tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963948681372545235.post4377909538599590355..comments2023-06-02T09:44:27.516-07:00Comments on Words & Numbers: Vanity SizingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963948681372545235.post-91767643965735778052006-10-11T16:44:02.000-07:002006-10-11T16:44:02.000-07:00The British Standards Institute is addressing this...The British Standards Institute is addressing this problem with BS-EN13402, which calls for a pictogram with actual measurements in centimeters. It is due for release sometime in 2007. I have been ready for the new labelling since 1983, when my measurements "went metric"<br>Thomas Baileyhttp://BayAreaBiker1.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963948681372545235.post-72251822884355479362006-08-18T04:53:06.000-07:002006-08-18T04:53:06.000-07:00In related news, the following is from "Sizin...In related news, the following is from "Sizing up how they shop can put women in the right frame of mind," TwinCites.com, 8/16/2006:<br>Talbot's recently conducted a national fit survey of more than 2,200 women ages 35 to 65. The results are not surprising, but they do confirm how warped our logic is when it comes to getting dressed:<br>• Eighty-five percent of women determine whether something fits based on the size tag rather than appearance.<br>• Sixty-two percent of women surveyed said they consider items only in their specific size.<br>• Ninety-four percent of the women surveyed do not wear all of their clothes on a regular basis. Forty percent admitted to buying clothes they planned to fit into when they lose weight; 33 percent have clothes in their closet that are too small; 36 percent own unworn apparel that needs to be tailored.<br>http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/15296498.htm<br>Steve Krausehttp://www.stevekrause.orgnoreply@blogger.com