Have Clothing Sizes Changed Since 1980s. 842018 Work clothes have changed quite a bit since the 1950s. You spot a lovely Jean Harlow-worthy evening gown from the 1930s.
The nice thing about using your bodys measurements is that they dont change much. Government however did attempt to establish a system for womens clothing in 1958 when the National Bureau of Standards published Body Measurements for the Sizing of Womens Patterns and Apparel. Over the decades government size guidelines were heeded less and less items of clothing.
Vanity sizing may make clothes harder to judge but once you know the length of your seat or your crotch thats not likely to change much.
An inch or two with noticeable weight gain is about all the variation youre going to see. Over the decades government size guidelines were heeded less and less items of clothing. If those size discrepancies sound. Stylist Janice Meredith talks about the surprising changes in fashion sizing over the last few decades.