"All dresses shall consist only of cloth sufficient for the body basic and the trimming allowance. The trimming allowance for non-transparent materials shall be limited to 700 square inches for all ...

A reader puzzled by seemingly inflated sizes seeks an explanation. By Vanessa Friedman Recently I popped on a favorite T-shirt purchased some years ago. It fits nicely, but I noticed that it was a ...

In her book, "Butts, a Backstory," Heather Radke revealed how women's sizes came to be. Measuring squads visited American households and only maintained white women's measurements. A 1930s eugenics ...

There’s a reason it’s often hard for women to find clothes that fit right off the rack. Across the industry, women’s clothing sizes — which typically range from 00-16 — are not standardized. “A size 8 ...