# Ladies: Would You Buy Clothes That Are Sized In Inches? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-buy-clothes-that-are-sized-in-inches/453528 "2008-06-19T23:07:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-buy-clothes-that-are-sized-in-inches/453528/41 "2008-06-22T00:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Even in mens, which does use the inches system it doesn’t really work. I wear anything from a 30 to a 34 in pants depending on brand and style. A 30 inseam in one brand may fit well where a 30 inseam in another is dragging the ground. . [/QUOTE] Ditto that. I’ve noticed the exact same thing. When shopping for a pair of jeans, I’ll ask the clerk for two or three pairs to try on even if I"m only buying one, so I can choose the best available. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-buy-clothes-that-are-sized-in-inches/453528/42 "2008-06-22T14:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=Spectre of Pithecanthropus] When shopping for a pair of jeans, I’ll ask the clerk for two or three pairs to try on even if I"m only buying one, so I can choose the best available. [/QUOTE] Heh. Add a zero to those numbers and you’re in the ballpark for the number of items a curvy woman needs to drag into the dressing room to try on! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-buy-clothes-that-are-sized-in-inches/453528.md?page=2)