EUROPEAN STANDARD ON CLOTHING SIZES TO CHANGE BRITISH SIZING CUSTOMS
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL A DRAFT standard being developed by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) could harmonise traditional sizing practices within the European clothing industry, enabling clothing retailers to sell clothing across Europe without changing designs or labels. The proposals have created something of an uproar amongst right-wing nationalist tabloids in the UK, because the proposals would being to an end Britain's comparatively rigid size 4 to 32 dress sizing system, based on fixed hip and bust sizes. Under a proposed draft standard under ...
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