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lilsquiggle wrote:Can anyone help me here with the sizing. Looks like Iv had a monumental *!@% up that I doubt Im going to be able to get woot to change since "in theory" its my fault for ordering the wrong size. Silly me for reading all those notices as "GUYS, check the sizing chart, things are changing". Whoops, I assumed girls didn't have a problem. I now am the "proud" owner of an unwearable tent.
So, I am 5'4", and about 13 stone 9lbs, (or 191lbs). To all you girls out there who fit almost perfectly in the AA WXL (like I do). What the hell size do I buy now? The new WXL is HUGE. The WL is probably correct in length, but likely still large in the bust, and the WM is probably too short, but right in the bust. Also, I dont know how the hell someone 4 stone overweight should ever be able to contemplate buying a WM. There is something a little fail with the sizing of these shirts if you ask me. I feel really bad for all the skinny women out there. *Many hugs to you all for not having a shirt size to fit you*
I dont want too short a tshirt, because then my stomach pokes out and noone wants to see a wobbly stomach like mine poking from a tshirt. Thats just not attractive. However, the shoulders on the WXL are half way down my upper arm (no joke, seriously...) So Im pretty worried that if I go WL, its gonna have shoulders that are still too large for me.
So yeah. Advice please folks, from those of you who have managed to buy the right size and are a similar size to me?
Hello! I'm sorry you've had issues with the new sizing. I've been working on trying to find a replacement for my size as well, since the new ladies' sizing and cut are lumpishly horrible for this AA fan. I totally agree with your assessments.
I've found that the men's sizing isn't too bad. Actually, it's pretty good! The sleeves are a little too long, and of course there's nothing that can be done about the scratchier fabric, but for shirts I absolutely must own? I find that the men's shirts are the closest approximation to the AA women's fit. I get a men's small as substitute for my AA WL, so I would suggest you try a men's medium as a substitute for your AA WXL. In this post, I posted a comparison photo of an AA WL over the Anvil MS. It's pretty darned approximate, except for those sleeves. I assume that the size/cut would thus be similar for an AA WXL to Anvil MM comparison.
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lilsquiggle wrote:Thanks for the advice, had a quick look at the photo you linked, looks like the shoulders are larger on the guys tshirt, and I look ridiculous in stuff with large shoulders, just can never get it to sit right sadly. It gets caught on my boobs etc etc. Ho hum. Ill try and chat with the staff, see if I can get a photo of the AA WXL compared to the Anvil WL and the Anvil WM, maybe then I can work out whats best.
Do you mean that you want photos of those comparisons? Because I've got those for you, right here.
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lilsquiggle wrote:Thank you goldenthorn. Looks like the Anvil WM fits you fairly similarly to the AA WXL, so I guess that might be what I have to plump for, if I do decide to risk it. Hopefully it wont be ridiculously short :/ I don't have a drier, so it shouldn't really shrink like other people have mentioned.
Just because it's Saturday morning and I'm lazy and I'll do anything to put off what I need to get done today, I threw on the Anvil MS and a AA WL for a quick shoulder comparison. Both have been washed and hang-dried. The Anvil MS actually fits beautifully in the shoulders, almost exactly like the AA WL. The top is the AA WL and the bottom is the Anvil MS.
The Anvil MS is also exactly the same length on me as my AA WL. I very much recommend trying a men's medium as substitute for the AA WXL. The fit of the men's sizing really is the most comparable to the AA women's, if that shape is what one wants to keep. If you go for the Anvil women's medium, expect tenting, or at least a lot more room, around the stomach. There will also be extra-fabric wings at your armpits as compared to the old AA WXL. Unless you do want more fabric there! There are definitely plenty of users who are quite pleased with the new cut! I'm not sure what you're seeing in the photos, but I do have to stress that the Anvil WM really doesn't fit me at all like the AA WXL does. I actually donated that shirt as soon as I washed it after that photo'ed try-on. It was incredibly unflattering with large fabric pockets hanging bell-like down and out from my chest. Whereas the AA WXL was slim-fitting, just slightly larger all around. I'm very please with and will absolutely be sticking to purchasing Anvil MS from now on; I won't even consider the women's sizes as nighshirts, much less something in which to be seen in public.
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I'm so sad! I'd been out of the country for a few months and ordered the Say No to Scurvy shirt - one of my favorites! - when I got back. I completely missed the discussion on switching blanks!
Now I have an oversized women's small.... do you think there will ever be an extra small for the teeny people like me?
I'm $15 in the hole with a shirt that is too long and doesn't fit me at all :\
Shirts I'd trade for (in WS or possibly WM, AA sizing): Playful Foxes, Release the Cuddlin', In Harmony, Epic Battle, WOO! PUMPKINS! Double Rainbow!, Lost Forever (Basically nerdy/cutesy stuff)
Available for trade/sell: In WS: Four Seasons in One Day, Need More Land, They're Watching. In WM: Owl Rock, If I Only Had a Brain, Natural Pride