Mia Toose
Contributor
I am looking for input regarding sizing for women's wetsuits. As you may know I have designed and developed a line of wetsuits for women called Truli Wetsuits. The concept is that the wetsuits are more true to the women who wear them; they are high-performance, durable, and warm without compromising style. Women have expressed so many times to me that they experience a lot of challenges in finding wetsuits that fit properly, feel good, and at the very least also look good. Truli Wetsuits has definitely improved the situation in many ways for women looking for a wetsuit that meets those criteria.
My first design called the Truli-Mi is a 3.5mm fleece-lined sleeveless shorty and is available for sale in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL (XXL will be available for the next round of inventory coming this year).
During the testing phase I had several different women try the suit and I recorded all of their measurements and clothing sizes, so I could make recommendations when people were buying them online. Here is the sizing chart.
The sizes are working well so far, but I have listened to some people say that they wish that the larger sizes were listed as something other than XL, XXL.
As a woman, do these size descriptions matter to you?
Would something along the lines of XS, S, M, L, L1, L2 make sense to you?
Do you have any other suggestions?
I have had experience in the retail industry where a product used a different name for a standard sizing system and it always resulted in some confusion when people were trying items on. I've also seen in wetsuit sizes "ML", which, as dive crew, we were always curious if this meant Medium-Long? or Medium-Large? or Men's-Large? or...And why was that listed like that?
It's important to me that I meet the needs of my customers, so I would really love to hear any and all input from as many people (males included if they like) as possible.
FYI - The Truli-Capri prototype which features the same design as the Truli-Mi, but with a longer leg to just below the knee and no traditional black is being tested this summer. The plan is to have this product available for winter 2016/17
My first design called the Truli-Mi is a 3.5mm fleece-lined sleeveless shorty and is available for sale in sizes XS, S, M, L, XL (XXL will be available for the next round of inventory coming this year).
During the testing phase I had several different women try the suit and I recorded all of their measurements and clothing sizes, so I could make recommendations when people were buying them online. Here is the sizing chart.
The sizes are working well so far, but I have listened to some people say that they wish that the larger sizes were listed as something other than XL, XXL.
As a woman, do these size descriptions matter to you?
Would something along the lines of XS, S, M, L, L1, L2 make sense to you?
Do you have any other suggestions?
I have had experience in the retail industry where a product used a different name for a standard sizing system and it always resulted in some confusion when people were trying items on. I've also seen in wetsuit sizes "ML", which, as dive crew, we were always curious if this meant Medium-Long? or Medium-Large? or Men's-Large? or...And why was that listed like that?
It's important to me that I meet the needs of my customers, so I would really love to hear any and all input from as many people (males included if they like) as possible.
FYI - The Truli-Capri prototype which features the same design as the Truli-Mi, but with a longer leg to just below the knee and no traditional black is being tested this summer. The plan is to have this product available for winter 2016/17
) but then people would have to look up sizing charts to know what the heck you're talking about and then they'd be all like, "well, why the heck didn't they just say XL?" I dunno, I would find that annoying.
