Why any one rule will not stretch across this catalogue
Fit questions here turn up in the same shape: what size should I order? The answer depends on the style, because That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup puts out its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range. The note on the page for most pieces is true to size. On two of the tees the cut runs small enough that the brand instructs you to order one or two sizes bigger. Another two styles fit true to size while suggesting you size up for the oversized look. Returns happen precisely when a single rule is applied anyway, because Desto Dubb’s Awful Lot of Cough Syrup instructions of that kind cannot be folded into one.
The absent size chart, and what that means for you
No global size chart exists, and the brand publishes none. Its 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. Which means 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. Those charts are guesses, so treat them that way.
The range of sizes you are choosing from
Begin with what is actually on offer. Apparel runs XS to 3XL, with small through extra-large on nearly every style. A 3XL buyer is shopping a subset of the catalogue, because 3XL appears on 48 products and the top is narrower than it looks. Both denim and workwear stay off that ladder and are sized by waist from 28 through 44. For kids, sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8. Every instruction quoted below comes from the brand’s own copy, and the sections are arranged by situation.
When a style runs true to size
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. Over most of the catalogue this is the default, and the easiest case. Order the size you normally wear across all of these. True to size already buys you a roomier body than a fitted tee, since the classic tees are described as relaxed-fit. In a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt, the medium you usually wear gets you a relaxed medium, not a slim one. Extra room is covered in the next situation.
When the page tells you to size up for an oversized fit
Simple to misread: 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. Worded slightly differently, the Double Cup Cargo Shorts run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. What the brand is doing is explaining how to reach a looser silhouette; the garment is not mis-sized. The instruction is conditional rather than 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
Here skipping the product copy costs the most. The Wok Is Dead T-Shirt and the Promethazine Tour T-Shirt carry an explicit warning: 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. Because a cropped body is short by design, the extra size buys length as much as width. Should 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 nowhere clearer than here.
Where flat measurements are published
A few products publish actual flat measurements, and these beat every rule of thumb. Width by length from the back is given for the Wok Is Dead and Promethazine Tour tees: small 20 inches by 17.5, medium 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. 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. 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. Use the measurements wherever they are published, and disregard everything else.
When bottoms are what you are buying
Bottoms follow a second logic, and it catches people out. Sweatpants and sweat shorts sit on 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. If you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number, measure trousers you already wear rather than guessing. Nothing published converts between them, and the two systems do not map onto each other.
When the page tells you nothing at all
Where no fit note is published, and that is plenty of listings, 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. 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. Never import a rule from one style onto another, because a lightweight cropped tee running small says nothing about a fleece sweatpant. Where the piece matters and the page stays silent, choose one that does publish a note.
What to order, style by style
All of the published fit instructions are gathered in the table below. Take the middle column as what the brand says on the product page, and the right column as that turned into a decision. Resale listings and reviews are not the source of any of it, and nothing has been averaged into a general rule. No note has been published for a style that is absent, so the true-to-size default applies. Because products come and go every few weeks, read it alongside the product page, not instead of it. Every line 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 |
A final 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. Whoever made 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. 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. Posting a box back costs more than reading the copy properly.
