UK Euro Size Chart - Waist Sizes

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A follow up to my question about buying shorts.

I didn't find any in the highstreet, but no worry, i have been sent to various websites where i can order them.

My issue now is the confusion i have converting UK to Euro (and Swiss also??) sizes. Is there a decent online chart for this ... i have searched the forum and also google, but have so far come up short of anything decent.

Thanks in advance,

B

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There is a European Standard with lots of useful information..

dave

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Doesn't eat, eat all the pies, eat all the lardy cake.

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Hi

One thing I can add is that there isn't such a thing as European size (I think when in the UK they talk about European size they talk about France and Germany sizing). For example, a 42 in France, is a 40 in Switzerland and a 46 in Italy. Quite confusing when I go shopping as it depends where the clothes are made to what the sizing is (even if they are from China! ) First time I went i was over the moon to notice I lost 2 dress sizes, and then I found out about this discrepancy..

Anyway, have a look at this converter, it converts one dress size into what it is worldwide

http://www.85b.org/dress_conv.php

Happy shopping!

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What happens if you were a skinny waif of size zero, do you become a swiss size "-2" ?

dave

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Sadly not... a US size 0 is a UK size 2, which is a French 30, a Swiss 28 and an Italian 34... sadly the chart only looks at US size 2 and above...

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Excellent, i shall use it to size up my weekend wear

More seriously, thanks for the help everyone

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What does UK waist size "FB" translate to ?

dave

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Which clown put cuddley as a tag?? Why I oughtta!!

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Not me, but I took the liberty of adding "bubbly" is a definite indicator of someone with the "fuller figure" when read in Lonely Hearts ads.

Not that Ive ever read any, not having a heart n all.

dave

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I can answer this one. No - you just end up buying your stuff in the states...

No, seriously. That's what I've been doing especially while I worked in Frankfurt. German petite extra small would include me and my sister. Once I bought a pair of trousers and took them to the tailor to get it taken in. She got angry because she said if she took in the waste and hips, she's going to ruin the fit altogether. The incident happened after I had been in Frankfurt for a month. I admired this suit a lot but was big for me. After the mini debacle, I stuck to buying my stuff in the states. Shopping in Italy also works...

I'm 5'3 and weigh 93 lbs or 41 kilos. I fit in a petite 0 in the states. This ought to explain the difficulty in finding the right size.

P.S.: No - I don't have an eating disorder :-) I'm of Asian origin. Both parents are very small-boned and petite.

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Does size 0 come in anything other than petite?

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Hope this helps I copied that out a womans magazine gazillion years ago :-)

Clothes Sizes Continental/UK/USA

Women's Clothes

Continental 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52

UK 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

USA 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

Pullovers Women's Men's

Cont. 40 42 44 46 48 50 44 46 48 50 52 54

UK 34 36 38 40 42 44 34 36 38 40 42 44

USA 34 36 38 40 42 44 sm medium large X-large

Mens' shirts

Cont. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 46

UK/USA 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18

Men's underwear

Cont. 5 6 7 8 9 10

UK 34 36 38 40 42 44

USA S M M L L XL

Children’s Clothes

CONT. 92 104 116 128 140 152

UK 16/18 20/22 24/26 28/30 32/34 36/38

USA 24 6 8 10 12

Children’s shoes

CONT 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

UK/USA 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10

Cont. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

UK(USA 11 11 12 13 1 2 2 3 4 5

Shoes Women's and Men's

CONT. 35 35 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 40

UK 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7

USA 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8

Cont. 41 42 42 43 44 44

UK 7 8 8 9 9 10

USA 9 9 10 10 11 11

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[quote=MaryT;75008]One thing I can add is that there isn't such a thing as European size quote]

try telling that to Zara, they have sizes US, Mex & Eur .... nice & confusing for the average male shopper (me) who buys in WTF !!! +/- one or two pies ..