Why any one rule fails to cover this catalogue
The same shape fits almost every fit question here: what size should I order? The style decides, since That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup writes its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. Most pieces are published as true to size. The whole lotta syrup label instructs you to order one or two sizes bigger on a pair of tee styles, which run small. A further two pieces fit true to size while suggesting you size up for the oversized look. Returns happen when a single rule is applied anyway, because those instructions cannot be folded into one.
The missing size chart, and what it means for you
The brand publishes no global size chart. A general sizing chart and a separate t-shirt size chart, its own sizing pages, render without any chart content as of September 2026. That is not a temporary outage; it is the state of the site. So the product description is your only authoritative source on fit, and it deserves a full read. On a resale listing, a blog or a lookalike store, every measurement table for alocs clothing is somebody else’s reconstruction, not a published figure. Guesswork is what those charts are, so read them accordingly.
The range of sizes you are choosing from
First, what is actually on offer. Small through extra-large shows up on nearly every style, and apparel runs XS to 3XL. A 3XL buyer is shopping a subset of the catalogue, because 3XL appears on 48 products and the top is narrower than it looks. Kids sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8. Denim and workwear sit off that ladder, but sized by waist from 28 through 44. Every instruction quoted below comes from the brand’s own copy, and the sections are arranged by situation.
Where the style runs true to size
The easiest case is also the default across most of the catalogue. Published as fitting true to size: the Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt, Hoodie and Sweatpants, the Dickies Button Down, the Dodger T-shirt, the Double Cup Cargo Shorts, the Women’s Booty Shorts, and the King Of The Kill, Drankenstein and Juicebusters tees. On all of these, order the size you normally wear. True to size already buys you a roomier body than a fitted tee, since the classic tees are described as relaxed-fit. In a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt, your usual medium comes back as a relaxed medium, not a slim one. If more room is what you are after, the next situation applies.
When the page tells you to size up for an oversized fit
It is easy to misread, because two styles carry a note that does two things at once. The Warning T-Shirt is published as true to size, with the added line that for an oversized fit you should consider sizing up. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts say it slightly differently: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. What the brand is doing is explaining how to reach a looser silhouette; the garment is not mis-sized. What the instruction gives you is a condition, not a correction. Order your normal size if you want the intended fit; if you want it big, go one up and stop, because the note says one.
When a style runs small
This is where skipping the product copy is most expensive. On the Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt the warning is explicit: the style runs small, so order one or two sizes bigger than your regular size for a relaxed fit. Cropped and wide-fit, both are made in lightweight cotton jersey, rinsed for a vintage feel, with water-based prints front and back, unlike the heavyweight classic tee. That points a usual medium at a large or extra-large here. Because a cropped body is short by design, the extra size buys length as much as width. As an illustration of why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue, this is the clearest.
When flat measurements are published
A few products publish actual flat measurements, and these beat every rule of thumb. The Wok Is Dead and Promethazine Tour tees carry published width by length from the back: small 20 inches by 17.5, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. For the Double Cup Cargo Shorts, waist and inseam: small 29.5 inches and 7.75, medium 31.5 and 8, large 33.5 and 8.5, extra-large 35.5 and 9, 2XL 37.5 and 9.5. To put them to work, lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. More than any letter can tell you comes out of that comparison, and it assumes nothing. When measurements are published, use them and disregard everything else.
When you are shopping for bottoms
Bottoms run on a second logic, and it catches people out. The Classic Cough Syrup Sweatpants are published as fitting true to size, and sweatpants and sweat shorts sit on the XS to 3XL ladder. Denim and workwear are sold on another basis: they go by waist from 28 through 44, so there is no letter to convert. That takes in the cargo shorts, the carpenter pants and the Dickies-based trousers. There is no published conversion between them, and the two systems do not map onto each other. Measure trousers you already wear rather than guessing when you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number.
Where the product page tells you nothing
Where no fit note is published, and that is plenty of listings, judgement comes in. The safest assumption is true to size, because that is the published default wherever the brand does say something. A 16 oz hoodie and a 6.5 oz tee behave very differently, so let the garment type guide you beyond that, and remember that heavier cloth is less forgiving. Your usual size is the reasonable default for an awful lot of cough syrup hoodie with no note, and one up if you want it oversized. A lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant, so do not import a rule from one style onto another. If the piece matters and the page is silent, choose one that does publish a note.
What to order, style by style, in one place
Every published fit instruction is collected in one place below. What the brand says on the product page fills the middle column, and the right column turns it into a decision. Where a style is absent, no note has been published and the true-to-size default applies. Nothing here has been inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. Use it alongside the product page rather than a replacement, since products come and go every few weeks. Every line of it was checked in September 2026.
| Style | What the brand says about fit | What to order |
|---|---|---|
| Classic Cough Syrup T-Shirt | Fits true to size; relaxed fit | Your usual size |
| Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie | Runs true to size | Your usual size |
| Classic Cough Syrup Sweatpants | Fits true to size | Your usual size |
| King Of The Kill, Drankenstein, Juicebusters tees | Style fits true to size | Your usual size |
| Dickies Button Down, Dodger T-shirt, Women’s Booty Shorts | True to size | Your usual size |
| Warning T-Shirt | Runs true to size; for oversized fit, consider sizing up | Usual size, or one up for oversized |
| Double Cup Cargo Shorts | Runs true to size; for oversized fit, size up one | Usual waist, or one up for oversized |
| Wok Is Dead T-Shirt | Runs small; order 1-2 sizes bigger than your regular size | One or two sizes up |
| Promethazine Tour T-Shirt | Runs small; order 1-2 sizes bigger than your regular size | One or two sizes up |
| Any style with no published note | Nothing published | Usual size; one up for oversized |
A final word on charts you find elsewhere
It bears repeating, because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel: there is no published size chart for this brand. Whoever built the charts circulating under the brand’s name did it by measuring one garment or copying a template, and neither accounts for a catalogue where one tee runs small and another runs relaxed. The pages that would hold one load without any chart, and no gap is filled by the frequently asked questions. A wrong call is recoverable but not free, because returns exist with a refund window of a month from purchase and return shipping paid by the customer. The sources you can rely on are the per-product fit note, the published flat measurements where they exist, and a tape measure against something you own. Reading the copy properly costs less than posting a box back.