ISO 8559-2:2025
ISO 8559-2:2025

ISO 8559-2:2025

September 2025
International standard Current

Size designation of clothes — Part 2: Primary and secondary dimension indicators

Le présent document spécifie les mesures principales et secondaires pour des types spécifiés de vêtements afin d’établir un système de désignation de la taille fondé sur les mesures corporelles (comme défini dans l’ISO 8559-1).

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Publication date

September 2025

Number of pages

41 p.

Reference

ISO 8559-2:2025

ICS Codes

61.020   Clothes

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Size designation of clothes — Part 2: Primary and secondary dimension indicators

Le présent document spécifie les mesures principales et secondaires pour des types spécifiés de vêtements afin d’établir un système de désignation de la taille fondé sur les mesures corporelles (comme défini dans l’ISO 8559-1).

Replaced standards (1)
ISO 8559-2:2017
ISO 8559-2:2017
March 2017
International standard Cancelled
Size designation of clothes - Part 2: Primary and secondary dimension indicators

ISO 8559-2:2017 specifies primary and secondary dimensions for specified types of garments to be used in combination with ISO 8559?1 (anthropometric definitions for body measurement). The primary aim of this document is to establish a size designation system that can be used by manufacturers and retailers to indicate to consumers (in a simple, direct and meaningful manner) the body dimensions of the person that the garment is intended to fit. Provided that the size of the person's body (as indicated by the specified dimensions) has been determined in accordance with ISO 8559?1, this designation system will facilitate the choice of garments that fit. This information can be indicated by labelling, etc. The size designation system is based on body measurements, not garment measurements. The choice of garment measurements is normally determined by the designer and the manufacturers who make appropriate allowances to accommodate the type and position of wear, style, cut and fashion elements of the garment.

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