Madewell to Joe's Jeans jeans size

The short answer

Madewell 29 is Joe's Jeans 30 by the two brands' own charts. 4 of 10 Madewell sizes land on a different label at Joe's Jeans.

Both brands publish the body waist each size is cut for, so every row matches a waist, not a tag.

Every Madewell size read across to Joe's Jeans. Waist size sizes on the left, Waist size on the right.
Madewell	Madewell builds it for	Joe's Jeans, by chart	Same label	Joe's Jeans builds it for	Joe's Jeans also prints
23	waist 24 in, hip 34 in	23 or 24	23	waist 23.5 in, hip 33.5 in	not published
24	waist 25 in, hip 35 in	24 or 25	24	waist 24.5 in, hip 34.5 in	not published
25	waist 26 in, hip 36 in	25 or 26	25	waist 25.5 in, hip 35.5 in	not published
26	waist 27 in, hip 37 in	26 or 27	26	waist 26.5 in, hip 36.5 in	not published
27	waist 28 in, hip 38 in	27 or 28	27	waist 27.5 in, hip 37.5 in	not published
28	waist 29 in, hip 39 in	28 or 29	28	waist 28.5 in, hip 38.5 in	not published
29	waist 30.3 in, hip 40.3 in	30	29	waist 30.5 in, hip 40.5 in	not published
30	waist 31.5 in, hip 41.5 in	31	30	waist 31.8 in, hip 41.8 in	not published
31	waist 33 in, hip 43 in	32	31	waist 33 in, hip 43 in	not published
32	waist 34.5 in, hip 44.5 in	33	32	waist 34.3 in, hip 44.3 in	not published
33	waist 36.3 in, hip 46.3 in	not made	33	not published	not published
14W	waist 37 in, hip 47 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
16W	waist 39 in, hip 49 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
18W	waist 41 in, hip 51 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
20W	waist 43 in, hip 53 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
22W	waist 45 in, hip 55 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
24W	waist 47 in, hip 57 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
26W	waist 49 in, hip 59 in	not made	not published	not published	not published
28W	waist 51 in, hip 61 in	not made	not published	not published	not published

Tinted rows change label or sit between two sizes. 9 sizes have no counterpart on the Joe's Jeans chart. Read from the two charts only; no formula and no averaging.

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Sources

Madewell size guide, read on 2026-09-17. Madewell on TrueToSize
Joe's Jeans size guide, read on 2026-09-18.

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