British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: TCI/66/-/3 - Clothing sizing systems
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Manufacturing | Clothing industry | Clothes | Clothing industry equipment

Scope

This technical specification describes a anthropometric definitions for head and face used for application in clothing

Purpose

This international standard, ISO 8559-5, provides a description of anthropometric measurements that can be used as a basis for the creation of physical and digital anthropometric databases. The list of measurements specified in this part ISO 8559-5 is intended to serve as a guide for practitioners in the field of clothing who are required to apply their knowledge to select population market segments and to create size and shape profiles for the development of headwear garment types and their equivalent fit shape. The list provides a guide for how to take anthropometric measurements, as well as give information to headwear clothing product development teams and head and face wear manufacturers on the principles of measurement and their underlying anatomical and anthropometrical bases. It is intended to use this part ISO 8559-5 in conjunction with national, regional or international regulations or agreements to ensure harmony in defining population groups and to allow comparison of anthropometric data sets.

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

22/02/2021

Proposal end date:

29/04/2021

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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ISO/PWI 8559-5 Size designation of clothes -- Part 5: Anthropometric definitions for head and face

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