‘Do we get taller as we get heavier?’ baffled Primark shopper shows difference in jean length, here’s why it’s happening
A PRIMARK shopper has been left baffled by the difference in leg length on different sized jeans in the high-street store.
Kelli hit the shop to look for some new denims, and picked up a variety of sizes to take into the changing room.
And while she could expect to see a difference in the waist measurement of the same pair of jeans in a size 8 and a size 16, it was the leg length discrepancy that left her confused.
“I’m 5ft 2 and used to be 5 stone heavier,” Kelli captioned her TikTok video.
“By Primark logic when I was nearly 16 stone I should also have been about 5ft 8!”
She further opened up about the situation in the video, as she questioned: “Why do clothing brands think that the higher up in size you are, the taller you are?”
Kelli then held out her hand to show the difference in size, as she added: “Why is the size 16 a good two or three inches longer in length?
“Why do they believe that you gain height as well as weight?
“Anybody have an answer for this?”
People were quick to comment on the video to share their suggestions, with one writing: “Exactly!!!”
“So frustrating isn’t it!? Do I need to get down to a size 0 to get jeans that don’t drape on the floor!?” Kelli replied.
“This! I’m 5ft 2 as well and love the flared leggings and wide leg joggers but trying to find them petite and plus size is impossible!” another said.
“It’s like we don’t exist!”
“5ft 11 and a size 18,” a third said.
“Apparently I should have a huge tummy and short legs. I must be built wrong!”
“As someone who is a 18/20/22 but only 4ft 11 I really struggle,” someone else sighed.
“I hate this with tops, they must think we are hunch backs with the size of the shoulder parts,” another said.
“They’re usually oversized and don’t sit right.”
Why is Primark the place to go to for bargains?
JUST how does Primark do it? Continue delivering on-trend items at such incredible prices? According to bosses, it's down to four points.
- They “sell a lot of items” – Thanks to that, they are able to make savings by buying in bulk for their 191 UK stores
- They “do very little advertising”
- While their clothes offer the “latest trends”, they “don’t use expensive hangers, tags or labels”.
- And lastly, they try to be “as efficient as possible when transporting products from factories to stores”. This includes things like asking “suppliers to pack our t-shirts so they are ready to go straight on shelf”.
For more information about how Primark keeps their costs so low, and are able to deliver such amazing bargains, visit the Primark website.
However, someone else thought they’d figured it out, as they wrote: “They don’t have separate patterns for next size up.
“They just ‘blow up’ the whole pattern – like making font bigger in a word document.
“It’s why larger clothes have enormous head holes that are baggy.”
The analogy was also approved by Fabulous’ fashion team, who agreed with the explanation.