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Measuring Your Body

  • Chest: Stand straight, with arms relaxed on your side, ask any adult at home to help you wrap the tape measure around the fullest part of your chest area. Allow a little room for movement, maximum of 1 inch. If you are buying a jacket, use this measurement and add a few inches depending on how loose you want the jacket to fit you.
  • Waist: Place the tape measure around the narrowest part of your waist, usually around your belly button or a little above it.
  • First Hip/Low Waist: Find the point between your hip and your waist and place the tape measure around it.
  • Hips/Second Hip: Following the guide for chest measurement, make sure the tape measure is wrapped around the widest area of your hip. No need to add room for movement if you are trying to buy stretchable jeans with a close or slim fit.
  • Height: Measure from your head to toe without any footwear on. You can use a door frame as a measuring point, stand up straight against it and make sure to properly mark the highest point of your head.

That looks easy, doesn’t it? But that’s only the beginning. Women’s sizes are far more diverse than that for men and children. Those whose measurements are not included in a typical standard guide will find clothes that fit better in sections labeled as petite, curvy, and tall, depending on their body type. There are also plus sizes and maternity sizes, and as if that’s not enough, there is also “vanity sizing”, which can really confuse consumers. Unknown to many, sizes have also evolved through the years, so if you are wondering why a size 12 in the late 1950s is today’s size 6, it is mostly because size numbers have been reduced to make people feel skinnier, and perhaps to make room for the growing consumer sizes over the years.

Women’s Clothing Size Chart (Standard)

General Size US Size Chest in Inches Waist in Inches Hips
XS 0 32 24 34.5
XS 2 33 25 35.5
S 4 34 26 36.5
S 6 35 27 37.5
M 8 36 28 38.5
M 10 37 29 39.5
L 12 38.5 30. 5 41
L 14 40 32 42.5
XL 16 41.5 33.5 44
XL 18 43 35 45.5

 

Finding the right size for women is a little more tedious than men as every female differs in body shape, build and frame thus the measurements are more specialized.

The most commonly used international sizes for women are small, medium, and large, although aside from the standard sizes, there are also females that runs on plus size or petite, which may have similar sizes just like in the children size. Some clothes are labeled depending on the body type – curvy, lean or tall, while some sizes are based on female body shape – straight body type, pear-type, spoon-type, oval body type, inverted-triangle type or hourglass.There are also maternity sizes, and vanity sizing depending on the need of each female at a certain point in life.

There’s a lot of ways size guide for any shop to determine a woman’s clothing size available online. Once you’re done with the measurements, you’re ready to find that perfect outfit, find what you’re looking for at Jacelle Sherwood.

 

Women’s Petite Sizes

General Size US Size Chest in Inches Waist in Inches Hips in Inches
XS 2P 32 23. 5 34
S 4P 33 24. 5 35
S 6P 34 25. 5 36
M 8P 35 26.5 37
M 10P 36 27.5 38
L 12P 37.5 29 39.5
L 14P 39 30.5 41

 

Conversion to International Sizes

International size US size UK size German size French size Italian size
XS 0 4 30 32 36
XS 2 6 32 34 38
XS 4 8 34 36 40
S 6 10 36 38 42
S 8 12 38 40 44
M 10 14 40 42 46
M 12 16 42 44 48
L 14 18 44 46 50
L 16 20 46 48 52
XL 18 22 48 50 54
XL 20 24 50 52 56
XXL 22 26 52 54 58
XXL 24 28 54 56 60

 

Women’s Pants Size Chart

Waist (Inch) Hips (Inch) US Size / Internat. Euro Size Waist (CM) Hips (CM)
24 - 25 33 - 34 XXS 32 61 - 63 84 - 87
25 - 26 35 - 36 XS 34 64 - 66 88 - 91
27 - 28 37 - 38 S 36 67 - 70 92 - 95
28 - 29 38 - 39 S 38 71 - 74 96 - 98
29 - 30 39 - 40 M 40 75 - 78 99 - 101
31 - 32 40 - 41 M 42 79 - 82 102 - 104
33 - 34 41 - 42 L 44 83 - 87 105 - 108
35 - 37 43 - 44 L 46 88 - 93 109 - 112
38 - 39 44 - 45 XL 48 94 - 99 113 - 116
40 - 41 46 - 48 XL 50 100 - 106 117 - 121
42 - 43 48 - 50 XXL 52 107 - 112 122 - 126
44 - 46 50 - 52 XXL 54 113 - 119 127 - 132
47 - 49 53 - 54 3XL 56 120 - 126 133 - 138
50 - 52 55 - 57 3XL 58 127 - 133 139 - 144
53 - 55 57 - 59 4XL 60 134 - 140 145 - 150
56 - 58 60 - 61 4XL 62 141 - 147 151 - 156

 

Use this women’s pant size conversion chart to find your American or European size. How do you read this chart? Actually its quite easy: Measure your waist and hips in inch or centimeters. Then choose the according row in the table. In this way its really simple to find your European pant sizes or convert from euro-size to US-American size. For example: If you have a waist of 34.5 inches, round up and go for 35 inches. Your size is a US-Size L or Euro-Size 46.

 

Women’s International Pants Sizes

US / Internat. Size UK Size Euro Size French Size Italian Size
3XS 2 28 30 34
XXS 4 30 32 36
XS 6 32 34 38
S 8 34 36 40
M 10 36 38 42
L 12 38 40 44
XL 14 40 42 46
XXL 16 42 44 48
3XL 18 44 46 50
4XL 20 46 48 52
5XL 22 48 50 54
6XL 24 50 52 56
7XL 26 52 54 58
8XL 28 54 56 60

 

Women’s Jeans Sizes

Waist (Inch) US Jeans Size Euro Waist (CM)
24 0 32 61
24.5 2 32 63
25.5 4 34 65
26.5 6 34 67
27.5 8 36 70
28.5 10 38 73
30.5 12 40 77
31.5 14 42 80
33 16 42 84
34 18 44 86

 

International Jeans Size Conversion

Waist (Inch) Length (Inch) US / Internat. Euro Waist (CM) Hips (CM)
25 32 25/32 32 61 - 63 84 - 87
26 32 26/32 34 64 - 66 88 - 91
27 32 27/32 34/36 66 - 68 90 - 93
28 32 28/32 36 67 - 70 92 - 95
29 32 29/32 38 71 - 74 96 - 98
30 32 30/32 38/40 73 - 76 98 - 99
31 32 31/32 40 75 - 78 99 - 101
32 32 32/32 40/42 77 - 80 101 - 102
33 32 33/32 42 79 - 82 102 - 104
34 32 34/32 44 83 - 87 105 - 108
35 32 35/32 44/46 86 - 90 107 - 110
36 32 36/32 46 88 - 93 109 - 112
37 32 37/32 46/48 91 - 96 111 - 114
38 32 38/32 48 94 - 99 113 - 116
37 32 39/32 48/50 97 - 103 115 - 118
40 32 40/32 50 100 - 106 117 - 121

 

Women’s Shirt and Sweater Sizes

US / Internat. Size UK Size Euro Size French Size Italian Size
XS 6 32 34 38
XS 8 34 36 40
S 10 36 38 42
S 11 37 39 43
M 12 38 40 44
M 13 39 41 45
L 14 40 42 46
L 15 41 43 47
XL 16 42 44 48
XL 17 43 45 49
XXL 18 44 46 50
XXL 19 45 47 51
3XL 20 46 48 52
3XL 21 47 49 53
4XL 22 48 50 54
4XL 23 49 51 55

 

Women’s Jackets Sizes

Chest width (inch) Hip width (inch) US size European clothing size Chest width (cm) Hip width (cm)
29 - 30 33 - 34 XXS 32 74 - 77 84 - 87
31 - 32 35 - 36 XS 34 78 - 81 88 - 91
32 - 33 36 - 37 S 36 82 - 85 92 - 95
33 - 34 37 - 38 M 38 86 - 89 96 - 98
34 - 36 39 - 40 L 40 90 - 93 99 - 101
37 - 38 40 - 41 L 42 94 - 97 102 - 104
38 - 39 41 - 42 XL 44 98 - 102 105 - 108
40 - 41 43 - 44 XL 46 103 - 107 109 - 112
42 - 43 45 - 46 XXL 48 108 - 113 113 - 116
44 - 46 47 - 48 XXL 50 114 - 119 117 - 121
47 - 48 48 - 49 3XL 52 120 - 125 122 - 126
49 - 50 50 - 51 3XL 54 126 - 131 127 - 132
50 - 52 52 - 53 4XL 56 132 - 137 133 - 138
53 - 54 54 - 55 4XL 58 138 - 143 139 - 144
55 - 57 56 - 58 5XL 60 144 - 149 145 - 150
58 - 60 59 - 60 5XL 62 150 - 155 151 - 156

 

Women’s Shoe Sizes

Inch UK Shoe Size US Shoe Size Euro Shoe Size French Shoe Size Italian Shoe Size
8.25 1 4 34 35 34
8.5 1.5 4.5 34.5 35.5 34.5
8.625 2 5 35 36 35
8.75 2.5 5.5 35.5 36.5 35.5
9 3 6 36 37 36
9.125 3.5 6.5 36.5 37.5 36.5
9.25 4 7 37 38 37
9.5 4.5 7.5 37.5 38.5 37.5
9.625 5 8 38 39 38
9.75 5.5 8.5 38.5 39.5 38.5
10 6 9 39 40 39
10.125 6.5 9.5 39.5 40.5 39.5
10.25 7 10 40 41 40
10.5 7.5 10.5 40.5 41.5 40.5
10.625 8 11 41 42 41
11 8.5 12 41.5 42.5 41.5
11.25 9 13 42 43 42
11.625 9.5 14 42.5 43.5 42.5

Measuring Your Shoe Size: To make it easier, trace your foot on a piece of paper, then mark the highest point of the toe and the longest point of the heel, and measure between these two points in inches or centimeter.

 

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