Fit and fabric
What the three notes under every name mean, and what they do not tell you.
The three notes
Under the name of every piece you will find up to three short notes. They answer the three questions the studio gets asked most, in the order that changes a decision fastest.
Stretch tells you which size to take. Sheer tells you what to wear under it. Length tells you which of the four hem words applies.
- No stretch37
- Slight55
- Some412
- Stretchy395
Taken from the piece itself, not from a fabric chart.
How to read stretch
No stretch means exactly that, and it applies to 37 pieces here. Woven satin, linen and most denim sit in this group. Take your usual size.
Stretchy means a rib or a jersey that pulls across the body and springs back. A size down usually reads better on these, and a size up reads loose rather than relaxed.
Slight and some sit in between. They give at a seam without changing the size you should take.
How to read sheer
Sheer is a yes or a no. 89 pieces carry it. Mesh and lace are sheer by construction, so the note repeats the fabric word.
We do not grade sheerness. A scale would let us be optimistic, and there is no honest way to say a piece is a little bit see-through under a flash.
Where the notes stop
The hem word is the honest version of what the studio knows. A measured length in inches for every size would need a tape run over every shape in every size, and that has not happened.
A chart on a product page gives a garment measurement, which is a different number from a body measurement. Treating the two as the same is how a size goes wrong.
If a note and the piece in your hands disagree, write to the studio. That is the fastest way for us to fix a note that is wrong.