Bust/waist/hip measurements
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This article is about measures used for fitting clothing. For the wider topic of body measurement, see anthropometry. For use in figurative art, see body proportions. For medical use, see body shape.
Bust/waist/hip measurements (informally called 'body measurements' or ′vital statistics′) are a common method of specifying clothing sizes. They match the three inflection points of the female body shape. In human body measurement, these three sizes are the circumferences of the bust, waist and hips; usually rendered as xx–yy–zz in inches, or centimeters. The three sizes are used mostly in fashion, and almost exclusively in reference to women,[1] who, compared to men, are more likely to have a narrow waist relative to their hips.
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