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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In Europe, the sizes correspond to cm of the main measurement (chest for tops, waist for bottoms, length of foot for shoes).*

*Except in Italy and Britain and sometimes France, but they’ve moved to EU sizing and most IT sizes correspond exactly to EU sizes.

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