Size India / SIZE India




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Size India / SIZE India

India’s first national anthropometric survey for garment sizing (launched 2018).

Category: Fit Origin: India Era: Modern (2018)
Pronunciation: 🇺🇸 US/saɪz ˈɪndiə saɪz ˈɪndiə/ 🇬🇧 UK/saɪz ˈɪndiə saɪz ˈɪndiə/

Definition

India’s first national anthropometric survey for garment sizing (launched 2018).

Industrialist View

Covers 25,000 subjects across 6 regions. Replaces reliance on US/EU size charts. Released as ‘IS 17265:2019’.

Tailor & Garment-Worker View

Gap-closing: earlier Indian women wore 34-inch bust labelled as ‘M’ when true size was XS (US).

Construction & Use

Uses 3D body scanning.

Related Terms

Grading, Body Measurement, Sample Size

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