Clothes sizes: US vs. Europe

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Asia | Category: English

Among many size systems used around the world there’s also one called European, although unfortunately it’s not common for all European countries (as the name would suggest).

As among others Italy, France and Great Britain developed and stick to their own systems. In Europe American sizes such as S M L XL etc. are also commonly used.

Here are tables for men and women’s sizes for tops, bottoms, and shoes… with the corresponding US sizes. Unfortunately, sizes may vary from store to store and it’s very difficult to find exact equivalents.

Men’s

When it comes to tops (shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, etc.), one can find both systems in Europe, the one with letters (S,M,…) and numbers (see below).

US	Europe
-	-
XS	42
S	44/46
M	48/50
L	52/54
XL	56/58
XXL	60/62
XXXL	-

Dress shirts in Europe, as in the States, use different sizes as well (and it’s the width of the neck below Adam’s apple in centimeters):

US		Europe
14	S	37
14½	S	38
15	M	39
15½	M	40
16	L	41
16½	L	42
17	XL	43
17½	XL	44
18	XXL	45
18½	XXL	46

Pant:

US	Europe
28	-
29	-
30	44
31	44
32	46
33	48
34	48
36	52
38	54
40	56
42	-

Shoes:

US	Europe
7	40
8	41.5
9	43
10	44
11	45
12	46
13	47.5
14	48

Women’s

Tops:

US	Europe
XXS	30
XS	32
XS	34
S	36
M	38
M	40
L	42
L	44
XL	48 or 96
XXL	50 or 100

Bottoms:

US		Europe
00	XXS	30
0	XS	32
2	XS	32
4	S	34
6	S	36
8	M	38
10	M	40
12	L	42
14	L	44
16	XL	46
18	XXL	48

Shoes:

US	Europe
6	35.5
6.5	36.5
7	37
7.5	37.5
8	38
8.5	38.5
9	39
9.5	39.5
10	41
11	41.5

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