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  2. Joint European standard for size labelling of clothes

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    The product should not be labelled with the average body dimension for which the garment was designed (i.e., not "height: 176 cm."). 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.").

  3. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    The B fitting adds 12 cm and the T height modifier 4 cm to the base hip measurement 89 + 16 = 105 cm. [13] Additionally there are a set of age based waist adjustments, such that a dress marketed at someone in their 60s may allow for a waist 9 cm larger than a dress, of the same size, marketed at someone in their 20s. The age based adjustments ...

  4. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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    With the average American woman's height (20 years and older) at about 5 ft 4 in (162.1 cm) (Department of Health 2012), both standard and catalog size ranges attempt to address a variety of weights or builds as well as providing for the "shorter-than-average" height woman with "petite" and "half-sizes". However "taller-than-average" women may ...

  5. Category:Men's clothing - Wikipedia

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    Islamic male clothing (1 C, 19 P) U. Men's underwear (9 P) Pages in category "Men's clothing" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.

  6. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    A woman who is 36–24–36 (91.5–61–91.5) at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) tall looks different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall. Since the latter woman's figure has greater distance between measuring points, she will likely appear thinner than her former counterpart, again, even though they share the same measurements.

  7. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] In the United States, although clothing size standards exist (i.e., ASTM), most companies do not use them any longer. [2] 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]

  8. File:Standard deviation diagram US men heights.svg - Wikipedia

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  9. Low-rise (fashion) - Wikipedia

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    The average rise of a low-rise garment is roughly 8 inches (20 cm) with some as little as 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 cm). A normal low-rise sits at least 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) below the navel . A "super" or an "ultra low-rise" sits at 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) below the navel.