Our experts suggest shoppers keep in mind that brands label jean sizes based on waist measurement. "For example, say you're a size 28 in a low-rise jean. That jean is actually starting on your ...

It can seem like jeans are arbitrarily assigned numbers — some are sized according to waist measurements and others ... (a.k.a. trademarked spandex) on the size tag. So to judge stretchiness ...

“What’s your size?” has always been a loaded ... And while it does affect men, whose shirts and jeans rarely bear honest measurements, it’s a much more sweeping issue for women—not ...

And even certain brands that sell “plus-size” jeans cut corners by working from the same patterns used for their straight sizes, with (often thin) designers not designing for curves ...