We all like to appear distinctive in front of others, and what expresses this most is our choices of clothes and the accessories that we wear, so we are very careful to have them well selected, high quality, attractive colors, and distinctive designs. The choice of each person expresses what is inside, as well as his cultural orientations. So when buying clothes, we care about having a stylish look compatible with our encounters, and at the same time not so expensive. For most of us, this sometimes lowers the opportunity of buying our clothes from direct local markets. Instead, we can find more and more options and choices to choose from. Nowadays, this has become completely affordable and easy to accomplish from your couch through online shopping.
In some traditional local markets, the exploitation of some merchants in exaggerating their products forced people to redirect their attention to the online side of commerce. There, we find almost all these goods offered at half price in some Chinese shopping sites with much better quality. But, we face some obstacles in the measurements of clothes due to the smaller sizes of Chinese fashion. In fact, I am one of those customers, and my first shopping experience from China made me well realize this problem, and pay more attention when shopping online at such Chinese stores in the future.
In the world of clothes and apparel, because most online trading processes take place between china as a main big source of goods and all other countries of the world, the need to have a good guide for Chinese size conversion before buying a piece became more and more essential. These size charts will be shown and explained for different sorts of clothes and shoes in this article.
I myself refer to some important size conversion charts before buying clothes and shoes from China, which is the advice that I will review with you here.
How do I find the proper size of a product?
First, after entering the site and choosing all attributes of the product like color and model, you may find in some websites what is called “Size List”. You may find a list of sizes next to the image and product data, or at the bottom of the product image, or in the name of the Size Guide.
In any size chart, the important measurements found are shoulder, sleeve length, and chest circumference either in inches or centimeters. taking into account the difference in sizes between US sizes and Chinese and European sizes. This means that these measurements are usually found in more than one international standard to enable the buyer to perform the conversion process.
But if these charts are not provided on the website, then the need for such general-purpose and comprehensive size conversion charts necessarily rises. The main size conversion tables are as follows:
Chinese Clothing Sizes
In China, they use two different systems. This is because they measure two different parts of the body. You may see, for example, that a size medium in the US is a size 88 – 90 or 165 – 170 in China.
Japanese Clothing Sizes
Japan uses the lettered system (XS-XL). However, you have to be cautious because these sizes tend to run smaller compared to US or UK sizes. A medium in Asian size would perhaps be small in US stores. Japan also uses two different numbered systems in sizing. So you might see sizes 9 or 38 which equivalents to a US/UK small.
Korean Clothing Sizes
This country uses a very simple numbered system. You will see a size 55 for small in the US size, for example.
| International | US | UK | China | Japan | Korea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 4 | 6 | 160-165 /84-86 | S 36 5 | 44 |
| XS | 6 | 8 | 160-165 /84-86 | S 36 7 | 44 |
| S | 8 | 10 | 165-170 /88-90 | M 38 9 | 55 |
| S | 10 | 12 | 165-170 /88-90 | M 38 9 | 55 |
| M | 12 | 14 | 167-172 /92-96 | L 40 11 | 66 |
| M | 16 | 16 | 167-172 /92-96 | L 40 11 | 66 |
| L | 18 | 18 | 168-173 /98-102 | LL, XL 42 13 | 77 |
| L | 20 | 20 | 168-173 /98-102 | LL, XL 42 13 | 77 |
| XL | 22 | 22 | 170-176 /106-110 | XXL 3L 15 | 88 |
| XL | 24 | 24 | 170-176 /106-110 | XXL 3L 15 | 88 |
| XXL | 26 | 26 | 4L 17 | ||
| XXL | 28 | 28 | 5L 19 |
| International | US/UK | China | Japan | Korea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 14 | S 36 | 90 | |
| XS | 14.5 | S 37 | 90 | |
| S | 15 | 165 88-90 | M 38 | 95 |
| S | 15 – 15.5 | 165 88-90 | M 39 | 95 |
| M | 15.5 – 16 | 170 96-98 | L 40 | 100 |
| M | 16 | 170 96-98 | L 41 | 100 |
| L | 16.5 | 175 108-110 | LL XL 42 | 105 |
| L | 17 | 175 108-110 | 43 | 105 |
| XL | 17.5 | 180 118-122 | 44 | 110 |
| XL | 17.5 | 180 118-122 | 44 | 110 |
| XXL | 185 126-130 | |||
| XXL | 185 126-130 |
With the Asian size to US shirt size chart below, you can convert your size into the Asian Size and vice versa.
In this jeans size conversion chart, you will find an overview of jeans sizes for men and boys. You can measure them and determine the size, or you can easily check which jeans size corresponds to your clothing size.
In this chart, you will find an overview of jeans sizes for women and girls. You can measure them and determine the size, or you can easily check which jeans size corresponds to your clothing size.
Now, after clarifying the different jeans sizes for men and women, and how to measure both the width and length of your jeans, we come to size conversion. Here in the next table
Finally, it is very important to mention that there is not a strict international measurement system around the world. Besides, some of the measurements may differ from time to time depending on many different factors like industry and manufacturing standards. The human factor itself is a crucial factor in this huge worldwide industry. As a result, you may find many different size conversion charts on many websites which can differ from each other in some scales and aspects.
As for this article hope you found it very informative and make it easier when selection sizes across multi-national stores.
all the best and happy shopping.
