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2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   BS 6185:1982 Specification for size designation of men's wear BS 3666:1982, the standard for women's clothing, is rarely followed by manufacturers as it defines sizes in terms of hip and bust measurements only within a limited range.

3. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   As a result, O'Brien and Shelton's work was rejected. In 1958, the National Bureau of Standards invented a new sizing system, based on the hourglass figure and using only the bust size to create an arbitrary standard of sizes ranging from 8 to 38, with an indication for height (short, regular, and tall) and lower-body girth (plus or minus). The ...

4. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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   European Standard (EN 13402-1) pictogram example for a men's jacket, with chest as primary measurement, and height and waist as secondary measurements. The first part [ 2 ] of the standard defines the list of body dimensions to be used for designating clothing sizes, together with an anatomical explanations and measurement guidelines.

5. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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   Size inconsistency has existed since at least 1937. In Sears' 1937 catalog, a size 14 dress had a bust size of 32 inches (81 cm). In 1967, the same bust size was a size 8. In 2011, it was a size 0. [7] Some argue that vanity sizing is designed to satisfy wearers' wishes to appear thin and feel better about themselves.

6. Suit - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wearing business wear suits as per their gender, 2016. The word suit derives from the French suite, [3] meaning "following," from some Late Latin derivative form of the Latin verb sequor = "I follow," because the component garments (jacket and trousers and waistcoat) follow each other and have the same cloth and ...

7. Suit jacket - Wikipedia

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   The 1870s saw the birth of the suit, which at first was met with great skepticism and viewed primarily as leisure wear. [4] In particular, which came into fashion in the late 1870s, a suit in a large plaid with rolled to the knee pants. [5] Since 1860, all the components of the suit began to be sewn from a uniform fabric.