Athleta girl sizing... as an adult?

[Anonymous]

I'm eyeing a couple of pieces at 'Athleta girl' but for myself. I'm 5'3', 130lbs, size 4-6. Any recommendations for how to size pieces as an adult?

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’3 110 and only the largest in store styles me. It’s not a great deal though- they’re not as well made if you’re looking for actual performance wear- I’d just buy women’s xxs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’3 110 and only the largest in store styles me. It’s not a great deal though- they’re not as well made if you’re looking for actual performance wear- I’d just buy women’s xxs

Is the quality really that different? I'm typically an XS-S in regular women's (more bottom heavy). But there are a couple of cuter items (tops) in the girl's section that I'm eyeing...

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t file cute tops under performance wear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t file cute tops under performance wear.

Thank you for your incredibly helpful response!! I guess I'll just throw away my gift card since there's no point using it to look for pieces I like or find attractive.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, I'm 5'3", 110 lbs., no chest to speak of. Recently tried an Athleta girls' hoodie thing in the biggest size, but it was too small (short and tight).

[Anonymous]

My daughter is 5'3", 110 and she outgrew XL girls a couple of years ago. If you're a size 0-2 it might still work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t file cute tops under performance wear.

Thank you for your incredibly helpful response!! I guess I'll just throw away my gift card since there's no point using it to look for pieces I like or find attractive.

You can use your gift card to buy women’s clothes. I was trying to be polite in saying you’re way too big.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think a size 4-6 woman can really wear children’s clothing. Odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a size 4-6 woman can really wear children’s clothing. Odd.

Not OP, but I'm a size 4-6 and I've bought some girls' XL stuff when I saw something that was cute. A couple of T-shirts, and one cropped jacket. But it really depends on the cut and the brand. From PPs, sounds like Athleta runs small so it wouldn't work. For what it's worth, I clicked on this thread to see if I could get Athleta's larger sizes for my tween girl, who is basically a women's size 2, but it sounds like they don't run big enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a size 4-6 woman can really wear children’s clothing. Odd.

Op here, and I can very easily fit into girls clothing at gap, target, etc. kids sizes are also “vanity” for a growing population.

[Anonymous]

Um, you can’t wear children’s clothes at your size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think a size 4-6 woman can really wear children’s clothing. Odd.

Op here, and I can very easily fit into girls clothing at gap, target, etc. kids sizes are also “vanity” for a growing population.

It really depends OP.

Some girls's sized shirts are too tight in the rib cage, for example, or don't cover up the torso/hip area in a flattering enough way and then it just looks really dumb.

[Anonymous]

I wear a size S (2-4) in most Athleta items. My younger DD wears an XL (14) in Athleta Girl. There's absolutely no way we can wear each other's clothes...the cut is just way too different.

[Anonymous]

You're too big for Athleta girls OP.
My daughter wears their size XL but is a zero in women's clothing.