Janet—I hope you didn’t assume that I was implying that it was you. My default is always its me, which clearly I need to rethink. But I hate when something I really like is discontinued or changed. Socks, bras and underwear in particular

Oh kkards, not at all! Just commiserating! I default to blaming my body. Then I remember my existing clothes fit me and realize there are other factors.

I tried on a few dresses the other day — all disasters. But one was loose in a size 8. Another too tight in a size 10. So clearly I fit in anything from a 6 to a 12, which makes no sense. Ah, the crazy world of womens sizing. Meanwhile, my husband can go into a store, pick up some pants in a 36 waist and 90% of the time they fit and he doesn’t even need to take them into the fitting room. LOL

Oh, Mountain Hardwear also mysteriously changed the cut of the same pant between colors. The black snow pants fit great and the grey were really different.

I had the same issue as Angie with the North Face thermoball parka. I bought one at NAS several years ago. It might be the best thing I’ve ever bought at NAS. Then I bought another one in a different color, but the same size. It fits, but it’s not fabulous like the grey one.

Janet! I have a theory about the Athleta bottoms. Have your old ones perhaps stretched out to how you prefer them to fit? This is why I might think that. I just bought the salutation joggers for yoga (same fabric as your Brooklyn joggers). I wore them this morning for the first time for an active yoga practice - meaning lots of stretching, moving and twisting.

And they stretched out a bit after practice!

Angie, I don’t think so. I bent and sat and stretched and the fit still seemed off somehow. My old ones never pull at the hip even after laundering and drying. The SA said that I’m not the first person to comment on the change, and that the jogger cut fits differently, so it sounds like Athleta people have noticed that the cut is different.

Yes, more often than I’d care to admit. Gap does this all the time with their jeans, and North Face has done it with their hiking pants too.

Urrrgh, Janet. BLAST

My Munro shoes! The sandals still fit me but the shoes stopped fitting years ago. The designers decided that the shoes looked better with narrower toe boxes.

Oh, yes. So discouraging! More often, though, I find something I like and it's a one-season wonder--not made again the next year, by the time I realize I'd like to duplicate.