Zara Secret Sizing System: Do The Labels Tell You To Size Up Or Down?

Publish date: 2024-05-14

Zara shopping hacks are becoming something of a movement over on TikTok, and the latest has us all feeling hopeful that there's finally an explanation behind the mystery that is Zara sizing. Thank you, fashion gods. Or... not?

One video that's picked up momentum comes courtesy of account @wearestyle, which claims that Zara has a secret sizing code on its clothing labels. Ever noticed the tiny symbols? According to this clip, a square means the garment is true to size, a triangle means it runs small and a circle means it runs big.

"Girls, did you know this Zara hack?", the video begins. And while there were plenty of shoppers in the comments who were grateful for the new info, our joy was quickly scuppered after a number of Zara staff members shared the truth behind the label shapes.

"Lol I worked at Zara and that’s not the meaning behind symbols," one wrote, with another elaborating: "As someone who worked at Zara, that's not what the symbols mean at all... the different symbols stand for different collections."

It turns out, according to those who work in the stores, the markings are there to help staff members place the clothes within different parts of the shop floor – the circle is for the main women's collection, the triangle for TRF and the square for basics.

However, you could use the labels to give some idea of sizing, since the TRF collection does generally come up smaller. 

Another commenter advised: "I work at Zara and while the symbols are used to differentiate the three different collections, I’ve noticed that the sizing works like this too! 

"From personally trying on clothing and from customer feedback; one normally has to size up in TRF, size down in Woman, whereas Basic fits true to size."

Either way, many shoppers agree that the UK high street has a sizing problem. "How many more decades until someone implies a universal law which finally standardises the sizes from all manufacturers?" another follower asked.

As yet, that still hasn't happened, though there was a campaign way back in 2018 that aimed to do so. Maybe 2022 is our year?! Sigh.

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