I can understand uniquely shaped clothes (halter tops, etc) but why not pants, skirts, suits, etc?
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It’s because people keep getting fatter and fatter and companies don’t want to embarrass or insult their customers for fear of losing out on a sale.
if it makes you feel any better, men’s sizes are wildly inconsistent even within the same brand
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-jeans-testing-1.6658819
Look at European sizing sometime. They have actual sizing rules they have to follow. That is why the “000” size doesn’t exist in Europe.
To be fair, designing garments for women is significantly more complex for women than for men. I have a training gear apparel company and the design and testing process is probably 3 times longer for female gear.
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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
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.
Depends where in the world you are looking.
In some places they are.
For example. A women’s jacket in parts of Europe might be a 36, while a mens might be a 48.
Other clothes might just have S,M,L labels.
Men’s clothing is going in the same direction, but with numbers that used to make sense. Size 34 pants are often really a 36. And since nobody wears pants at their actual waist anymore they can get away with it relatively easy. Kilts (even the mass produced like Utilikilt or Damn Near Kilt ’em) and some dress clothing seem to be the last holdouts. Also uniforms for police and military.
They are. Depends on where you buy your clothes.
American Eagle has both sizes on the women’s clothes.
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