Korean Job Discussion Forums

[thu_tinh]

clothing sizes in korea are equal to what size in america?
i see all these double digits and is never quite sure.
please educate me

[OiGirl]

Cool interactive show size converter:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/clothing_shoes_womens.htm

(Actually explains a lot -- they just don't carry my shoe size in Korea!)

I *THINK* the Korean sizes are based on bust and hips in centimeters:
http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/help/0,,1_36877_36880_36973___,00.html?sid=6666171422079184950

[thu_tinh]

oh so when you see 55/66/77 thats what it means?

[OiGirl]

Those sizes I have not yet figured out.

[kat2]

According to the subtitles in "Devil Wears Prada" (which is a great indulgent silly chick flick), a size 6 American is equivalent to size 66 Korean. Not sure if I believe this because I'm a size 6, but usually wear the biggest Korean pants they have at the boutiques. Howeve,r I've noticed that the generaly shoddy workmanship means there is a lot of variation in sizes. I'll take that for cheap clothes though. Just try them on.

[Pak Yu Man]

Korean sizes are in metric are they not?

Silly Yanks and your inches....

[princess]

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[OiGirl]

I was talking to a Korean girlfriend about this the other day...the XX/XX/XX sizes are for three parts of the body, although she's not sure either...chest, bust,??

[dogshed]

On my trip to Emart (Emart-uh in Korean) I think I figured out the mens sizes. They had a chart and the dress shirts seemed like they were sold in chest sizes like jackets in the US.

The Ebasics T-shirts and underwear came in international size M, L, and XL marked 95, 100 and 105 respectively. I think they may just be a hair smaller than M, L, and XL in Fruit of the Loom.

A chart at the store:
95 38-39 sleeve 80-81
100 40-41 82-83
105 42-43 84-85
110 44-45 86-87

I'm guessing the sleeve is in cm.

The other chart:
height (cm?) waist (inches)
170 이하 30 이하
172 34
175 36
175 이상 38 이상

I had to pay to have the pant legs shortened. They are sold in only one length. The girls did a lot of measuring and talking before getting a guy who spoke English. They don't measure the inseam. They measure the outside seam.

The pants are marked in inches for the waist but there are cm in parenthesis. 82 (32) for example. 32 inches =82 cm? (32 inches is 81.28 cm)

My 32 waist corduroy are just slightly smaller than my other 32 pants I bought. Try on everything.

[heydelores]

I wear a women's size 10 in the US, and I can wear some size 77 clothes or size 30 pants here. Hope this helps.

[peony]

its basically

55 = 4
66 = 6
77 = 8

[kermo]