An overhaul of dress sizing could be in the works if the European Union has its way. The Metro reports that traditional sizing methods such as size 10, 12, 14, etc could be replaced with bust, waist, hip and height measurements in centimeters. Frank Moore, head of the European Committee for Standardisation, told Which? magazine that the change is coming. "It could be the end of the old sizes. It will take some time to take effect but will mean better sizing for consumers. The sizing will happen on the Continent first and British shoppers will get used to it after seeing it there."
The proposed plan comes after it was discovered that a women's size 14 varied by several centimetres in different high-street stores.
According to the findings, a Dorothy Perkins size 14 bust measurement is 97cm compared with 93cm at Marks & Spencer. The news will surely come as a relief to many shoppers who may be a size 12 at one store and a size 14 at another or as Dollymix asks will this simply cause women to "run around with tape measures" wondering whether their hips will fit into the stock sizing?
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