When J. Crew last month announced it was introducing a new triple-zero size, equivalent to an XXXS, the blogosphere erupted in irritated frustration and condemnation of the supposed routine, and ...

When it comes to shopping for clothes, many Americans don't know what size they are. There is no standardized sizing, which has led to fitting room nightmares and billions of dollars in returned ...

It feels great to slip into a size 10 when you know you’re really a 14 – but is vanity sizing doing you more harm than good? Every woman in Australia has experienced that heady change room thrill when ...

J.Crew, a favorite clothing store among young professionals, incited a flurry of social media scorn recently when it announced the addition of pants size 000 - triple goose eggs - to its lineup.

Sure, it makes some people feel better, but vanity sizing is everywhere. And the insanity of the wildly diverging sizes offered by different brands gets the once-over in the NY Times, which has a ...

This story was updated March 31 at 7:50 p.m. Buying clothes should not feel like a trick question. UCLA students already deal with enough of those during finals. Vanity sizing is the practice of ...