The Great Size Divide: Why XXL and 2XL Are Not the Same

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It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as ready-to-wear clothing: you grab what you think is your size, only to find it either swimming on you or restricting your every move. This confusion is amplified when we delve into the seemingly interchangeable world of XXL and 2XL. Many shoppers, and even some retailers, use these terms synonymously, but a closer look reveals a subtle yet significant difference that can make or break your wardrobe choices. The core of the discrepancy lies in the sizing conventions adopted by different manufacturers and for different types of clothing. Generally, XXL is an extension of standard alpha sizing (S, M, L, XL), while 2XL often signifies a true "plus" or "big and tall" size. "I used to just assume they were the same," admits Sarah Jenkins, a 34-year-old marketing professional. "I'd order an XXL t-shirt online, and sometimes it would fit perfectly, and other times it would be ridiculously small, like a r...
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80th Academy Awards Winners

The full list of winners and nominees of the 80th Academy Awards.

Best picture
Winner - No Country For Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood

Best director
Winners - Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
 Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best actor
Winner - Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
 George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best actress
Winner - Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
 Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Best supporting actress
Winner - Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
 Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best supporting actor
Winner - Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
 Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James...
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best foreign language film
Winner - The Counterfeiters (Austria)
 Beaufort (Israel)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)

Best animated feature film
Winner - Ratatouille
Persepolis
Surf's Up

Best adapted screenplay
Winner - No Country For Old Men
 Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood

Best original screenplay
Winner - Juno
 Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Best music (score)
Winner - Atonement
 The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

Best music (song)
Winner - Falling Slowly - Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Happy Working Song - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Raise It Up - August Rush (performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre)
So Close - Enchanted (performed by Jon McLaughlin)
That's How You Know - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)

Best documentary feature
Winner - Taxi to the Dark Side
 No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
War/Dance

Best documentary short subject
Winner - Freeheld
 La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Best visual effects
Winner - The Golden Compass
 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Best cinematography
Winner - There Will Be Blood
 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men

Best art direction
Winner - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
There Will Be Blood

Best animated short film
Winner - Peter and the Wolf
 I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)

Best short film
Winner - Le Mozart des Pickpockets
 At Night
Il Supplente
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Best costume design
Winner - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
 Across the Universe
Atonement
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best make-up
Winner - La Vie en Rose
 Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best sound mixing
Winner - The Bourne Ultimatum
 No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

Best sound editing
Winner - The Bourne Ultimatum
 No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Best film editing
Winner - The Bourne Ultimatum
 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

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