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What does it mean?
Standard clothing sizes don't always fit people who fall in between.
In plain terms
I wear a size that doesn't exist in stores.
What can you take from it?
Standardization often fails to account for individual variations.

Where it applies

  • shopping
  • fashion
  • sizing

Putting it to work

  • sizing charts
  • tailoring
  • custom clothes

Questions to consider

  • How often do standard sizes not fit you?
  • What systems in life feel too rigid?

Another view

Many stores now offer extended size ranges.

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