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  2. 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. All body ...

  3. Average human height by country - Wikipedia

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    50.0%: Self-reported: 1994 ... Italy – South: 177.4 cm (5 ft 10 in) 164 cm ... Height measurement can vary over the course of a day, due to factors such as a ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Italian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A variety of units of measurement were used in the various independent Italian states and Italian dependencies of foreign empires up to the unification of Italy in the 19th century. The units to measure length, volume, mass, etc., could differ widely between countries or between towns in a country (e.g. Rome and Ancona), but usually not between ...

  6. Bust/waist/hip measurements - Wikipedia

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    Height will also affect the presentation of the figure. 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 ...

  7. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  8. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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    A woman who is 36–24–36 (91–61–91 cm) at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) height will look different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) height. If both are the same weight, the taller woman has a much lower body mass index ; if they have the same BMI, the weight is distributed around a greater volume.

  9. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    Asserted to be the world's tallest living woman in 2016. [168] Height never confirmed by Guinness World Records. No up-to-date information available. born 1987 Zhang Ziyu: China: 220 cm 7 ft 3 in Tallest women's basketball player, she plays with China women's national under-18 basketball team. [169] born 2007 Margo Dydek: Poland: 218 cm: 7 ft 2 in