Episode 21: More Bad Rompers, 5-7-9, and So Much Disappointment: Sizing with Meredith (part I)

Episode 21: More Bad Rompers, 5-7-9, and So Much Disappointment: Sizing with Meredith (part I)

You know how it goes when you’re shopping. You go into that store that you shop all the time and you grab your usual size in a few things. You go in the fitting room and….one thing is too big, one is just right, another one is falling off your shoulders but you can’t zip it, the next is flattening your boobs and you can’t lift your arms...but they are the same size. How does that happen? It makes you feel kinda terrible, right?

Technical designer and fit/sizing expert Meredith joins us untangle the mysteries of sizing. She will explain the history of sizing and how it has gone off the rails in the last few decades. And why it's still a long way from perfect!

This is part one of two. In our next episode with Meredith, we will be talking about the process of fitting a garment and how the industry is doing everything wrong when it comes to extended sizing.

Do you have some feedback? An episode idea? Do YOU want to be a guest on Clotheshorse? Drop me a line at clothehorsepodcast@gmail.com. Or DM via instagram @clotheshorsepodcast.

Please check out our sister podcast, The Department. Amanda co-hosts it with Kim. It's about trends and taste...but so much more! This week's episode is about single use plastics and the brands/products that are leading the march against it.

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Episode 234: Who killed Jo-Ann?

Episode 234: Who killed Jo-Ann?

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Episode 233: Making the secondhand economy more equitable, with Valeria of Thryft Ship

Episode 233: Making the secondhand economy more equitable, with Valeria of Thryft Ship

A better future for our planet means most people buying secondhand clothing most of the time. Right now we live in a “golden era” of shopping secondhand…if you’re the customer! But the infrastructure ...

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Episode 232: Wear what you want to wear, with Marlee of Style Me Slowly

Episode 232: Wear what you want to wear, with Marlee of Style Me Slowly

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion),Part 4:  The 2010s

FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion),Part 4: The 2010s

Amanda is currently googling "fast home remedies for nonstop cough" with a tissue jammed in her nose, so please enjoy part four of this series from The Department about the history of secondhand shopp...

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), Part 3:  The 2000s

FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), Part 3: The 2000s

Amanda's still coughing and feeling pitiful, so here's part three in a series about the history of secondhand shopping from The Department.This episode was released in April 2023.From the original epi...

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), Part 2:  The 80s and 90s

FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), Part 2: The 80s and 90s

Amanda is out with the most disgusting cold this week, so here's part two of The Department's series about secondhand shopping!This episode was originally released in April 2023.From the original epis...

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FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), part 1

FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring and always controversial trend of secondhand fashion), part 1

Hi everyone! Dustin brought one souvenir back from his recent tour with his band American Motors: a really gross cold, which I now have the pleasure of experiencing right now.  I'm in the constant cou...

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Episode 231: This is not a eulogy for Forever 21.

Episode 231: This is not a eulogy for Forever 21.

Last month, Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy for the second time. It is planning to close all of its stores in the coming months as it winds down its operations. This is not a eulogy for Forever 21, bu...

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