One rule does not cover this catalogue
The same shape covers almost every fit question here: what size should I order? Because That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup writes its fit guidance product by product, not once for the range, the answer depends on the cough syrup streetwear merch style. True to size is what the majority of pieces carry. The brand tells you to order one or two sizes bigger on a pair of tee styles, which run small. True to size describes a further two as well, though each one asks 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 it means for you
The brand publishes no global size chart. A general sizing chart and a separate t-shirt size chart, the brand’s own sizing pages, render without any chart content as of September 2026. Far from being a temporary outage, that is the state of the site. That means the product description is your only authoritative source on fit, and it is worth reading in full. Any measurement table for alocs clothing on a resale listing, a blog or a lookalike store is somebody else’s reconstruction, not a published figure. Take those charts for guesses, because that is what they are.
The size range on offer
What is actually on offer comes first. The apparel ladder runs XS to 3XL, with small through extra-large on nearly every style. The top end is narrower than it looks: 3XL appears on 48 products, so a 3XL buyer shops a subset of the catalogue. Denim and workwear are not on that ladder, but sized by waist from 28 through 44. Kids sizes come in 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
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. This is the default across most of the catalogue and the easiest case. 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. Your usual medium in a classic awful lot of cough syrup shirt leaves you with a relaxed medium, not a slim one. Extra room puts you in the next situation.
When the page tells you to size up for an oversized fit
It is easy to misread, because 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. On the Double Cup Cargo Shorts the wording shifts slightly: they run true to size, and for an oversized fit you size up one. What the instruction gives you is a condition, not a correction. What the brand is doing is explaining how to reach a looser silhouette; the garment is not mis-sized. 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 runs small
This is where skipping 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. Because a cropped body is short by design, the extra size buys length as much as width. That points a usual medium at a large or extra-large here. Nothing illustrates it more clearly of why one rule cannot cover thats an awful lot of cough syrup as a catalogue.
When flat measurements exist on the page
Real flat measurements appear on a few products, and they beat every rule of thumb. 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. Width by length from the back is published 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. The method is simple: lay flat a garment you own and like, measure armpit to armpit and collar seam to hem, then compare. When measurements are published, use them and disregard everything else. That comparison beats what any letter can tell you, and it assumes nothing.
When bottoms are what you are buying
Bottoms follow a second logic, 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 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 are all covered by that. Nothing published converts between them, and the two systems do not map onto each other. Rather than guessing, measure trousers you already wear when you are shopping alocs shorts and the listing offers a waist number.
When the product page says nothing at all
Where there is no fit note, 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. Since 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. Choose one that does publish a note when the piece matters and the page stays silent.
What to order, taken style by style
All of the published fit instructions are collected in one place below. What the brand says on the product page fills the middle column, and the right column turns it into a decision. No part of 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. All of it was checked in September 2026. Use it alongside 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 final word on charts you find elsewhere
It is worth repeating, because it is the point most likely to save you a parcel: there is no published size chart for this brand. The pages that would hold one load without any chart, and no gap is filled by the frequently asked questions. 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. Three things are reliable: 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. It is cheaper to read the copy properly than to post a box back.