Another circle of Pants Hell
Jul. 21st, 2007 01:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serindeI had cut out the waistband for these Goddamn things when I cut out the other pattern pieces, because I was being efficient and stuff. I should have learned by now. Figured I didn't need measurements, because I knew that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elibalin wears 32" jeans. So, I took that, added seam allowance and a bit of give since Venetians angle down a bit at the front, and thought I was good.
Until I just tried to match it up with the already-gathered pants, and there is a discrepancy of sufficient size to completely bollocks everything up.
Grr. I stormed upstairs, rousted him out of the guest room, and held the proto-waistband up to his ACTUAL waist; same results. I gibbered. He showed me the tag on his jeans, which indeed said 32 x 32.
Based on these facts, I can only conclude that the fashion industry uses a reverse version of the penis ruler for garment sizing.
(ObSurreal: When I did a Google Image Search on "penis rulers" to link in the previous paragraph, one of the first group of results was the Bronzino portrait of Eleonora di Toledo. o_O )
elibalin wears 32" jeans. So, I took that, added seam allowance and a bit of give since Venetians angle down a bit at the front, and thought I was good.Until I just tried to match it up with the already-gathered pants, and there is a discrepancy of sufficient size to completely bollocks everything up.
Grr. I stormed upstairs, rousted him out of the guest room, and held the proto-waistband up to his ACTUAL waist; same results. I gibbered. He showed me the tag on his jeans, which indeed said 32 x 32.
Based on these facts, I can only conclude that the fashion industry uses a reverse version of the penis ruler for garment sizing.
(ObSurreal: When I did a Google Image Search on "penis rulers" to link in the previous paragraph, one of the first group of results was the Bronzino portrait of Eleonora di Toledo. o_O )
