A system for designating clothes sizes based on centimeter measurements of body dimensions is about to be introduced EU-wide in 2004 (EN 13402). It is closely related to similar ISO standards. Marks and Spencers in the UK has already been using it for a few years.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/download/bodydim.pdf http://www.on-norm.at/newsupresse/medieninfo/medieninfo2002/medieninfo06/kleidgros.html Markus -- Markus Kuhn, Computer Lab, Univ of Cambridge, GB http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ | __oo_O..O_oo__
