The ‘secret’ Zara label signs that’ll apparently help you get the right size every time

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As a woman and committed shopper, I am more than familiar with the fact that high street sizes can be famously fickle to get right. While I am a size 12 or M in most stores, I sometimes find myself being a 14 or 'large' in another, or, in some cases, only a 'small' or even a size 10 in others. This, of course, is making shopping unnecessary harder – especially these days, when most fittings rooms are still closed as part of clothing stores' ongoing Covid restrictions. However, this might not have to be the case in Zara anymore. A TikTok user recently took to the popular video-sharing app to reveal how Zara has a secret sizing symbol system in place on their tags – letting you know if the clothes you are buying are smaller in size or run larger – or, indeed, are true to size.

The video in question, shared by the account @officially_outfits, takes a closer look at the labels on the Spanish retailer's clothes, suggesting there's a secret code on each tag that will help decipher the sizing.

@officially_outfitsZara sizing guide.. ##zara ##fyp ##zarahaul ##fashion♬ original sound - officiallyoutfits

"Unsure which size to get at Zara?" she asks.

"The little box around the tag hole means true to size, get your normal [sic] size. The triangle around the tag hole means it comes up small so size up".

How genius! And needless to say, it inspired thousands of other TikTok users to take a look at their own Zara clothing to make sure this symbol situation was actually real.

@lucyc.jpegReply to @zar.a0 ERMMMMM WHAT???? ##fyp ##fypシ ##zara ##GetGrafting♬ original sound - lucy