Size 13 trousers?

My only suit is by Coast and it has wide-legged trousers that are *very* generous. That could be worth a try? M&S always come up big, but whether you'd see anything you'd like is a different matter. I have also found Oasis flares/wide-legged trousers to be cut more generously as well.

M&S, New Look, Gap, Kew and Dotty P all come up big in my experience. Mango, Zara, Topshop come up small.

I always tend to find that Next are generous with there sizes.

I find Wallis to be generous sizes as well

Thanks everyone.

Sob. I've tried all these places over the last couple of days, as well as Next. Wallis is worth a shot though.

Maybe I'm deluding myself and I really am a size 14. Sob.

The size 12's do up but with severe VPL and I can't breathe.....the 14's do up fine but there is excess material around the crotch and a 2" gap at the back.

Darn my belly.

More fruit and veg and less cheese and chocolate for me

I had a dream last night that I was shopping for size 13 trousers but could only find size 11s! How strange!

I find I'm a 12 in DPs and a 14 most of the time in Next, but Next sizes depend on the style so I always need to try them on.

Spanx?

I really do sympathise, I'm a size 11 in a lot of shops.

H&M come up small (I think they're designed for 15 year olds) and wont cost an awful lot so might be a good stop gap.

I remember M&S used to do middle sizes years and years ago. I was a size 9 when I was in my teens [sob]

I am sure Benetton used to do mid sizes too, but this was also years ago. Sorry, no help from me!! Have you tried bying 'cheap' trousers a size bigger, like H&M?

Randomly this just reminded me that I read somewhere that Asda have started doing between sizes. I thought I'd dreamt it (?) but I've just googled and the story I found refers to jeans only.

https://www.talkingretail.com/news/12128-asda-goes-mid-size-with-new-jeans.html

I can wear Spanx for a few hours for an evening out, but any longer than that and they make me fart ?, so I can't wear them on a day to day basis.

I feel your pain. I never know what size I am. I have trousers in 12 that are way too big, yet the 10 in the same fecking shop is too tight. Stupid sizes.

I went to UniQlo the other day to try some denim shorts. They reckon a size 12 is a 28 inch waist. I thought a 30 inch waist was a 12. Anyway, the 14 (30 inch waist so supposedly actually a 12) were bloody huge, and the 12 with the 28 waist (therefore size 10 surely) were revoltingly tight.

In South Africa sizes are reallly odd - a 34 is a 10, 36 a 12 and so on. Can you imagine how gutted I was when I came over here and suddenly needed a 38-40? ?

Soph - we should all shop in the USA. I love it. I'm a 6 or 8 there. ?

Have you tried White Stuff? I have some grey work trews from there that swim on me.

M&S come up a bit big.

I'm similar and find New Look fit in a 14 and Next/M&S in a 12