Why not one rule works across this catalogue
Questions about fit here come in the same shape: what size should I order? The answer depends on the style, because That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup publishes its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. Two tee styles run small enough that the brand tells you to order one or two sizes bigger. The note on the page on the bulk of the catalogue is true to size. Another two cargo shorts styles fit true to size while asking you to size up for the oversized look. Returns happen when one rule is applied anyway, because instructions of that kind cannot be folded into one.
The missing size chart, and what it means for you
No global size chart is published by the brand. The brand’s own sizing pages, a general sizing chart and a separate t-shirt size chart, render without any chart content as of September 2026. Rather than a temporary outage, that is the state of the site. Somebody else’s reconstruction is what every measurement table for alocs clothing on a resale listing, a blog or a lookalike store amounts to, not a published figure. So the product description is your only authoritative source on fit, and it deserves a full read. Guesses is what those charts are, so read them accordingly.
The range of sizes you are choosing from
Take the range first, and what is actually on offer. With small through extra-large on nearly every style, apparel runs XS to 3XL. The top end is narrower than it looks: 3XL appears on 48 products, so a 3XL buyer shops a subset of the catalogue. For kids, sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8. Away from that ladder sit denim and workwear, sized by waist from 28 through 44. What follows is organised by situation, and every instruction quoted comes from the brand’s own copy.
Where the style runs true to size
This is the default across most of the catalogue, and the easiest case to deal with. 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. The classic tees are published as relaxed-fit, so true to size already means a roomier body than a fitted tee. Order the size you normally wear for all of these. Your usual medium in a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt gets you a relaxed medium, not a slim one. If you want more room, the next situation applies.
When the page says to size up for an oversized fit
It is easy to misread, because two styles carry a note that does two things at once. With the added line that for an oversized fit you should consider sizing up, the Warning T-Shirt runs true to size. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts put it slightly differently: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. The garment is not mis-sized; the brand is explaining how to reach a looser silhouette. What the note gives you is a condition, not a correction. The intended fit is your normal size; if you want it big, go one up and stop, because the note says one.
When the style is published as running small
Skipping the product copy costs the most here. An explicit warning is published on the Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt: the style runs small, so order one or two sizes bigger than your regular size for a relaxed fit. Unlike the heavyweight classic tee, both are wide-fit, cropped tees in lightweight cotton jersey, rinsed for a vintage feel, with water-based prints front and back. The extra size buys length as much as width, since a cropped body is short by design. That points a usual medium at a large or extra-large here. As a demonstration of why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue, this is the clearest.
When flat measurements exist on the page
Actual flat measurements appear on a few products, and they beat every rule of thumb. On the Wok Is Dead and Promethazine Tour tees the brand publishes width by length from the back: small 20 inches by 17.5, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. Waist and inseam are given for the Double Cup Cargo Shorts: 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. Lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. Assuming nothing, that comparison tells you more than any letter can. When measurements are published, use them and disregard everything else.
When the purchase is 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. Because denim and workwear go by waist from 28 through 44, there is no letter to convert. That covers 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. Instead of guessing, measure trousers you already wear when you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number.
When the product page tells you nothing at all
Judgement comes in where a listing carries no fit note at all, which is plenty of them. Your 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. Since a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant, no rule should be imported from one style onto another. Choose one that does publish a note when the piece matters and the page stays silent.
What to order, style by style, in one place
Every published fit instruction is gathered in the table below. The middle column carries what the brand says on the product page, and the right column turns it into a decision. No part of it is inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. No note has been published for a style that is absent, so the true-to-size default applies. The whole table was checked in September 2026. Because products come and go every few weeks, read it alongside the product page, not instead of it.
| 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 |
One last word on charts you find elsewhere
There is no published size chart for this brand, and it bears repeating because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel. The pages that would hold one load without any chart, and the frequently asked questions do not fill the gap. Every chart circulating under the brand’s name came from somebody else, usually by measuring one garment or copying a template, and neither accounts for a catalogue where one tee runs small and another runs relaxed. 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. Only three things are reliable: the per-product fit note, the published flat measurements where they exist, and a tape measure against something you own. It is cheaper to read the copy properly than to post a box back.