How much ease in a stretch garment?

annagybe

I'm looking at a pair of stretch pants, 97% cotton 3% elastane. According to the website's fit recommendations they said to size up.
I'm normally a 42 in this brand, but that size has a hip measurement of 36".
The 44" has a hip measurement of 38".
My hips are 38.5"-39" ish.

13 years ago

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Latest reply was from CocoLion

Diana

Veteran

Can you tell whether or not the fabric is knit or woven? If it's knit I'd say the smaller size would be fine (I assume they are supposed to fit tight). If it's woven, then it's a crapshoot - depends on the direction of the fabric, whether it's one way or two way stretch, etc. On the other hand, woven is less likely to bag out anyway, so I might just go for the larger one in that case.

13 years ago

annagybe

(website)

Veteran

They're woven.

13 years ago

CocoLion

(website)

Veteran

I would follow the website's recommendation of sizing up from your regular size. As in, one size to the 44.

13 years ago

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