American sizes of clothes - how not to get confused?

American clothing is popular among consumers. Quality material, good cut and versatility in use - that's what attracts customers in it. You can buy clothes of American brands not only in the US, it goes on sale to all stores in the world. Most often in our country it is purchased in stores stock and second hand, or via the Internet.

Picking up the model you like, the buyer immediately draws attention to the fact that American sizes differ from domestic ones. The only thing that comes to mind at this moment is to look into the table of correspondence of the sizes. But not everything is so simple. In fact, the Americans themselves can not name their exact size of clothes. This is due to the fact that every designer and company that sells clothes is guided by domestic policy. Therefore, American sizes for an equally cut thing can have different markings. In what way is this manifested? Initially, in the US there are generally accepted standards of clothing sizes, as in Europe and Russia. But this does not stop manufacturers from labeling it the way they like it.

The most famous and popular brands use Latin letters to designate sizes. This marking resembles the European marking, where the size S - for a small figure, M - the average, L - large. With the help of the letter X, the derived sizes from the standard ones are determined. That is, the size of XS on a very small figure, XXL - a large one. Typically, this marking is used when the American sizes of jeans, trousers and outerwear are determined. In this case, the US size for jackets starts with S. If you wear 46 size on our size grid, then your jeans size S and jacket size M fit. For owners of 50 sizes, you should purchase an XL-size outerwear , and trousers of size L.

In addition to letter marking, two types of digital marking are often used - for men and for women. Usually they are used by manufacturers of dresses, T-shirts, shirts and sweaters. Correlate them with the domestic size is much easier. For this, it is necessary to perform light arithmetic operations in the mind. In one case, subtract 36 from the domestic size, in the other - add 6. Thus, the American sizes of clothes for women begin with 1, and for men - with 38.

Let us give an example. The girl wears clothes of 44 sizes, purchased from domestic producers. She goes on a tourist trip to the US, where she decides to go shopping. She needs to remember that among sweaters and t-shirts she needs to look for 8 size, XS size jeans, and jacket with the S marking. But it can happen that the 8 size blouse can be big. With what it can be connected? It's simple. For this collection of clothes, other markings are used.

As we see, the American sizes of clothes are very difficult to remember. Therefore, US residents are used to buying clothes from the same producers, in order to avoid confusion when choosing a size. But if someone is going to buy clothes of another brand, he must first try on it. For those who orient in the dimensional grids of different manufacturers, new clothes will not be difficult. And for our compatriots, you still need to try on the clothes that you plan to buy. If the purchase of things is done via the Internet, be sure to ask the supplier how to correlate American sizes with domestic ones.