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

Question

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

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Answer 1

Men have a general idea of what X inches/cm is, so it’s useful to size clothes in terms they’d understand. Women’s clothes might as well be sized in colors, or Zodiac signs.

I’m being somewhat /s

Somewhat