the way mens' clothes are marked: with actual measurements  Even that's starting to "expand" a bit.  So many "relaxed fit" jeans!  And finding anything below a 36 gets a bit difficult, by the time you are looking at the bottom of piles for a 30(or a "relaxed" 28) it's like the number just doesn't exist.    The numbers of 40+ jeans are just staggering.