clothing sizes

Is there a website to look up european dress and shoe sizes? I think I have the shoe, but not the clothing.

Thanks

Chris (although I think I may be too BIG for anything French :)

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Do not have a chart but this is what I know from living in both places:

Size 6 is 38

size 8 is 40

size 10 is 42

size 12 is 44

size 14 is 46

After that you have to go into Marina Rinaldi or other big and tall store. Printemps and Galeries Lafayette aussi sell the larger sizes in homeopathic doses.

Rue Tronchet and rue Vignon have a few of the larger sizes stores.

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If by %26quot;big%26quot; you mean %26quot;plus sizes,%26quot; I think there was a thread a few weeks ago about that subject - you could try a search to see what it turns up.

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Try this:

www.brightonarea.co.uk/ebay/conversion.html

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There is a %26#39;clothes calculator%26#39; on www.cntraveller.com/Toolkit/clothes_sizes.asp

It%26#39;s a useful reminder that American and English sizes aren%26#39;t identical, even if they use the same range of numbers. (I%26#39;ve just gone down 2 dress sizes just by sitting at the computer!)

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Sizes can be a real hit %26amp; miss thing. This summer I bought 2 gorgeous linen dresses in size 46. I%26#39;m a US 8 or 10 usually.

(and indeed they were French Design! Every year, I bring in several sizes to try on ~ you never know ~ and it%26#39;s so depressing, LOL, when the numbers go %26quot;up%26quot;!

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Thanks. I am a US 12, which in Paris may be too BIG :) I have heard the cutting/fitting is %26quot;leaner%26quot;.

May have to stick with shoes again....

Chris

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