Band of Outsiders' sizes are shrinking!!

rellison · Apr 5, 2011

I was a size 4 (XL) last year and am a size 5 (XXL) in BoO this year. I am almost positive that they are shrinking their sizes!

Is this a new phenomenon, or am I imagining things? Why don't they let their customers know they are doing this (especially the online ones who order based on their previous experiences with sizes).

grizzlybear · Apr 5, 2011

Originally Posted by rellison

I was a size 4 (XL) last year and am a size 5 (XXL) in BoO this year. I am almost positive that they are shrinking their sizes!

Is this a new phenomenon, or am I imagining things? Why don't they let their customers know they are doing this (especially the online ones who order based on their previous experiences with sizes).

no offense, for your own health try to lose some weight.

rellison · Apr 5, 2011

Haha, clever!! I should lose weight because the muscle I've gained from working out has made me unhealthy!!!

rdgn123 · Apr 5, 2011

yea i'm pretty sure they've shrunk in size. i think the p2p on their mediums are like 18.5" now, which is ridiculous.

Master-Classter · Apr 5, 2011

in Muther Russia, Band of Outsiders shrinks you!

*#.. · Apr 5, 2011

Originally Posted by grizzlybear

no offense, for your own health try to lose some weight.
Not really, if he still fits into his old BoO XL's, then he's an L in pretty much every other brand. Unless this topic is

Also, I concur with the guy who measured mediums as 18.5" p2p. I measured 19", but am not surprised to see someone else measure a 18.5" medium.

aaaeeeiiiooouuu · Apr 5, 2011

Good.

Seriously, I buy BOO b/c I like the super-shrunken look, and it's refreshing when a brand stays true to that aesthetic rather than inevitably catering to the median American fat male

Nosu3 · Apr 5, 2011

Posted in the other thread, but yes it's shrinking. I had a medium shirt with an 18" pit to pit from last season.

Biscotti · Apr 5, 2011

****, I'm pretty small, but I still need at min a 19.5 p-p, so if I wore Band today I guess I'd need at least a large.

wEstSidE · Apr 6, 2011

Originally Posted by grizzlybear

no offense, for your own health try to lose some weight.
do you realize how small band of outsiders shirts are?

Nosu3 · Apr 6, 2011

The sizing is sometimes inconsistent between different styles and also the same shirts. ss09 I had to buy the same shirt twice in the same size, the pit to pit was almost an inch larger for the second one.

g transistor · Apr 6, 2011

The ones I bought last season (silver birch overdye) fits larger than my BoO from older seasons. It even fits different from my other overdyes. But these have painted metal buttons (******* stupid idea), so it may be a different type of overdye?

wEstSidE · Apr 6, 2011

nah band of outsiders just sucks. they just suck.

dmash · Apr 6, 2011

Originally Posted by grizzlybear

no offense, for your own health try to lose some weight.

BoO XL older season is starting to get really tight on me and I'm under 10% bf year round. Just because you have a bigger chest doesn't make you a slob dumbass.

Froosh · Apr 6, 2011

Originally Posted by Nosu3

The sizing is sometimes inconsistent between different styles and also the same shirts. ss09 I had to buy the same shirt twice in the same size, the pit to pit was almost an inch larger for the second one.
Haha crap, I was going to ask if there were a standard set of measurements for each size that we could post in this thread for reference but forget that... Are there different fits for BoO or is it all slim? Is there much of a taper good for those with wide shoulders and narrow waists?

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