DIN Standards Committee Textiles and Textile Machinery
DIN EN 13402-3
Size designation of clothes - Part 3: Body measurements and intervals; German version EN 13402-3:2013
Größenbezeichnung von Bekleidung - Teil 3: Körpermaße und Sprungwerte; Deutsche Fassung EN 13402-3:2013
Overview
In order to size mass-produced clothes, the body size of the intended wearer has to be defined and identified with the nearest size on a table of standard sizes. In this system, the body size is defined by scales of the appropriate primary and, where necessary, secondary dimensions, using preferred numbers. A high degree of standardization is achieved by the specification of open-ended size scales and through specification of fixed intervals in at least the primary dimension for each garment type. Where body shape is characterised by a number of girth dimensions and body height, the primary dimension is placed on a size table, while the secondary dimensions are variables. The nearest whole number in the tables for that dimension is used for purposes of size designation. The tables of measures as described in this document constitute a first attempt at the grouping of body sizes appropriate to the European population. Body measurement tables are readily compiled from this information. It is necessary to use an open system with inbuilt flexibility, because body shape and proportions for any one population group varies. As the results of the sizing surveys of the different countries vary, the tables in this document provide the required flexibility. This document specifies tables for body measurements and intervals to be used for compiling standard garment sizes for men, women, boys, girls and infants. Garment dimensions are not contained in this document. Examples of labelling clothing with the standard pictogram (see EN 13402-1) are given in Annex A (informative) in this document. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 106-01-02 AA "Textilien und Bekleidung - Kennzeichnung, Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren; SpA zu CEN/TC 248/WG 10, WG 20, WG 33 und ISO/TC 133" ("Textiles - Designation, requirements and test methods; Mirror committee to CEN/TC 248/WG 10, WG 20, WG 33 and ISO/TC 133") at DIN.
