Chadwick's

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For as long as I can remember Chadwick's was around, my mom would buy me dresses from them when I was a teenager, I can't remember how they fit but I started to shop there again now that I'm all grown up and in my early 30s.

I have ordered several skirts recently and have found that they run really small compared to what the size chart says. I wear a size 4 in skirts and so I got the size according to what the size chart says a size 4 is, weather it be a size small or a size 4. I got one skirt it had an elastic waist band, so I got a small I got it on but it was really squeezing my waist, it was so uncomfortable. For it to fit I would have to be a size 0 or 2! Then I got a skirt on clearance and the only size they had left was a 6 so I got it thinking I'll just take in the waist, well it fit like size 2, it was too tight for me to be comfortable in it.


I shop at other stores like Kohl's, JCP, Target, Wal-mart, Younkers, Sears, etc. and all those skirt's sizes run really close to each other and seem true to my size (4) but Chadwick's is the only place I have problems w/. They really need to fix this. I don't know who does the sizing when making these clothes but they need to be trying them on American "normal" women.

Other than the sizing problem they have a good selection.

I just went back to Chadwick's and looked at their size chart for a skirt, I have a 28" waist so according to their size chart, by my waist measurment, I would wear a size 10/Medium and just a 1/2" larger in the waist and I would be in the size 12/Large category! WOW, not in 2 1/2 years have I EVER worn a 10/medium to 12/large skirts! There is no way I want to either, so I guess I'm done trying their clothes! I don't even wear those sizes in jeans, I wear a 6!  And I wear size 4 in skirts! What is going on w/ their size chart?

I would like to point out that I hate wearing tight clothes so my size 6 jeans and size 4 skirts fit me perfectly with some room to move in them, they are not skin tight, they fit like they should, not too tight and not too loose. So if I got a size 10 or 12 according to Chadwick's size chart the clothes would be swimming on me.