This is not what I meant. Sometime this year, a new EU wide labelling standard is suppose to go into effect. It is the clothing industry themselves that came up with it since the old system has caused a huge loss of profits due to returns of clothing that does not fit.
It is the system with the pictogram. It is EN13402 I heard something about October and was wondering if anyone else heard anything to confirm this date http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/download/bodydim.pdf http://www.aedt.org/today/TWIB63%20031112.pdf Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2004-05-23 18:21 Subject: [USMA:29940] Re: New cloths sizing system > Dear Euric, > > I think that the clothing industry worldwide is still struggling with metric > conversion. Of course some companies and some nations are better than > others. > > Here in Australia, most mass produced clothing is sourced from Asia, so it > is designed and made using centimetres. Individually made garments, however, > still use inches, but often give these a veneer of centimetres. > > On a personal level, clothing patterns often are sourced from the UK and the > USA, so these are all still solidly written using old inch measures. I > sometimes worry about mothers who sew (in inches) and then have to help > their daughters with their metric homework; these mothers know that their > daughters need to learn about inches so that they can make their own clothes > (assuming continuing UK and USA dress patterns). I think that, as mothers > are a prime source of cultural values, this transmission of the value of > inches from generation to generation can be a major impediment to smooth and > rapid metrication. > > Clothing shop assistants find themselves living in this nether world between > centimetres and inches and constantly translate between the two. Their > culture values inches more highly of course, because the 'better' garments > are still made in inches. > > It's all quite odd really. > > My guess is that the metric transition in the clothing industry (using > centimetres as their small metric unit) will take about 100 years, and that > the writing of metric clothing standards, both national and international, > (also using centimetres) will make little difference to this time frame. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > -- > > on 2004-05-23 23.07, MightyChimp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > >
