Talk:Clothing sizes

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Size divider was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 1 January 2018 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Clothing sizes. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

I just want to put this somewhere where it will be seen:

Is it possible to get a good working size comparison chart for womens clothing, and include AUSTRALIA sizes also?

I am trying to buy clothing online and it is maddening. There are literally different comparison charts all over the web saying different things.

Come on someone in the fashion industry, Australia will owe you one... Please? :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.59.36.122 (talk) 19:34, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Australia no longer has clothing sizes. The standards were withdrawn in March 2009 due to the lack of widespread use. Australian brands largely create their own in-house systems, some loosely based on the previous standards (albeit, transposing numbers so that a size 10 will use the old standard's size 14 measurements). Others just have their own, based upon their target demographic. Clothing standards are problematic anyway, as the original measurements were often taken from a group that were not representative of the wider population. For example, in Australia the original measurements were made by Berlei in the 1920s and used young women on the beach and at sports clubs to collate their data. See here for more detail -

Hackett, L. J., & Rall, D. N. (2018). The size of the problem with the problem of sizing: How clothing measurement systems have misrepresented women’s bodies, from the 1920s to today. Clothing Cultures, 5(2), 263-283. 122.106.191.174 (talk) 20:37, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to add, I am the author of the above paper and I have added it to reply to the question as it explains in detail the issue of Australian clothing sizes. This is my first time here. Thanks 122.106.191.174 (talk) 20:41, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]