The practice of assigning smaller sizes to articles of manufactured clothing than is really the case, in order to encourage sales.
虚荣尺码（为推动销售对生产的服装标上比实际要小的尺码的做法）
Example sentencesExamples
Any woman who has braved a changing-room recently will have noticed that more retailers are adopting a ' vanity sizing ' policy.
Because of a reporting error, the name of pattern maker and author Kathleen Fasanella was misspelled in a Page One story on Friday about vanity sizing.
The scam known as "vanity sizing" flatters customers into thinking they are slimmer than they really are.
Over the years, vanity sizing has ensured that standardised clothing measurements have become less reliable.
Definition of vanity sizing in US English:
vanity sizing
noun
The practice of assigning smaller sizes to articles of manufactured clothing than is really the case, in order to encourage sales.
虚荣尺码（为推动销售对生产的服装标上比实际要小的尺码的做法）
Example sentencesExamples
The scam known as "vanity sizing" flatters customers into thinking they are slimmer than they really are.
Any woman who has braved a changing-room recently will have noticed that more retailers are adopting a ' vanity sizing ' policy.
Because of a reporting error, the name of pattern maker and author Kathleen Fasanella was misspelled in a Page One story on Friday about vanity sizing.
Over the years, vanity sizing has ensured that standardised clothing measurements have become less reliable.