The comparision of standard women's sizing systems between domestic and foreign country -Based on the fitted outerwear of women in their early twenties-

국내외 여성복 사이즈체계 비교연구 -20대 여성의 피트성을 필요로하는 외의류를 중심으로-

For proper communication among manufactures in various countries and for consumers' convenience in purchasing garments imported from foreign countries the ISO revised the size designation system in 1969. Since 1970's various countries have revised their standard sizing system by adapting the ISO system . The purpose of this study is (1) to satisfy domestic consumer's needs by developing a sizing system based on that of ISO for Korean women in their early twenties and (2) to contribute to entering the international fashion market by manufacturing high quality apparel products The results were as follows: (1) By measuring and analyzing of 464 female between the ages for 18 and 24 the data indicated that body height could be divided into following three groups. S(Short) : 152cm (19.2%) R(Regular) : 160cm (57.8%) L(Long) : 165cm(22.6%) (2) According to the results to analyzing body type of this study the medium hip(drop 6) is 47.4% the large hip(over drop 12) is 42.7% the 2 types covers 90.3% (3) Comparing Korean women's size with foreign women's size DOB size code is 17 JIS size code is 9AR, FNOR size codes are 36n. 38n. and Italian size cods are 40, 42