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Visual explanation of the chaos around women's clothing sizes (pudding.cool)

submitted 11 hours ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61151457

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 20 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't understand why we can't just measure the size of the garment and put that on them...

Even men's sizes which are supposed to be that, have succumbed to vanity sizing. My actual waist measurement is usually about 4" bigger than what's printed on a pair of pants. But since it's no longer an actual measurement it varies quite a bit.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Oh there's nothing stopping them. The weird size shell game just makes more money.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There's international and european standards for this, but nobody follows them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_European_standard_for_size_labelling_of_clothes#EN_13402-2:_Primary_and_secondary_dimensions

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 hours ago

Not even in the countries that created these standards?