I can see confusion with the Italian sizes.
This article does not mention other countries, I am assuming it is US sizes.
To make the female more comfortable with her larger size, they enlarged some of the clothes.
Either they fit in the same size dress or their dress size that fits is numbered smaller. Magic - Happy Customer
I found a variation in several size charts.
No wonder women take so long to try on clothes - There seems to be no system
Sizes for guidelines only. S-Mom may hit me yet
Size Bust Waist Hips
00 30.5 22 33.5
0 31.5 23 34.5
2 32.5 24 35
4 33.5 25 36
6 34.5 26 37
8 35.5 27 38
10 36.5 28 39
12 38 29.5 40.5
14 39.5 31 42
16 41 33 43
18 44 35 46
20 46 37 48
22 48 39 50
24 49 40 52
28 53 44 56
32 57 48 60
Why don't women’s clothes ever fit?
It is almost impossible to find great fit. The real reason is pretty simple: there's no standardization in women's sizes. A U.S. size 4 could be an 8 or a 2 depending on the maker.
There is a very basic guideline for fit based on a 60-year-old study done by the US Dept. of Commerce who measured mostly young unmarried women.
Also, this old data is out-of-sync with the way women have increased in size: in 1941 the average woman was 5' 2", 129 pounds. Today she is 5' 4" and weighs 144 lbs (wearing between a 12 and 14).
Another reason clothes never fit is that most sizes are based on the assumption that women's bodies are hourglass in nature. (Size 8 at the Gap is a 36 bust-28 waist -36 hips.) In reality, the average woman's body is much more a pear shape (smaller on top and heavier through the hips).
To make matters even more confusing, factor in the inane sizing system itself. "Missy" sizes (2-20) originally designated age, not measurements.
And the sizes themselves keep fitting bigger.
This means that if you have always worn a size 10, you've actually grown by as much as 5" in the bust and waist over the past 30 years.
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When I was young, the majority of girls wore clothes that were modified from the store or were sewn by their mothers from cloth. They fit and looked great.
The gals and their moms use to make an average dress into a WOW dress that fit them.
