The Misses model size is 16 years of age, and measures 34 inches around the chest. This chest measurement is used as a guide number. The bust, measurement is developed from the chest size. In order to get the bust we add the first number of 34, which is 3, to 34 and it will make 37 bust measurement. Regarding the waist measurement, take 1/3 of 34, which is 11 1/4, which leaves 22-3/4. This space shall be fulfilled to 23 inches for waist measurement. Regarding the hip measurement, add half of size 17 to the 23 waist measurement which will make 40 in hip measurement.
The Junior Model size is 12 years of age and measures 30 inches around the chest. This Junior chest measurement is used for the size guide. The increase of bust for this size is 1 inch less than the misses size. The misses size increases 3 inches and Junior only 2 inches. This will make for Junior size 12, 30 chest and 32 inches bust measurement. The waist for this junior size is the same as the misses size, 23 inches, as the waist for the Junior figure is greatly increased as a tight fitting corset is not worn by this model. For the hip measurement take half of the age number of this size 12, and add it to chest number which is 30 inches, this will make 6 and 30, 36 inches for hip measurement.
The Children's Model size is 6 years of age, measuring 26 inches around the breast. The waist for this size is 24 inches. One more than the Junior waist measurement is, as the child of this age is built very full in the waist. The hip measurement for this form is very flat, add the breast numbers and the breast numbers and 6. which will give you 32 inches hip measurement.
Each one of these models are to be considered as a different built from each other. The other divisional measurements can be found in the following pages or in the proportional table of measurements.
The complete tables of divisions are divided in many sections and sizes. The woman's regular sizes are from 32 to 44. The misses sizes are from 14 to 18. The juniors sizes are from 12 to 16 The children sizes are from 2 to 14. The woman's sizes are called according to their chest measurement. The misses sizes are called according to their age from 14 to 18 years old. The juniors sizes are called according to their ages from 12 to 16 years of age. The children's sizes are called according to their ages from 2 to 14 years of age.
The complete table of proportional measurements can be found in the following pages.
