American clothing is popular with consumers. High-quality material, good cut and versatility in use - this is what attracts buyers in it. You can buy clothes of American brands not only in the USA, it goes on free sale in all stores in the world. Most often in our country it is purchased in stores by stock and second hand, or via the Internet.
Choosing the model you like, the buyer immediately draws attention to the fact that American sizes differ from domestic ones. The only thing that comes to mind at this moment is to look at the size matching table. But not so simple. In fact, the Americans themselves cannot name their exact clothing size. This is due to the fact that every designers and companies selling clothes are guided by internal policies. Therefore, the American sizes for the equally cut things can have different markings. How is this manifested? Initially, there are generally accepted clothing size standards in the United States, both in Europe and Russia. But this does not stop manufacturers to label it as they like best.
The most famous and common brands use Latin letters to indicate sizes. This marking resembles European markings, where size S is for a small figure, M is medium, L is large. Using the letter X, derived sizes from standard ones are determined. That is, the size of XS is a very small figure, XXL is a large one. As a rule, this marking is used when the American sizes of jeans, trousers and outerwear are determined. In this case, the US sizes for jackets start with S. If you wear size 46 according to our size chart, then jeans of size S and a jacket of size M are suitable for your figure. For owners of size 50, you should buy outerwear in size XL and pants in size L.
In addition to letter marking, two types of digital marking are often used - for men and for women. Usually they are used by manufacturers of dresses, t-shirts, shirts and sweaters. It is much easier to correlate them with domestic sizes. To do this, it is necessary to perform light arithmetic operations in the mind. In one case, subtract 36 from the domestic size, in the other - add 6. Thus, the American sizes of clothes for women start at 1, and for men - from 38.
We give an example. The girl wears clothes of size 44, purchased from domestic manufacturers. She goes on a tourist trip to the United States, where she decides to go shopping. She needs to remember that among sweaters and T-shirts, she needs to look for size 8, jeans in size XS, and a jacket labeled S. But it can also happen that a blouse of size 8 can be large. With what it can be connected? Everything is simple. For this collection of clothes, different markings are used.
As we can see, American clothing sizes are very difficult to remember. Therefore, US residents are used to buying clothes from the same manufacturers to avoid confusion when choosing a size. But if someone is going to buy clothes of a different brand, he must try on them first. For those who are guided in dimensional grids of different manufacturers, updating the wardrobe is not difficult. But for our compatriots, you should still try on the clothes that you plan to buy. If the purchase of things is carried out via the Internet, be sure to check with the supplier how the American sizes compare with the domestic ones.