How do you convert German sizes to American sizes?

Converting the size of womens jeans can be a tricky task if you're not familiar how the size of women's jeans is determined. Many of today's designers of women's jeans have their own way of sizing them. This is determined in part by the country where the designer is from and also by the country where the jeans will be sold.

Once you know the conversion process, then there's one more factor to worry about called "vanity sizes". What are vanity sizes? Well, to put things simply, it's the designers' way of flattering the buyer by deliberately labeling garments a size smaller than they really are.

This is how a size 12 woman can fit into a size 10 pair of jeans!