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Why women’s clothing sizes don’t make sense

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Women's clothing sizes are very inconsistent. So no, it's not you. Vox explains the women’s clothing industry.

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Which wars demanded a sizing system for the mass production of clothing for the first time? A. Napoleonic Wars, B. American Revolutionary War, C. World War II, D. Civil War

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