QUOTE(Balaclava @ Jan 4 2011, 11:43 AM)
Your waist is 31, and if you wear 34, you'll most probably end up with a nudie size 36.
You should be wearing W29"/L30" or W29"/L32" so as they expand it'll fit your natural waist just nice.
QUOTE(skccks @ Jan 4 2011, 11:46 AM)
oic..is this can apply to all cutting?
QUOTE(malaya06 @ Jan 4 2011, 12:03 PM)
I think it only applies to tight fitting cutting.
QUOTE(Balaclava @ Jan 4 2011, 12:17 PM)
As long as any jeans that contains around 2% elastane you should reduce the size -2 from your natural waist.
amidoingitrite atta and grimm?
Just to add more information, make sure the waist measurement is the actual (what I mean is you measured the waist yourself) not the waist measurement show on the tag.
For an example la, based on APC New Standard for man with a waist size 32.
If he want to size down 2, that mean he need to get an APC NS with an actual waist measurement of 30 inch. But the APC NS that have the 30 inch waist is not the W30 (on the tag) but the W28 (on the tag). Thus he need the W28 (tag size) with an actual waist measurement 30 inch.
I think this sizing down/up method is applied to any denim regardless any stretching and shrinking. But in reality the stretching and shrinking should be considered too. Both of stretching and shrinking play major role on the sizing.