标准2025从前的我们去裁缝店购置新衣。而今的我们讨论着“大小为零”的事情，想着能不能变得更加苗条点，因为我们现在的身材只穿得上8号。你是否好奇，服装尺码是怎样计算的？不同的尺码又有何种区别？为了计算衣物尺寸和形状轮廓，测量身体的标准已经更新，以确保一切都正确。
自19世纪中期出现了有着标准尺码的成衣后，服装尺码时常在比例和尺寸上有所变化。今天，基于不同的体形轮廓，不同品牌和国家的尺码也不尽相同。
为了确定服装尺码，制造商要知道如何测量、测量身体何处，以确保比例正确。ISO 8559系列标准能够帮助他们完成这一过程，明确“如何测量、测量何处”，该项标准刚刚修订完成。
ISO 8559系列标准为服装制造商提供指南，基于不同人群确定尺码和轮廓，从而创造各式各样的服装和人体模型。近日，此系列标准被更新，以应对不断变化的服装行业，通过统一尺寸标注和全球受权调查范围消除贸易壁垒。
该项标准是由ISO/TC 133 服装尺寸系统——尺码设定、尺码测量方法和数码配件ISO技术委员会修订完成的。该技术委员会的秘书处由ISO南非成员SABS承担的。
ISO/TC 133主席里纳.潘达里姆（Reena Pandarum）称，ISO 8559系列旨在提高顾客满意度、减少不合适造成的退货。“此系列标准通过提供一套通用的全球尺码标注和受权调查范围，能够帮助减少国际贸易壁垒。这也有助于为顾客简化服装标签上的信息，因为目前服装尺码标签上列出的身体尺寸信息与身形测量并不相关。”
ISO 8559系列包括两部分。第一部分有关身体测量的定义与产生、尺码和形状特征的创造、及它们在服装领域的应用。第二部分旨在与第一部分结合使用，为不同的服装类型详细说明了主要和次要的尺寸。此标准的目标是建立一个尺码设定体系，为供应商、零售商所用，向顾客指出服装旨在适合的身体尺寸。
Tinker Tailor – clothing size standards get a makeover
In days gone by, we went to a dressmaker. These days, we talk about things like “size zero” and wonder if we are getting slimmer because we can now squeeze into an 8. Ever wondered how clothing sizes are calculated and why they vary? A standard for measuring the body in order to calculate clothing size and shape profiles has just been updated to ensure that everything fits just right.
Clothing sizes have been constantly changing in proportions and dimensions since “ready-to-wear” clothing with standardized sizes appeared in the mid-19th century and, today, sizes across brands and countries continue to vary based on different assumed body shape profiles.
In order to define that size, manufacturers need to know how to measure which body part to ensure the proportions are correct. The ISO 8559 series of standards helps them do just that, defining “how and where to measure the body”, and it has just been revised.
The ISO 8559 series of standards provides guidelines for clothing manufacturers to develop size and shape profiles based on different populations in order to create all kinds of clothing and mannequins. They have recently been updated to reflect changes in the dynamic clothing sector and eliminate trade barriers by harmonizing size marking and the terms of reference worldwide.
The standards were created and revised by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 133, Clothing sizing systems – size designation, size measurement methods and digital fittings, whose secretariat is held by SABS, ISO’s member for South Africa.
Reena Pandarum, Chair of ISO/TC 133, said the ISO 8559 series is aimed at increasing customer satisfaction and reducing returns of items as a result of a poor fit. “They will also help to reduce barriers to international trade by providing a universal set of size markings and terms of reference. This will help to simplify information on garment labels for shoppers as, currently, body dimensions are listed on garment sizing labels that do not relate to the body measurements.”
The ISO 8559 series comes in two parts. Part 1 deals with the definition and generation of body measurements, the creation of size and shape profiles and their applications in the field of clothing. Part 2 is designed to be used in conjunction with part one and specifies primary and secondary dimensions for different garment types. The aim of the standard is to establish a size designation system that can be used by manufacturers and retailers to indicate to consumers the body dimensions that the garment is intended to fit.