2002-10-12
Wow! That is total confusion? I wonder how many people end up buying the
wrong size? This market is very ripe for the new ISO standard. I think you
and other Australians on this list need to rattle some cages and get someone
who is into position to effect a change at least comment on the new ISO
standard for clothing sizes.
With Australia and New Zealand already being virtually 100 % metric, I can't
see any real opposition to adopting this change.
......I can say I am 82 kgs to anyone...... Don't you mean to write ...I am
82 kg to anyone.....?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 2002-10-11 20:31
Subject: [USMA:22640] RE: Fw: Re: Voluntary metrication
> All clothes are presented in metric sizes on the shelves in the stores,
but
> they will often have imperial labels internally. I have heard that the
> clothing industry here in Australia is tardy on this. All tape measures
in
> clothing stores however are in centimetres only. (You can purchase in
> hardware stores dual inch and metric, but no inch only tape measures
> anywhere) As I am from the Building Industry I work only in millimetres,
> but do not converse to others outside the building industry in
millimetres,
> but instead in centimetres.
>
> In other areas, we no longer talk in pounds for our weight, i.e., stones
(14
> lbs = 1 stone) and talk only in kgs. I can say I am 82 kgs to anyone and
> they will understand. We only talk in �C, and have left �F far behind. I
> can talk to any one here in metric temperature and they will understand.
> But height seems one of those things that some people like to speak
> colloquially in inches, I will say that I am 175cm to some people and 5'9"
> to others.
>
> When I purchased my Levi Jeans the paper label attached was 86cm waist and
> 76 cm leg, however the leather tag on the jeans is in inches. For example
my
> Levi (r) jeans (made in Fiji) bought here in Australia (AU) have a W of
34"
> and L of 30".
>
> A pair of Reserve (r) pants (made in china) purchased in AU, has an
internal
> tag 32/82S ('S' being for short, I am 175cm or 5'9")
>
> A pair of Savane (r) pants (made in Fiji) purchased in AU, are only in
> centimetres W87/L84.
>
> A pair of Arch Classics (r) suite pants (made in Fiji) purchased in AU,
has
> a internal tag Jacket 40R and Trouser 34R (I have no idea what 'R' refers
> to)
>
> A Van Heusen (r) long sleeve shirt (made in Thailand) purchased in AU is
> internally labelled only at 41cm. However, other shirts I looked at in my
> wardrobe were just labelled M or L, for medium or large.
>
> Brenton
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On Behalf
Of
> Mike Joy
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:05 AM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:22639] Fw: Re: Voluntary metrication
>
> I was referring to clothes sizes in my posting below.
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:14 AM
> Subject: [USMA:22637] Re: Voluntary metrication
>
>
> | 2002-10-12 07:14
> | John
> | We have been using cm for nearly 30 years now.
> |
> | Pat will have an exact date when inches was dropped.
> |
> | Regards
> |
> | Mike
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:40 AM
> | Subject: Re: [USMA:22611] Voluntary metrication
> |
> |
> | | 2002-10-10
> | |
> | | Mike,
> | |
> | | What clothes sizing system is used in Australia? Do you use a metric
> | based
> | | system or is it still inch based? Do you see Australia adopting this
> new
> | | standard?
> | |
> | | John
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | | ----- Original Message -----
> | | From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | | To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | | Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-10 19:52
> | | Subject: [USMA:22611] Voluntary metrication
> | |
> | |
> | | > On 2002-10-07, Markus wrote:
> | | >
> | | > > that an employee of Marks & Spencer (Jerry Dunleavy) was one of
the
> | | > driving forces behind getting many large European clothes retailer
> | | > chains to work together on the new measurement-based metric labeling
> | | > standard.
> | | > *********
> | | >
> | | > Now, wouldn't it be great if there was a US equivalent of Jerry
> | Dunleavy?
> | | > This is what we need, and thereby avoiding the need to have a major
> | | > disaster to force change.
> | | >
> | | > I know that the NIST and USMA guys are doing a tremendous job, but
> they
> | | are
> | | > swimming in treacle.
> | | >
> | | > If anyone knows of a US equivalent of JD then let's have his name
and
> | | > address, so we can all give him a tremendous BOOST!
> | | >
> | | > This would counteract our enemy no.1 (Rupert Murdoch) who is doing
so
> | much
> | | > to prevent his papers and media in the US from using SI units.
> | | >
> | | > Best regards
> | | >
> | | > Mike Joy
> | | > Perth, Australia
> | | >
> | | >
> | | >
> | |
> | |
> |
> |
>
