On the other hand, women’s jeans sizes tend not to be very accurate, which can make jeans sizing a bit of a guessing game. Not surprisingly, there is about a 36% return rate on clothing due to fit problems.A Consumer Reports article in 2002 showed that among various manufacturers the waist sizes could vary by more than 2 inches for the same listed size and by more than 1 inch in length. That means that jeans may be listed on the label as a size 10 when it really is a size 12. That’s very flattering of course, but it’s an example of the phenomenon called “vanity sizes
