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2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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   ASTM D6960-04 – Women's Plus sizes (2004) 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 ...

3. U.S. standard clothing size - Wikipedia

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   There are multiple size types, designed to fit somewhat different body shapes. Variations include the height of the person's torso (known as back length), whether the bust, waist, and hips are straighter (characteristic of teenagers) or curvier (like many adult women), and whether the bust is higher or lower (characteristic of younger and older women, respectively).

4. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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   Brassière band size is measured below the breasts, not at the bust. A woman with measurements of 36A–27–38 will have a different presentation than a woman with measurements of 34C–27–38. These women have ribcage circumferences differing by 2 inches, but when breast tissue is included the measurements are the same at 38 inches.

5. Plus-size clothing - Wikipedia

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   Mary Duffy's Big Beauties was the first model agency to work with hundreds of new plus-size clothing lines and advertisers. For two decades, this plus-size category produced the largest per annum percentage increases in ready-to-wear retailing. Max Mara started Marina Rinaldi, one of the first high-end clothing lines, for plus-size women in ...

6. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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   Body shapes are often categorised in the fashion industry into one of four elementary geometric shapes, [30] though there are very wide ranges of actual sizes within each shape: Rectangular. The waist is less than 9 inches (23 cm) smaller than the hips and bust. [30] Body fat is distributed predominantly in the abdomen, buttocks, chest, and face.

7. Vanity sizing - Wikipedia

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   While the nominal inseam is fairly accurate, the nominal waist may be quite a bit smaller than the actual waist, in US sizes. In 2010, Abram Sauer of Esquire measured several pairs of dress pants with a nominal waist size of 36 in (91 cm) at different US retailers and found that actual measurements ranged from 37 to 41 in (94 to 104 cm). [15]