STANDARDIZATION OF SIZES

STANDARDIZATION:
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards. A process in which the value of a potential standard is fixed by a measurement made with respect to a standard whose value is known.
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HISTORY:
In pre-industrial America, most clothing was crafted at home or by professionals tailors or dressmakers from individual measurements taken of each customer. In the early 20th century, the grown urban middle class began to purchase the affordable and fashionable ready-to-wear merchandise which new technology and industrialized production methods had created the means to manufacture. At the request of the Mail Order Association of America (MOAA), between 1942-1952 the National Bureau of Standards (NBS, now NIST) conducted a comprehensive study of womens body measurements to develop a sizing standard for womens ready-to-wear clothing.

Womens measurement for garment and pattern construction, 1941.

CLOTHING SIZE CHART:

XS S 31-32 23-24 M 33-34 25-26 L 35-36 27-28 XL 37-39 29-31 1X 40-42 32-34 2X 43-44 35-37 3X 45-46 38-39 4X 47-48 40-41 49-50 42-43

Bust (inches) Waist (inches)

Hips (inches)

33-34

35-36

37-38

39-41

42-44

45-46

47-48

49-50

51-52

US Juniors Jeans UK European (EU)

0 0-1 24-25 4

2-4 3-5 26-27 6-8

6-8 7-9 28-29 10-12

10-12 11 30-31 14-16

14 13 32-33 18

16 34 20

18 22

20 24

22 26

32-34

36-38

40-42

44-46

48

50

52

54

56

JAPANESE SIZE CHARTS:

The JIS (JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS) for readymade garments serve as a guideline to the standardization sizing system for ready-made apparel. in most cases, Japanese apparel manufacturers follow the JIS.

RANGE SIZES:
In Japan the range sizes used are SA, SB, MA, MB, LA, etc Instead of S, M, L. Although s, m, l are still common in market.

FOR A-TYPE RANGE SIZE (Centimeters)

SA (S) MA (M) LA (L) Height 155-165 165-175 Chest 80-88 88-96 175-185 96-104

Note: an A-Type body means the difference between the size of chest and the size of waist is 12 centimeters, and is considered as a standard body type.

REFERENCE:
Standard size sample, thegloss.com

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