Silver 024 - I have found that Sigrid Olson and Liz Claiborne tend to be fairly true to [current] sizes (Liz runs large, though) and usually fit quite well. The best fitting pair of trousers I have are size 10 J. Crew, but they might not make them any more, and I don't own a single pair of denim jeans that I like (thought I have tried on loads of pairs). I would pay up to $200 for the perfect pair, though.
About true-to-size sizing:
My mum is a fit model for a clothing company, and the designers always tell her that at 5'6" & 36C-28ish-38 she is an "almost perfect size 8", being "almost" perfect because she is slightly shorter and bustier than they would like, but she wears a 6 sometimes in other brands, and hates going into high-end places because they are always SML and she can't even fit into the larges.
As to sizing changing over time:
My grandmother sent me a dress she wore in the 60's or 70's, and it's a size 6; however, even when I was a size 0-2 (according to current standards) I couldn't zip it. Eek.
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