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In Italy the measures in order to establish the physical structure are 3, and they differ from man to woman:
for the man they are, - height - chest - waist;
for the woman they are, - stature - circumference to the chest - circumference hip.
With these a characteristic acronym for every size, formed from a fraction is compiled to whose numerator figures two numerical indices: the 1° is the thorax circumference expressed in cm, and the second represents the difference in cm, between thorax circ. and the that one of the waist. This last one determines the conformation of the person, in fact values around to:
10 = slim 6 = normal 0 = large.
To the denominator of the fraction a literal index is present that indicates the height:
for the man they are, - extra short - short - to regulate - long - extra long;
for the woman instead, - short - to regulate - long.

anthropometric chart:
- man -- woman -- baby -- junior -

denaro (den.) = 1/9000 kg/m
grex = 10^-7 kg/m
tex = 10^-6 kg/m
denaro is the unit of measure of the weight for the yarn titration, and is equivalent to 1/20 of gram.

apparel

italian size	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
head shoulder	44	.	46	.	48	.	50	.	52	.	54	.	56	.	58
Italy pants	44	.	46	.	48	.	50	.	52	.	54	.	56	.	58
USA pants	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
shirt collar	38	.	39	.	40	.	41	.	42	.	43	.	44	.	45
shirt, undershirt	.	.	XS	.	S	.	M	.	L	.	XL	.	XXL	.	.
shirt, undershirt	.	.	1	.	2	.	3	.	4	.	5	.	6	.	.

shirt collar

italian size	american size
36	14
37	14 ½
38	15
39	15 ½
40	15 ¾
41	16
42	16 ½
43	17
44	17 ½
45	18

footwear children

E	16	17	18	19	20	22	22½	23½	24	25	25½	26	26½	27	27½	28	28½	29½	30	31	31½	32	33	33½
U.S.	1	2	3	4	5	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	12½	13	13½	1	1½	2
U.K.		1	2	3	4	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	12½	13	13½	1

footwear adult

E	34	35	35½	36	36½	37½	38	38½	39	39½	40	41	41½	42	42½	43	44	44½	45	46	46½	47	48	49	50
U.S. men	2½	3	3½	4	4½	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	12½	13	14	15	16
U.S. wom	4	4½	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
U.K.	1½	2	2½	3	3½	4	4½	5	5½	6	6½	7	7½	8	8½	9	9½	10	10½	11	11½	12	13	14	15

shawl = 150 x 150 cm
stole = 75 x 2000 cm
scarf = 35 x 110 and 45 x 170 cm
foulard = 90 x 90 or 100 x 100 cm