Eli5 why are there so many different systems for clothes sizes in the world (S,M,L vs 36,38,40 vs 0,1,2 and so on)?
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Because people in the US don’t care how well their clothes would fit someone in Myanmar, just like people in Myanmar don’t care how well their clothes fit someone in Belgium. We all want a system that works for us.
S,M,L, and so on don’t work between demographics. The average height varies greatly between countries. It doesn’t make sense for the Netherlands to only dress in XL and larger because they’re tall. They want S for smaller people, and L for larger people.
The numbers would work (EU mostly uses Length/Waist for pants), but the US’ insistence on using the imperial system still makes it pretty impossible to have that make sense for everyone.
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