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The joint European standard for size labelling of clothes, formally known as the EN 13402 Size designation of clothes, is a European standard for labelling clothes sizes. The standard is based on body dimensions measured in centimetres , and as such, and its aim is to make it easier for people to find clothes in sizes that fit them.
child shoe size (barleycorns) = 3 × last length (in) − 11 3 ⁄ 4. equivalent to: child shoe size (barleycorns) ≈ 3 × foot length (in) − 9 3 ⁄ 4. Alternatively, a Mondopoint-based scale running from K4 to K13 and then 1 to 7 is in use. [12] K4 to K9 are toddler sizes, K10 to K13 are pre-school and 1 to 7 are grade school sizes.
Clothing brands and manufacturers size their products according to their preferences. [12] For example, the dimensions of two size 10 dresses from different companies, or even from the same company, may have grossly different dimensions; and both are almost certainly larger than the size 10 dimensions described in the US standard .
A couple of month's ago, it was on the news that all European sizes became one size bigger (ie. 36 became 34, 40 became 38 etc) so a European 34 is now a USA size 0. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.116.1.128 08:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC) Definitely not, it is just a natural process.
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Secondly, ISO/TS 19407 assumes that shoe sizes are centered on their respective foot length in mm, and each size can also accomodate length variations up to a half-step in each system (i.e. ±2.5 mm, ±3.33 mm, ±3.75 mm, ±4.23 mm respectively for Mondopoint 5 mm, European, Mondopoint 7.5 mm, and UK/US systems). Therefore half-sizes in EU and ...
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