Why a single rule does not cover this catalogue
The same shape covers almost every fit question here: what size should I order? Style by style is the only honest answer, since That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup puts out its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. The line on the product page on the bulk of the catalogue is true to size. On two tee styles the cut runs small enough that the brand tells you to take one or two sizes bigger. A further two fit true to size but invite street style hoodie you to size up for the oversized look. Nobody can fold those instructions into one rule, and applying one anyway is how returns happen.
The missing size chart, and what that means for you
The brand has published no global size chart. 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. Far from being a temporary outage, that 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, any measurement table for alocs clothing is somebody else’s reconstruction, not a published figure. Read those charts as guesses, because that is what they are.
The size range you are picking from
What is actually on offer comes first. The apparel ladder runs XS to 3XL, with small through extra-large on nearly every style. 3XL appears on 48 products, so the top is narrower than it looks and a 3XL buyer shops a subset of the catalogue. Denim and workwear sit off that ladder and are sized by waist from 28 through 44. Kids sizes are listed as 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8. Arranged by situation, the sections below quote every instruction from the brand’s own copy.
When a style runs true to size
The simplest case is also the default across most of the catalogue. Published as 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. Whatever size you normally wear is the one to order for all of these. Because the classic tees are described as relaxed-fit, true to size already means a roomier body than a fitted tee. A relaxed medium, not a slim one, is what your normal medium gets you in a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt. If you want more room, the next situation applies.
When the page says to size up for an oversized fit
Easy to misread: two styles carry a note that does two things at once. The Warning T-Shirt runs true to size, with the added line that for an oversized fit you should consider sizing up. On the Double Cup Cargo Shorts the wording differs slightly: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. The instruction is conditional rather than a correction. Nothing is mis-sized here, and the brand is simply explaining how to reach a looser silhouette. If you want the intended fit, order your normal size; if you want it big, go one up and stop, because the note says one.
Where the style runs small
This is where skipping the product copy costs the most. 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. Both are cropped, wide-fit tees in lightweight cotton jersey, rinsed for a vintage feel, with water-based prints front and back, unlike the heavyweight classic tee. Because a cropped body is short by design, the extra size buys length as much as width. If you normally wear a medium, that points you at a large or extra-large here. Why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue is shown most clearly here.
When flat measurements exist on the page
A few products carry actual flat measurements, and these beat every rule of thumb. Waist and inseam are published 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. 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. The method is simple: 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. Published measurements take priority wherever they exist, so use them and disregard everything else.
When you are shopping for bottoms
People get caught out by the second logic that bottoms follow. 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 go by waist from 28 through 44, and that leaves no letter to convert. The cargo shorts, the carpenter pants and the Dickies-based trousers all sit there. Rather than guessing, measure trousers you already wear when you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number. Nothing published converts between them, and the two systems do not map onto each other.
When the product page says nothing at all
Judgement comes in where a listing carries no fit note at all, which is plenty of them. Since true to size is the published default wherever the brand does say something, it is the safest assumption. 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. Because a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant, no rule should be imported from one style onto another. Where the piece matters and the page stays 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 occupies the middle column, and the right column turns it into a decision. Nothing here has been inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. Where a style does not appear, no note has been published and the true-to-size default applies. Every line of it was checked in September 2026. Read it beside the product page, not instead of it, since products come and go every few weeks.
| 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 last word on charts you find elsewhere
This bears saying twice, because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel: there is no published size chart for this brand. The frequently asked questions do not fill the gap either, and the pages that would hold one load without any chart. Every chart circulating under the brand’s name was built by 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. Returns do exist, with a refund window of a month from purchase and return shipping paid by the customer, so a wrong call is recoverable but not free. 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.
