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A number or letter that is a manufacturer's code, not a measurement.
Also known as: Dress size, Garment sizing
Garment sizes are manufacturers' codes rather than measurements, and the same nominal size has drifted several inches larger over the last fifty years — a phenomenon documented as vanity sizing. Standards exist and are widely ignored, which is why the same person wears three different sizes across three shops.
Designates a garment's fitting size as a number or letter code rather than as a body measurement.
Contexts: Packaging
Has drifted substantially over time, with the same nominal size corresponding to larger body measurements decade by decade, a change documented and known as vanity sizing.
Contexts: Packaging
Is covered by international standards that most manufacturers do not follow, so a size code is reliable only within one brand.
Contexts: Packaging
A numeral, or one to three capital letters, printed on a sewn-in label.