[USMA:29919] New cloths sizing system

[MightyChimp]

A few weeks back, a poster to the metric sucks site mentioned being fitted by a tailor and having it done in inches.  The person later referred to the new labelling standard and mentioned October.  Since, to my knowledge, no actual date was ever given I was wondering if this person may have come across some other news source giving this date as official.  Does anyone here have knowledge of this?   Now, I have suspected it would be introduced with a seasonal clothing change, such as the introduction of either fall or winter clothes.  I would also suspect the labels would appear on the new clothes and clothes already labelled would not change.    How is the UK preparing for this change?  Or are they going to ignore it to the last minute and surprise the consumer and allow them to whine up a storm claiming confusion and metrickery?  If this change is going to be successful, the people must be educated ahead of time.    The conversion of scales would have been a lot more successful in the UK if a better education/advertising effort was made.  If people would have been shown how to buy and smart shop in metric there would have been less resistance to it.    Is there any reason why the UKMA does not involve itself in the education of the public prior to a major conversion event or at least insist through their contacts and channels that some sort of education be conducted?   If not, why not?     Euric