Nosotros've sent a human to the moon, invented gluten-free Vegemite and figured out how to refresh white shoes with denture cleaner, all the same shopping for jeans is still ane of life's greatest mysteries.

Between length, rising, style and fit, it can exist a total minefield.

To farther muddle the equation, jean sizes sometimes go by a numerical digit which measures the size of your waist in inches. For example, a size x, a medium, and a waist size 28 are notwithstanding size… The listen boggles.

Nosotros went to Sydney Manner Week and asked some punters what their most expensive fashion items were? This is what they said.

But we've discovered a handy hack you'll want to commit to retentivity. An equation to discover your jeans waist size from your standard article of clothing size (e.g. a size 12).

Prepare to have your mind blown.

Women's jeans sizes for sizes AU vi-11.

Your AU size is simply the two numbers of your denim waist size added together. This applies to waist sizes 24-29.

So, if you lot're a size 24 waist, y'all'll be an AUS size half-dozen because 2+4=6.

For example:

Size 25 waist – AUS size vii (ii+five=7)

Size 26 waist – AUS size 8 (2+6=8)

Size 27 waist – AUS size 9 (2+seven=9)