Extra Small

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You can buy anything these days by mail-order over the Internet. Behold! Something you'll never see hanging on the rack in a store! A shirt in size Extra Small:





It's always been possible to imagine a shirt smaller than size "small," with sleeves that don't flop down over my hands, and logically you might call that size "XS," by analogy with the common sizes L, XL, XXL, XXXL, XXXXL, and so on. Not that you could just go out and buy one, mind you. These days, though, you can find all sorts of stuff on the Internet. Even shirts in the previously non-existent size "XS."

I do really love the Patagonia size scheme. Look at that label closely. "XS (EU/ASIA S)" The whole size scale works that way, in the US each item is assigned a size name one unit smaller than the size name for everyone else. And we don't get the smallest one except by mail order.

I guess not only do I enjoy long airline flights because the seats are so roomy, I also now buy shirts and jeans by mail order because you can't get those sizes by going to a store.

Comments

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding me? I've always been able to get size XS (our English teach told us the X stands for Extra, so it actually makes sense). The funny part is that as a woman I have XS or S in US clothes, and M to L in German clothes. I figured they wanted to be more polite to the bigger people and not run out of Xes before people run out of fat. Ladies are more inclined to buy a shirt size M than size XXL, no matter how much their body reflects the number pi.

Yes, German clothes also show that phenomenon. D 36 / F 38 / IT 38 ... We are tallest (and biggest) in the EU so they average on us specially. I've often found myself tinking "if I lived in France, I could wear this" ;-)