96a refers to the waistline or bust. If it is a coat, this value means that the bust is 96cm. If it is a lower body dress, it is 96cm around the waist. Where a stands for standard size.
The size of clothes generally consists of human height and human bust or waist circumference, such as 165/88A, 180/82A, etc. For example, 180/82A and 180 in front of diagonal lines indicate the appropriate human height of 180 cm.
And A stands for the standard figure of the Oriental, B stands for a slightly fat figure, and C stands for a fatter figure. Generally, women's wear only uses A, while men's wear will see B or C-shaped clothes, and Y-shaped refers to a figure with a big chest and a thin waist. The way to tell a figure is to look at the bust minus the waist.
Size of main parts of human body
1. Chest circumference (B0): measure the fullness of the chest. Pay attention to keep the tape level when measuring to ensure the normal breathing volume of the human body.
2. Waist circumference (w0): measured at the thinnest part of the waist.
3. Hip circumference (H0): Measure the fullness of buttocks.
4. Shoulder circumference (S0): Measure the distance between the end points of the left and right shoulders horizontally from the front and back of the human body (called the width of the front and back shoulders) and take the sum. (Generally, it can be regarded as twice the width of the front shoulder)
5. Neck circumference (N0): measured around the neck root.
6. Height (h0): the ordinary distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the foot.
7. Upper body length: the height from the top of the head to the pubic symphysis. It is worth pointing out that the length of the upper body is not necessarily equal to half the height.