Quote Originally Posted by Owlie View Post
Jess--
The first time I bought jeans from Gap, the woman working there told that they run big and stretchy, so that your best bet would be buying a size smaller than you usually wear (or than the numbers on the size chart would indicate.)
They do run big and stretchy (the only time size 8s fit me is straight out of the dryer), but it's probably vanity sizing anyway.
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They may run big, but so does just about everywhere else, so I don't think they run big in comparison to other stores, necessarily. I wear a size 2 (short) at Gap, and I also wear a 2 (Petite) just about everywhere else I've bought pants in the last several years -- Loft, Talbot's, Lands End, American Eagle, and others. Size inflation is rampant just about everywhere.

I wore a 6P in high school, and I weigh the same now as I do then.