Question for the board regarding

Submitted by ldevon1 on

Air Jordan gear. I received my order and I'm a little disappointed in th sizing. The material, look and feel is great, but everything seems to run a little small. Sorry if this was posted and addressed, and it's nothing an exchange won't fix, but it's still a little bit of a inconvenience. Anyone else find this to be the case?  

ijohnb

August 9th, 2016 at 8:11 AM ^

runs smaller than it used to.  We live in the age of skinny jeans and dress pants that are worn so tight they leave little to the imagination. I can't find a suit that does not cut off my circulation.  I have been the same size for 30 years and have gone from wearing "medium" items fairly comfortably to large and often extra large. 

In reply to by ijohnb

PopeLando

August 9th, 2016 at 9:22 AM ^

Styles change buddy. In the 90s, you could use a Small as a nightshirt. You should definitely get your suits tailored. And maybe you do weigh the same as 30 years ago (I have my doubts - that's not how the male aging process usually works...), but it may be distributed differently.

ijohnb

August 9th, 2016 at 9:30 AM ^

have time for all of that.  And, while I work in a "formal dress" profession, I rarely have to go full suit so it is not worth it for me.  I wear suits baggy anyway, "Pacino suits" if you will.  So I really just have two trusty ones that do the job.  (I have gone and looked "off the rack" though just to see what a new one would run me and the natural fit of a suit is different now.  Perhaps not the actual by the numbers size but they are less roomy.  I get that is the common style now). 

PopeLando

August 9th, 2016 at 9:45 AM ^

Hmm let's agree to disagree. It doesn't sound like you're a Big & Tall guy, so on those few occasions when you need to go full suit, trust me that you stand out in a baggy suit. Not saying you need to be at the height of fashion or wear skin tight pants, but well-fitted modern clothing couldn't hurt your career.

Davymac97.

August 9th, 2016 at 8:36 AM ^

I think we've just have gotten fatter as a country in general.  If you look at clothes from the 70's and 80's (even the 90's to some extent), they were all on the more form fitting side.

ijohnb

August 9th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^

give you visual evidene of the "shrinkage" of clothes.  I have done side by side comparisons with golf shirts from ten years ago against the current models being made.  They are smaller.  I am not denying that the USA is pretty fat in general, but companies are designing clothes smaller.  A large shirt is not the same size as it used to.  "Triple X-large" is what an X-large used to be.

Optimism Attache

August 9th, 2016 at 8:52 AM ^

It's both. In the 90s and early 2000s, the style was bigger and baggier, and I'm sure there was a little "vanity sizing" mixed in. Today, the style has swung towards tighter fitting stuff--and yes this is closer to more of 80s and early 90s tailored fit for stuff. That plus the fact that we are truly fatter than we were 20 yeras ago, means we get a little surprised by the sizing of things. And it is even more of a shock for those of us who have been buying their own clothes since the "baggy days". The younger generation might not notice so much.

pescadero

August 9th, 2016 at 9:01 AM ^

Not jean waist bands.

I measured some old (1990's) 32" waisted jeans.... 32"

 

I measured several new pairs of 32" waisted jeans... they measured from 34"-37"

 

 

Humanity’s Mos…

August 9th, 2016 at 9:31 AM ^

Remember that episode of M*A*S*H when Hawkeye and BJ switch and alter Winchester's clothes, causing him to think he was losing, then gaining weight? And the end of the show, they said they were planning to make Winchester think he was getting taller, then shorter ...

Bryan

August 9th, 2016 at 8:23 AM ^

Of the several shirts I've purchased in the past week, one is a medium, the others are large, with the coach Jordan/skinny M being on the larger size of large.

Nike polos I've found I've needed a large in but when ordering drifit shirts, they are too small.

Nobody Likes a…

August 9th, 2016 at 8:30 AM ^

I found the difference between the large Nike and the large Jordan to be pretty big in the shorts department. The Nike shorts are loose and comfortable on me where the Jordan ones are tight.

Mabel Pines

August 9th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^

I tried on the "hail" T-shirt and I thought it ran large, (Not dri fit) In case anyone is buying for their wives/G/f. (I need a ton of room in the chest and the Medium was fine.) I'll report back when the outlet gets drifit. Sorry if this is TMI.