The global economy is eroding the borders of states, making it easier for consumers to choose between competitive manufacturers and firms. The same applies to clothing, however, it is precisely in this area that there is a confusion in size related to the use by countries of different systems of measures of length and weight. Despite the importance of the issue and the attempts being made to create a universal coding of garments, the issue is still unresolved. This complicates the implementation of costumes by manufacturers, in particular through electronic stores on the Internet.
Clothing size is a marking using letters and numbers to indicate the size of the human body or body parts for which it is functionally designed. Typically, labeling is in the form of labels or stickers on tags or linings.
International certification
It provides matching clothing sizes in Europe and Russia and provides for gradation from very small XS to very large XXL. At the same time, for menโs clothing, the range changes from Russian XS - 44 to XXL - 58-60. For women's clothing, this line has a look from XS - 42 size to BXXL - 60. In the USA, an inch system of measures of length is used, which means that the result in centimeters must be divided by 2.5 (the size of one inch). At the same time, a coincident system of measures determines the conformity of clothing sizes in Europe and Russia.
Parameters of men's clothing in Russia and Europe
To determine the parameters of a men's suit in Russia, you should measure the circumference of the chest by a ruler, divide the result by two. It turns out the size in cm.
To select an identical American counterpart, subtract ten from the result obtained by dividing. Basically, the sizes in this case will coincide, since the parameters are oriented to
middle-aged men for each category. In Europe, it is even easier to buy men's clothing, since there is a correspondence between the sizes of European and Russian clothes.
For example, when choosing a shirt for a man, you need to divide the neck circumference in cm by 2.5 to obtain the desired size of the American model. In this case, the conformity of clothing sizes in Europe and Russia is also ensured.
Europe has a different approach to underwear
What should I know about the size of underwear?
- the French categorized all the linen into sizes from 2 to 9, which corresponds to the Russians from 44 to 56 with an even pitch scale;
- to find the English size of Russian linen, it is necessary to subtract 12 from the Russian indicator;
- in Germany, like the French, linen was categorized, but the numbering starts from 3 sizes, which corresponds to the Russian 44.
Matching sizes when choosing French underwear
For women's clothing, there is also a lack of conformity of US clothing sizes to Russian and European.
It should be taken away from the measured size to get the American analogue 34, and for Europe from the Russian size taken away 6. Women really appreciate French underwear, but to choose it correctly you need to take away from the Russian size 4, and in Germany subtract 6. In the case of American linen must subtract 34 from the measured result.
According to the international classification, lingerie is represented by a ruler with sizes from 42 (XXS) to 56 (XXL).
Correspondence of the parameters of children's clothing in the USA, China and Russia
The sizes for children of newborns up to 12 months are determined by the height in cm and the weight of the child. For example, for babies under one month old, the sizes of children's clothing in the USA and Russia correspond to the following: Russian size 18 for this age corresponds to American zero or third. With an increase in the age of the child by 2-3 months, the growth changes on average by 6 cm, and the size of clothes in the Russian metrological system by 2 units. The conformity of the sizes of children's clothing in the USA and Russia is characterized by a range of 3 units in the USA for each age group with a change of 2-3 months and the transition to the next range.
Given the important influence of China as a global factory, it is necessary to consider the conformity of sizes of
Chinese clothing to the world and Russian. The Chinese use their line of sizes, which is hampered by the fact that the notation is written in hieroglyphs. For example, the Chinese size S corresponds to the Russian 42 and international XS. Inexpensive clothes have no size in principle, this is the so-called free-style.
In the production of children's clothing, the Chinese take into account not the physiological, but the age indicators of the child, which, possibly, leads to a narrower line of sizes for each age group of children. With this in mind, an attempt was made to develop a European standard that solves the problems that the size of clothes in Europe and Russia causes, and takes measurements in cm. Clothing units should be labeled according to the main and additional indicators.
For example, when choosing a men's jacket, the main indicator is the girth of the chest, and the additional ones are the height of the person and the girth at the waist.