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Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by ghaff on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:34AM (#28355492)
Sizing is pretty quantified. A tailor has specific measurements they make. (Presumably women's clothing is the same.) One problem is that you end up with a huge number of permutations, no one is "average"[0], people have different preferences when it comes to the type of fit, etc.

This sort of thing has been being talked about for 20+ years. The problems include that you're probably never going to get to the equivalent of a tailored suit--even after taking all their measurements, tailors often will make some final adjustments. On the other hand, most people are fine with their day to day polo shirts, T-shirts, and trousers being off the rack without paying double/triple or whatever for customization.

[0] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/on-average/

Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by BugsJustFindMe on Monday August 30, 2021 @10:15AM (#28355873)
> Sizing is pretty quantified.

Sort of, but it's all fake if you don't have the right QC strictness at manufacture. People like to joke about "fake size numbers" and "S/M/L" and "different style cuts", but forget about that and focus on waist and inseam measurements for a moment.

Men's pants have been labeled with waist and inseam measurements in inches forever, and, differences person to person and brand to brand entirely aside, the same brand of pants in the same style in the same color with the same size label on the same day can have different actual waist circumferences by more than half an inch so that one pair will fit _you_ and another won't fit _you_ because their assembly tolerance is higher than your fit tolerance.

Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by geoduck14 on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:55AM (#28355683)
>being off the rack without paying double/triple or whatever for customization.

I bought a suit a while back - they tailored it (pants and jacket) for <$20. This is "really expensive" if it is a $10 t-shirt, but not that bad if it is an $80 point-down shirt, and even reasonable if it is a $200 pant/jacket combo

Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by ghaff on Monday August 30, 2021 @10:04AM (#28355752)
That seems cheap for tailoring in the US. I don't really wear suits or even blazers any longer but, when I did, I'd either get them custom-made in Asia or extensively tailored in the US. Haven't done that for ages though.

I was mostly referring to day-to-day wear that's $10-40 or so off the rack.

Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by dehrmann on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:49PM (#28357721)
> I'd either get them custom-made in Asia

I'm selfishly disappointed China's takeover of Hong Kong because it gives me very mixed feeling about getting suits from there. They do amazing work, but supporting them is, in a sense, supporting China's takeover, even if the shop had nothing to do with it.

Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by endisneigh on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:51AM (#28355643)
Sizing isn't really quantified at all. Brands use vague terms like "Small, Medium, and Large" that aren't even consistent within the brand, and depend on the cut and particular style.
Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by ghaff on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:55AM (#28355689)
Mass-produced clothing sizing is certainly inexact. But the body measurements for an individual are reasonably well specified.
Re:Gap acquires 3D fitting room startup Drapr by mint2 on Monday August 30, 2021 @11:33AM (#28356667)
What does “body measurements for an individual are specified” mean? Like body measurements on the size charts are specified? Those don’t tell one of the clothing will fit, only that there’s a possibility it will fit. And in reality the ranges they give are far too wide.

And one can specify their body measurements all they like, but it barely helps selecting a size online or even in store.