Clothing label - pictogram
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labelling method involving a pictogram and measurements shown in
centimetres. This new type of label is suppose to replace the various
inconsistent national labels in all EU countries and it was suppose to
start appearing this year (2004).
The standard may also be known by EN 13402-1 and EN 13402-2.
Has anyone seen any new clothes displaying the new label with the
pictogram? Does anyone know when it is due to appear if it hasn't
yet? I heard about it at the beginning of the year but since then
only silence.
Here are some websites explaining the pictogram label:
Markus Kuhn
|> Does anyone here, who posts from the EU know anything about a new
|> labelling method involving a pictogram and measurements shown in
|> centimetres. This new type of label is suppose to replace the various
|> inconsistent national labels in all EU countries and it was suppose to
|> start appearing this year (2004).
|>
|> The standard may also be known by EN 13402-1 and EN 13402-2.
There are two more standards
EN 13402-3 Measurements and intervals
EN 13402-4 Coding system
that are still under draft review and have not yet been published.
Originally, EN 13402-3 was meant to be published in Spring 2004,
but there have been some delays with the various national projects
to gather large amount of statistical data on what the current
body dimensions of the population are. While Part 1 and 2 are
universally applicable, as they refer only to the way the clothes
are labelled, part 3 defines in which step sizes clothes
should be offered. And picking the right step sizes and ranges
will be optimized based on current body measurements, for which
thousands of volunteers have to step in underwear into a laser
scanner cabin. This project has already been completed, but the
EN 13402 committee is still waiting for the final reports of similar
studies in other European countries.
EN 13402-4 will define a short string of digits that identifies
a clothes sizes and can be made, for example, part of a stock-keeping-unit
(SKU) or ordering number.
|> Has anyone seen any new clothes displaying the new label with the
|> pictogram?
In Britain, Marks & Spencer has been duallabeling their clothes
in in and cm for many years already, though I haven's seen the
pictogram yet. I have seen the vendors of professional and
specialist clothing (uniforms, diving suits, etc.) using
EN 13402-1 dimensions for quite some time.
Markus
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Markus Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
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