse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524281 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:12:07 +0000 Mo 524281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you tried bringing a tape measure shopping? Sounds silly, but with a retractable model it's not a big ordeal </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524279 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:10:52 +0000 Lorem Ipsum 524279@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much for your replies. I realize I need to try on the clothes, but I've been getting pretty frustrated when I bring three different sizes into a change room and none of them fit because I don't know my size. Once I can get them on, then I'll start considering the other fit issues Mo identified. I couldn't even tell by holding them up in front of me. I'll try the method Isis suggests next time I hit the stores. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524230 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:41:38 +0000 Isis 524230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Total urban legend. Waists vary much more than necks.</p> <p>But you can get somewhat of an approximation if you wrap the closed waistband from your belly button to your spine....enough to know whether it is worth taking into the change room......I do this while thrifting.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524229 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:41:06 +0000 Meredith1953 524229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pants ALWAYS need to be tried on. I can try on two pairs same size same style and one will look right and one will not! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524223 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:39:33 +0000 Mo 524223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd have to say, even if on the outside chance this works, it says nothing about hip fit or rise or any other number of fit issues! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-this-trick-to-determine-waist-size-real-or-an-urban-legend#post-524207 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:29:25 +0000 Lorem Ipsum 524207@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can you really determine if the jeans/pants/trousers you want to try on will fit by wrapping the closed waistband around your neck? Has anyone heard of this? Apparently you should be able to tell if they will fit by how much the ends overlap. It would be nice to eliminate bringing in a variety of sizes into the change room. </p>