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A Brief History of Standard Apparel Sizing
Prepared by Bold Metrics The standard sizing system that we use today (which breaks clothes down into buckets like small, medium, large, and extra-large) was initially created in the 1800s to meet the demand for uniforms for soldiers fighting in the Civil War. Initially, soldiers' uniforms were custom-made because, well,...RESTRICTED CONTENT
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