Variations in Canadian women's ready-to-wear standard sizes

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-83

  Faust, Marie Eve ^a   Carrier, Serge ^a   Baptiste, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clothing; Fashion; Garment industry; Labelling; Preferred sizes; Standardization; Women

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLOTHING INDUSTRY; FASHION; LABELING; MANUFACTURER;

EID: 33745830502     PISSN: 13612026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13612020610651132     Document Type: Article

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