One rule does not cover this catalogue
Almost every question about fit here takes the same shape: what size should I order? Because That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup puts out its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range, everything depends on the style. The published note on the bulk of the catalogue is true to size. The brand asks you to go one or two sizes bigger on a pair of tee styles, which run small. Another two styles fit true to size while inviting you to size up for the oversized look. Returns happen when one rule is applied anyway, alocs gym shorts 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. Its two sizing pages, a general sizing chart and a separate t-shirt size chart, render without any chart content as of September 2026. It is not a temporary outage; it is the state of the site. Which means the product description is your only authoritative source on fit, and a full read is worth the minute. 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. Guesses is what those charts are, so treat them accordingly.
The range of sizes you are choosing from
What is actually on offer is the place to start. With small through extra-large on nearly every style, apparel runs XS to 3XL. 3XL appears on 48 products, so the top end is narrower than it looks and a 3XL buyer shops a subset of the catalogue. Kids sizes are listed as 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 organised by situation, and every instruction quoted comes from the brand’s own copy.
When the style is true to size
Given 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. True to size already gives you a roomier body than a fitted tee, since the classic tees are described as relaxed-fit. On all of these, order the size you normally wear. In a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt, the medium you usually wear gets you a relaxed medium, not a slim one. More room is the next situation.
When the 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. Worded slightly differently, the Double Cup Cargo Shorts 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. Order your normal size for the intended fit; if you want it big, go one up and stop, because the note says one.
Where the style runs small
Here ignoring the product copy costs the most. An explicit warning runs 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 an illustration of why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue, this is the clearest.
Where flat measurements are published
Any rule of thumb is beaten by the actual flat measurements that a few products carry. 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. For the Double Cup Cargo Shorts, 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. The method is simple: lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. That comparison beats what any letter can tell you, and it assumes nothing. Where measurements are published, use them and disregard everything else.
When you are shopping for bottoms
Bottoms run on a second logic, and it catches people out. Sweatpants and sweat shorts use the XS to 3XL ladder, and the Classic Cough Syrup Sweatpants are published as fitting true to size. Denim and workwear do not work that way: they go by waist from 28 through 44, so there is no letter to convert. That covers the cargo shorts, the carpenter pants and the Dickies-based trousers. Instead of 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 tells you nothing at all
Where no fit note is published, and that is plenty of listings, judgement comes in. The safest assumption is true to size, because that is the published default wherever the brand does say something. Take the garment type as your guide beyond that: a 16 oz hoodie and a 6.5 oz tee behave very differently, and heavier cloth is less forgiving. Because a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant, no rule should be imported from one style onto another. On an awful lot of cough syrup hoodie with no note, your usual size is the reasonable default, and one up if you want it oversized. Where the piece matters and the page stays silent, choose one that does publish a note.
Style by style, what to order
The table gathers every published fit instruction in one place. What the brand says on the product page sits in the middle column, and the right column turns it into a decision. Nothing has been published for a style that is absent, so the true-to-size default applies. Nothing here is inferred from resale listings or reviews, or averaged into a general rule. Because products come and go every few weeks, read it alongside the product page, not instead of it. All of it was checked in September 2026.
| 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
It bears repeating, because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel: there is no published size chart for this brand. 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. The pages that ought to hold one load without any chart, and the frequently asked questions do not fill the gap. Rely on the per-product fit note, the published flat measurements where they exist, and a tape measure against something you own. With a refund window of a month from purchase and return shipping paid by the customer, returns exist, so a wrong call is recoverable but not free. Posting a box back costs more than reading the copy properly.