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2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   There is no mandatory clothing size or labeling standard in the US, though a series of voluntary standards have been in place since the 1930s. The US government, however, did attempt to establish a system for women's clothing in 1958 when the National Bureau of Standards published Body Measurements for the Sizing of Women's Patterns and Apparel .

3. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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   Instead, the label should show the range of body dimensions from half the step size below to half the step size above the design size (e.g., "height: 172–180 cm."). For heights, for example, the standard recommends generally to use the following design dimensions, with a step size of 8 cm:

4. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   ASTM D6458-99, 2006, Standard Tables of Body Measurements for Boys, Sizes 8 to 14 Slim and 8 to 20 Regular; ASTM D6960-04, 2004, Standard Table of Body Measurements Relating to Women's Plus Size Figure Type, Sizes 14W-32W; CS-151-50 - Infants', Babies', Toddlers' and Children's clothing

5. Slim-fit pants - Wikipedia

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   Other names for this style include drainpipes, stovepipes, tight pants, cigarette pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, gas pipes, skinnies, and tight jeans. Skinny pants taper completely at the bottom of the leg, whereas drainpipes are skinny but then the lower leg is straight instead of tapering and so they are often slightly baggier at the ...

6. Capri pants - Wikipedia

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   Capri pants were popularized in the United States in the 1960s television series The Dick Van Dyke Show. The character Laura Petrie, the young housewife played by Mary Tyler Moore , caused a fashion sensation – and some mild controversy – by wearing close-fitting capri pants throughout the show's run [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] (capris that were ...

7. Plus-size clothing - Wikipedia

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   By the early 1920s, Lane Bryant started selling clothing under the category 'For the Stout Women', which ranged between a 38-56 inch bustline. [6] Evans, a UK-based plus-size retailer, was founded in 1930. [7] In the 1920s, small boys' clothing store, Brody's in Oak Park Mich (now Bloomfield) started the "Husky" size clothing. [citation needed]