That's a stretch! Four pairs of jeans sold at the same shop as size 18 came with wildly differing fits

  • Zoe Evans, 29, South Wales, ordered four pairs of size 18 jeans from River Island 
  • She spent around £170 on the garments which came in wildly differing fits
  • The HR worker hit out at the clothing retailer for its inconsistent clothes sizes 
  • River Island apologised and said sizing was based on ‘standard body measurements’ 

By Mary O'connor For The Daily Mail

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We've all become used to sizes varying between different clothes stores – but don’t expect it when they are from the same shop.

So when Zoe Evans ordered four pairs of size 18 jeans from River Island online, she was exasperated to find they had arrived in wildly differing fits.

Miss Evans, from Bargoed, South Wales, said despite them all being labelled the same size, each of the high-waist jeans – which cost her a total of about £170 – looked half the size of the other.

When Zoe Evan's clothes arrived she discovered her new denim jeans - all size 18 and high-waisted - looked half the size of each other. She spent around £170 on the garments which came in wildly differing fits

When Zoe Evan's clothes arrived she discovered her new denim jeans - all size 18 and high-waisted - looked half the size of each other. She spent around £170 on the garments which came in wildly differing fits

The HR worker criticised the clothing retailer, saying 'you'd expect them to be made to a high standard and according to size'. River Island apologised and said its sizing was based on ¿standard body measurements¿

The HR worker criticised the clothing retailer, saying 'you'd expect them to be made to a high standard and according to size'. River Island apologised and said its sizing was based on ‘standard body measurements’

The 29-year-old HR worker said: ‘They ranged massively. It wasn’t even a small difference between each pair – one pair of jeans was half the size of the other. There’s just no way it’s a size 18… they’re not cheap so you’d expect them to be made to a high standard and according to size.’

She posted a photo on Facebook of the different coloured jeans, with seemingly different-sized waists, lined up on her bed. 

She said only the largest pair fitted but added that she did not even bother trying on the smallest-looking pair.

‘It looks as though the sizes are a 12, 14, 16 and 18, but they are all [labelled] as 18,’ she added. Miss Evans, a mother of two, warned such inconsistencies in clothing sizes could be ‘upsetting’ and damage women’s body confidence.

River Island apologised and said its sizing was based on ‘standard body measurements’ which were regularly checked.

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