A single rule never covers this catalogue
The same shape describes almost every fit question here: what size should I order? The style is what decides, since That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup records its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. The brand asks you to order one or two sizes bigger on two of the tees, which run small. The majority of pieces carry the note true to size. True to size covers a further two as well, though each one suggests you size up for the oversized look. Returns happen exactly when a single rule is applied anyway, because instructions of that kind cannot be folded into one.
The size chart that is missing, and what that means for you
No global size https://awfullottacoughsyrup.com/product-category/shorts/ 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. Rather than a temporary outage, that is the state of the site. A reconstruction by somebody else is what any measurement table for alocs clothing on a resale listing, a blog or a lookalike store amounts to, not a published figure. That means the product description is your only authoritative source on fit, and it is worth reading in full. Guesses 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 is listed on nearly every style, and apparel runs XS to 3XL. A 3XL buyer shops 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. Away from that ladder sit denim and workwear, sized by waist from 28 through 44. The sections below are arranged by situation, and every instruction quoted comes from the brand’s own copy.
Where the style runs true to size
Listed 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. Order the size you normally wear on all of these. The classic tees carry a relaxed-fit description, so true to size already means a roomier body than a fitted tee. In a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt, the medium you usually wear gets you a relaxed medium, not a slim one. The next situation is the one to read if you are after more room.
When the product 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. The Warning T-Shirt is published as 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 shifts slightly: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. Take the instruction as conditional, not as a correction. The garment is not mis-sized, and the brand is simply explaining how to reach a looser silhouette. 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.
Where the style runs small
The price of skipping the product copy peaks 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. Wide-fit and cropped, both are made 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 where that lands you here if you normally wear a medium. The extra size buys length as much as width, since a cropped body is short by design. Why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue is illustrated most clearly here.
When the brand publishes flat measurements
Every rule of thumb is beaten by the actual flat measurements that a few products carry. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts carry 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. 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. To put them to work, lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. The published measurements win wherever they exist, so use them and disregard everything else. That comparison beats what any letter can tell you, and it assumes nothing.
When the purchase is bottoms
There is a second logic for bottoms, 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. The cargo shorts, the carpenter pants and the Dickies-based trousers all sit there. Measure trousers you already wear rather than guessing 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 tells you nothing at all
Plenty of 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. 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. Do not import a rule from one style onto another, because a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant. Go for a style that does publish a note if the piece matters and the page is silent.
What to order, taken style by style
The table pulls every published fit instruction into one place. Take the middle column as what the brand says on the product page, and the right column as that turned into a decision. Nothing in it is inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. A style that is absent carries no published note, which leaves the true-to-size default. 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 |
A last word on charts you find elsewhere
There is no published size chart for this brand, and that bears saying twice because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel. The frequently asked questions do not fill the gap either, and the pages that would hold one load without any chart. 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. 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. Rely on 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.