The units used in shoes and clothes reflect the physical traits of the local populations, which are by the way perfectly used to them.
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Sizes for shoes and clothes should have an international single standard.
14 comment(s) so far
Roadmeisterthinks: Agree, this is just stupidity, especially when you now can shop across the globe over the Internet.
It does allow women to really feel good about them self though if they shop in a country where suddenly they are a 38 having been a 42 for their whole life.
SimplyOverwhelmedthinks: While I would like to see a standard sizing adopted, this seems unlikely in a world where even within one size there is such wide variations of measurement.
drevethinks: I think is a question why realise is 'realize' in US, of coz, different can decide on different types of size because people's build are differently. For example, there's no such thing as size 6 (UK) equlivent in US, that's far too small for their people, and the same 'cuttings' is a medium size in Japanese because of different body build
bsaghinithinks: Even when trying on different brand of clothes, the sizes can be inconsistent. It would be nice to not have to think about the size and just know that it is the correct size without even trying it on. That would also make shopping for clothes on the internet much easier considering you can't try clothing on until it's delivered.
trickyskillsthinks: The problem of international clothes sizes is really all about the Americanisation of the global economy. When I buy a pair of size 8 shoes in the UK, why on earth do I need to know that they are size 9 US?
AstridFthinks: I get confused by cloth size because I can be M in one brand and L in another. I don’t mind different standardization, if the size within in a standard was comparable.
BigAthinks: I agree with Dreve. You would never get away with calling most Asian sizes xx-small, x-small, etc. while most American XXX-L, XXL, etc. just to have a uniform global standard. This would hurt too many peoples' egos. Size is more or less relative to your ethnic origin. Essentially it would upset too many people and be bad for the clothing business.
idesignthinks: Why is everyone so concerned about egos. Let's get real, if you're overweight, you know it and just because you buy a size 10 versus buying a 14 isn't going to change that you're overweight. Accounting for different cultures is an interesting point, but who said we had to use small, meduim, and large to identify sizes. Just use a numbering system. If anything, it would give people perpective on the diversity in the world today.
Franqthinks: Buying clothes online becomes so much easier when there's a single standard. When it is based on something measurable, you can even complain successfully when an object is not the size it claimes to be.
SacredVerminthinks: There are plenty of online converters. Still pretty annoying though... Call it an extension of metric. It isn't Americanisation, it's Globalisation.
