Why one rule cannot cover this catalogue
Fit questions of every sort arrive in the same shape: what size should I order? That depends on the style, because That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup writes its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. The published note on the bulk of the catalogue is true to size. The label asks you to order one or two sizes bigger on a pair of tee styles, which run small. Two more fit true to size but suggest you size up for the oversized look. Returns happen precisely when one rule is applied anyway, because instructions www.awfullottacoughsyrup.com/product-category/shorts of that kind cannot be folded into one.
The size chart that is missing, and what that means for you
No global size chart exists, and the brand publishes none. 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. A temporary outage is not what this is; it is the state of the site. Whatever measurement table for alocs clothing turns up on a resale listing, a blog or a lookalike store is somebody else’s reconstruction, not a published figure. Give the product description a full read, because it is your only authoritative source on fit. Those charts are guesses, so treat them that way.
The size range on offer
What is actually on offer is the place to start. With small through extra-large on nearly every style, apparel runs XS to 3XL. The top 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. Denim and workwear are not on that ladder, but sized by waist from 28 through 44. The sections below are organised by situation, and every instruction quoted comes from the brand’s own copy.
Where the style runs true to size
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 simplest case is also the default across most of the catalogue. The classic tees carry a relaxed-fit description, so true to size already means a roomier body than a fitted tee. Order the size you normally wear across all of these. A relaxed medium, not a slim one, is what your usual medium gets you in a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt. If you want more room, the next situation applies.
When the product page says to size up for an oversized fit
Two styles carry a note that does two things at once, and it is easy to misread. For the Warning T-Shirt the copy says true to size, with the added line that for an oversized fit you should consider sizing up. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts word it slightly differently: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. Nothing is mis-sized here, and the brand is simply explaining how to reach a looser silhouette. What the instruction gives you is a condition, not a correction. 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.
When the style runs small
The cost of skipping the product copy is highest here. The Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt carry an explicit warning on the page: 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. A large or extra-large is what that means here if your usual size is a medium. A cropped body is short on purpose, so the extra size buys length as much as width. This is the clearest illustration of why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue.
Where flat measurements are published
Actual flat measurements appear on a few products, and they beat every rule of thumb. The waist and inseam figures 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. 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. The method is simple: lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. Use the measurements wherever they are published, and disregard everything else. More than any letter can tell you comes out of that comparison, and it assumes nothing.
When bottoms are what you are buying
People get caught out by the second logic that bottoms follow. Sweatpants and sweat shorts use the XS to 3XL ladder, and the Classic Cough Syrup Sweatpants are published as fitting true to size. Because denim and workwear go by waist from 28 through 44, there is no letter to convert. That takes in the cargo shorts, the carpenter pants and the Dickies-based trousers. Nothing published converts between them, and the two systems do not map onto each other. Measure trousers you already wear rather than guessing if you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number.
Where the product page tells you nothing
Many listings carry no fit note at all, and this is where judgement comes in. Since true to size is the published default wherever the brand does say something, it is the safest assumption. Beyond that, let the garment type do the guiding: a 16 oz hoodie and a 6.5 oz tee behave very differently, and heavier cloth is less forgiving. Resist importing a rule from one style onto another, because a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant. 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. Go for a style that does publish a note if the piece matters and the page is silent.
What to order, style by style
All of the published fit instructions are gathered in the table below. What the brand says on the product page sits in the middle column, and the right column turns it into a decision. When a style is missing from the table, no note has been published and the true-to-size default applies. Nothing here is inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. Every line of it was checked in September 2026. Treat it as a companion to the product page rather than a replacement, 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
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 no gap is filled by the frequently asked questions. 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 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. 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.
