This is one of the drawbacks of buying clothes online.

As a rule, I don't, unless the clothes are from a clothing manufacturer whose clothes I've tried on and bought in the past from a shop - or where the pertinent measurements are listed. I'm probably not the average sort of buyer, because if I bought clothing online and it didn't fit me, I'd - excuse the pun - wear the loss. I don't think it's fair for me as a buyer to use an online seller as a way of getting clothes sent to me for a fitting (virutal change room). If the fit is important, I hop into the car, drive to the shops which have clothes in which I'm interested, try on the clothes, see how they fit, see how they look, decide if it's exactly what I want, and buy.

There is a website that sells some clothing by some of my favourite labels; as they show measurements and have all sorts of helpful suggestions about clothing, I did take the risk of buying from them. They do have a "No Hassles" 365 Day Return Policy which I think is staggeringly generous, but I realise that it's probably something that they feel is necessary to offer as a sort of edge for online buyers. A little bird told me about them.

For no particular reason, I am reminded of that somewhat twee poem by Isaac Watts:

"Birds in their little nest agree;

and ‘tis a shameful sight,

when children of one family

fall out, and chide, and fight."