Shopping is an integral part of a woman's life. Scientists have proven that within reasonable limits it is simply necessary, as it improves mood, vitality and plays the role of a reliable prevention of depression.
Spending money on beautiful, useful things is always nice. But a special joy comes from replenishing the wardrobe.
Suitable or not
Choosing the size, fortunately, is the only problem that you have to face when choosing clothes and shoes. It's good that most sellers are able to "by eye" determine whether a thing fits or not. Who else, besides them, knows the correct answer to the frequently asked question: "The size M of clothes is what?" And when you visit the store, you can try on all the things you like. It will be difficult to make a mistake here!
But what if you want to buy something in an online store?
Expectations and reality
Almost every lover of online shopping has hadmoments when the received long-awaited package became a disappointment. For example, we bought a sweater and a jacket for my husband, both items are marked in men's size M, but at the same time one of them is catastrophically small. Here the matter is not at all in the figure and not in the error of the manufacturer. Simply, depending on the country of production, the size designations (or dimensional grids) change. Historically, there are several standards in the world according to which the size of clothes and shoes is marked: American, English, German, Italian, Chinese, CIS standard and, of course, international. All but the last are indicated by numbers. At the same time, men's, women's and children's dimensional grids are divided. If you remember everything, your head will spin!
How do you know what size M clothes are?
Letter symbols
Surely, every wardrobe has at least one item in sizes S, M, L, XL or XXL. This standard is called international, is the simplest of all existing and is used in most cases for sports collections or things that do not require a perfect fit.
Letter designations are deciphered as follows:
- s or small means small;
- m or medium - medium;
- l or large translates as big;
- xl and xxl are extra large and super large respectively.
There are tables to compare the sizes of different standards. Thus, you can quickly and easily find out the answer to the question."size M of clothes - this is what is translated into the CIS standard." Then it will be easier to make a choice.
However, international letter sizes are not standard. Different manufacturers may have different parameters. Therefore, when shopping online, you can be completely sure of the correct choice only if you have already bought or tried on clothes of the selected brand.
Don't forget that letters are not only for ladies' clothes. That is, it happens that "M" is the size of women's, men's and children's, in order not to get into trouble, specify for whom this thing is intended.
Let's talk numbers
And now, using the example of size M, let's see how different systems of standards relate to each other. In most tables, the emu corresponds to the following parameters: height 167-173 cm, chest 92-96 cm, waist - 80-84 cm, hips - 97-101 cm. It corresponds to size 46 according to the CIS standard and 8-10 - according to American.
Now, knowing the meaning of the mysterious letters, we can safely answer the question: "Size M clothes - is it big or small?"
