eli5 Why aren’t women’s clothes sized by measurements like men’?

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I can understand uniquely shaped clothes (halter tops, etc) but why not pants, skirts, suits, etc?

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Men’s clothing is not actually sold by measurement either. Perhaps at one time it was, but a size 38 pants, for example, are in fact not 38 inches in the waist. Vanity sizing has made it such that they are several inches larger than that.

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