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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised at all the people who say Boden runs large. Have they changed their sizing recently? I haven't bought anything from them in a while but for years I always ordered up 2 sizes. I wear a size 0 or 2 at loft/Ann Taylor/gap/banana and could barely squeeze into a Boden size 4. So I would get 6 and that would usually work. Also conversely, I felt their kids clothes ran large, my 11 year old still wears some size 9 Boden pieces.[/quote]

I don't know that they necessarily run large, but I don't think they run small either. I think the proportions are just different from J Crew/Banana Republic.

I agree with other posters that Boden tends to cater to women who are more pear-shaped, so if you've been buying size X  skirts from J Crew to fit over your pear hips (but have room in the waist), you'll find that you can get away with a smaller size at Boden. But, if you're apple-shaped and you've been wearing size X at J Crew, then you might find the waist is smaller in a Boden skirt and doesn't fit over your apple gut and need to size up.

Or, if you're me, you just end up having to get everything altered to fit over all your fruit anyway.[/quote]

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