Size Chart

Women’s Size Chart Conversion | Tops, Pants | US, EU | Waist

To help women shop apparel and convert clothing sizes in as little as a few seconds, here is a quick and comprehensive guide for Women’s Size Chart Conversion to all clothing items and shoes so there will be no need to go through dozens of separate guides. 

Women’s Sizes: Quick and Easy

  • Women’s sizes are far more diverse than that for men and children. Aside from standard sizes, there are clothes labeled according to body type such as petite, curvy, and tall. There are also plus sizes, maternity sizes, and vanity sizing.
  • To determine a woman’s clothing size, you need to take measurements of the following body parts or areas: (1) chest, (2) waist, (3) first hip or low waist, (4) hips or second hip, (5) and height.
  • Vanity sizes (size inflation) are a common trend in fashion where a size number increases its corresponding measurement, often in an attempt to make buyers feel skinnier than what they would normally be.

Women’s Size Chart (Clothes)

General Size US Size Chest in Inches Waist in Inches Hips
XS 0 32 24 34.5
XS 2 33 25 35.5
S 4 34 26 36.5
S 6 35 27 37.5
M 8 36 28 38.5
M 10 37 29 39.5
L 12 38.5 30. 5 41
L 14 40 32 42.5
XL 16 41.5 33.5 44
XL 18 43 35 45.5

  

The most commonly used international sizes for women are small, medium, and large, although aside from the standard sizes, there are also females that runs on plus size or petite, which may have similar sizes just like in the children size. Some clothes are labeled depending on the body type – curvy, lean or tall, while some sizes are based on female body shape – straight body type, pear-type, spoon-type, oval body type, inverted-triangle type or hourglass.

Women’s Size Chart Conversion

International size US size UK size German size French size Italian size
XS 0 4 30 32 36
XS 2 6 32 34 38
XS 4 8 34 36 40
S 6 10 36 38 42
S 8 12 38 40 44
M 10 14 40 42 46
M 12 16 42 44 48
L 14 18 44 46 50
L 16 20 46 48 52
XL 18 22 48 50 54
XL 20 24 50 52 56
XXL 22 26 52 54 58
XXL 24 28 54 56 60

Measuring Your Body

  • Waist: Place the tape measure around the narrowest part of your waist, usually around your belly button or a little above it and measure the waist circumference in inches or centimeters.
  • First Hip/Low Waist: Locate the point between your hip and your waist and place the tape measure around it.
  • Hips/Second Hip: Following the guide for chest measurement, make sure the tape measure is wrapped around the widest area of your hip. No need to add room for movement if you are trying to buy stretchable jeans with a close or slim fit.
  • Chest: Stand straight, with arms relaxed on your side, ask any adult at home to help you wrap the tape measure around the fullest part of your chest area. Allow a little room for movement, maximum of 1 inch. If you are buying a jacket, use this measurement and add a few inches depending on how loose you want the jacket to fit you.
  • Height: Measure from your head to toe without any footwear on. You can use a door frame as a measuring point, stand up straight against it and make sure to properly mark the highest point of your head.
  • Arm length: Measure your arm length from the shoulder to the hand wrist. Don’t forget to stretch your arm.

That looks easy, doesn’t it? But that’s only the beginning. Women’s sizes are far more diverse than that for men and children. Those whose measurements are not included in a typical standard guide will need to wear apparel that fit better in sections labeled as petite, curvy, and tall, depending on their body type. There are also plus sizes and maternity sizes, and as if that’s not enough, there is also “vanity sizing”, which can really confuse consumers.

Women's Sizes: How to measure

Women’s Pants Size Charts

Use our Women’s pants size chart to find your American or European pants size. How do you read this chart? Actually its quite easy: Measure your waist and hips in inch or centimeters. Then choose the according row in the table. In this way its really simple to find your European pant sizes or convert from EU size to US size.

For example: If you have a 32 inch waist, your size is a US-Size M or Euro-Size 42.

Waist (Inch) Hips (Inch) US Size / Internat. Euro Size Waist (CM) Hips (CM)
24 - 25 33 - 34 XXS 32 61 - 63 84 - 87
25 - 26 35 - 36 XS 34 64 - 66 88 - 91
27 - 28 37 - 38 S 36 67 - 70 92 - 95
28 - 29 38 - 39 S 38 71 - 74 96 - 98
29 - 30 39 - 40 M 40 75 - 78 99 - 101
31 - 32 40 - 41 M 42 79 - 82 102 - 104
33 - 34 41 - 42 L 44 83 - 87 105 - 108
35 - 37 43 - 44 L 46 88 - 93 109 - 112
38 - 39 44 - 45 XL 48 94 - 99 113 - 116
40 - 41 46 - 48 XL 50 100 - 106 117 - 121
42 - 43 48 - 50 XXL 52 107 - 112 122 - 126
44 - 46 50 - 52 XXL 54 113 - 119 127 - 132
47 - 49 53 - 54 3XL 56 120 - 126 133 - 138
50 - 52 55 - 57 3XL 58 127 - 133 139 - 144
53 - 55 57 - 59 4XL 60 134 - 140 145 - 150
56 - 58 60 - 61 4XL 62 141 - 147 151 - 156

Women’s Pant size Conversion Chart

With our Women’s Pant Size Conversion Chart you can easily convert your US size into various international pant sizes.

US / Internat. Size UK Size Euro Size French Size Italian Size
3XS 2 28 30 34
XXS 4 30 32 36
XS 6 32 34 38
S 8 34 36 40
M 10 36 38 42
L 12 38 40 44
XL 14 40 42 46

Women’s Jeans Size Chart

If you ask yourself, what size is a 30 inch waist in women’s jeans, then use this chart to find out that it corresponds to a US Size 12 or EU 40.

Waist (Inch) US Jeans Size Euro Waist (CM)
24 0 32 61
24.5 2 32 63
25.5 4 34 65
26.5 6 34 67
27.5 8 36 70
28.5 10 38 73
30.5 12 40 77
31.5 14 42 80
33 16 42 84
34 18 44 86

Other Apparel Sizes

Women’s Shirt and Sweater Sizes

US / Internat. Size UK Size Euro Size French Size Italian Size
XS 6 32 34 38
XS 8 34 36 40
S 10 36 38 42
S 11 37 39 43
M 12 38 40 44
M 13 39 41 45
L 14 40 42 46
L 15 41 43 47
XL 16 42 44 48

 

Women’s Jackets Sizes

Chest width (inch) Hip width (inch) US size European clothing size Chest width (cm) Hip width (cm)
29 - 30 33 - 34 XXS 32 74 - 77 84 - 87
31 - 32 35 - 36 XS 34 78 - 81 88 - 91
32 - 33 36 - 37 S 36 82 - 85 92 - 95
33 - 34 37 - 38 M 38 86 - 89 96 - 98
34 - 36 39 - 40 L 40 90 - 93 99 - 101
37 - 38 40 - 41 L 42 94 - 97 102 - 104
38 - 39 41 - 42 XL 44 98 - 102 105 - 108
40 - 41 43 - 44 XL 46 103 - 107 109 - 112
42 - 43 45 - 46 XXL 48 108 - 113 113 - 116

 

Bra Size Chart

Finding the right bra size is another complicated matter for women’s clothing, but thanks to more modern brands, bra sizes today can cover more diverse measurements as for how it should be. To find your body size (the number on a bra size) and cup size (the letter/s on a bra size), follow this guide.

Women’s Shoe Sizes

Inch UK Shoe Size US Shoe Size Euro Shoe Size French Shoe Size Italian Shoe Size
8.25 1 4 34 35 34
8.5 1.5 4.5 34.5 35.5 34.5
8.625 2 5 35 36 35
8.75 2.5 5.5 35.5 36.5 35.5
9 3 6 36 37 36
9.125 3.5 6.5 36.5 37.5 36.5
9.25 4 7 37 38 37
9.5 4.5 7.5 37.5 38.5 37.5
9.625 5 8 38 39 38
9.75 5.5 8.5 38.5 39.5 38.5
10 6 9 39 40 39
10.125 6.5 9.5 39.5 40.5 39.5
10.25 7 10 40 41 40
10.5 7.5 10.5 40.5 41.5 40.5
10.625 8 11 41 42 41