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coco wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:55:10 -0800, mike wrote:

>>> At any rate, Wikipedia has a table:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_standard_clothing_size 

Dunno where they got that info (there's no citation). . .

> It is interesting on the wikipedia charts that no women are over 5'6"

What part of *average height* don't you understand?  :)

Better size charts (with rather different numbers from the charts on the 
above web page):
http://www.sewingpatterns.com/simplicity-charts2.html
http://www.sewingpatterns.com/butterick-measure.html
http://www.mccallpattern.com/charts/bmisses.htm

but. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_sizing
"Vanity sizing, also known as size inflation is used to refer to the 
phenomenon of ready-to-wear clothing of the same nominal size becoming 
larger over time. Vanity sizing tends to occur in places where clothing 
sizes are not standardized, such as the United States. . . "

> Still, rather than go on pure numbers, it would be nice if there was a
> program that drew out their silouette or had in its database known women to
> compare sizes to to get a more accurate feeling for how the woman looks
> without a tape measure on her.

That's a tall order -> give a program the measurements of a *box* and 
expect it to be able to tell me what the *contents* look like? I don't 
theenk so. . .

Furthermore:

Re women's sizes - you don't know the size of the "box". Women's 
ready-to-wear clothing sizes are *nominal sizes* - one ready-to-wear 
brand's "size 12" may be another brand's "size 8". You also don't know 
if the "content" of the "box" has room around it. The "content" may be 
crammed into a "box" that most people would say is far too small for it.

Conclusion:

Even Sherlock Holmes could not deduce the information you want from the 
sole clue you have.   :)

HTH

Susan
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