IS 14840: Size Designation of Clothes - Headwear(Superseding IS 10015(Part 8))

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IS 14840 : 2000
IS0 4417 : 1977
[SupersedinIgS 10015 ( Part 8) : 19831

Indian Standard
SIZE DESIGNATION OF CLOTHES - HEADWEAR
ICS 61.020

0 BIS 2000
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

July 2000 Price Group 1
Apparels (Ready-Made Garments) Sectional Committee, TX 19
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is identical with IS0 4417 : 1977 ‘Size designation of clothes - Headwear’
issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the-Bureau of Indian
Standards on the recommendation of the Apparels ( Ready-Made Garments ) Sectional Committee and
approval of the Textile Division Council.
This standard supersedes IS 10015 ( Part 8 ) : 1983 ‘Size designation of clothes: Part 8 Headwear’ to
align Indian Standard with the corresponding International Standard.
The text of IS0 Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as Indian Standard without
deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention
is particularly drawn to the following:
Wherever the words ‘International Standard’appear referring to this standard, they should be read
as ‘Indian Standard’.
In this adopted standard, the following International Standard is referred to. Read in its place the following:
International Standard Corresponding Indian Standard Degree of
Equivalence
IS0 3635 : 1981 Size desig- IS 14453 : 199711803635 : 1981 Size desig- Identical
nation of clothes - Defini- nation of clothes - Definitions and body
tions and body measurement measurement procedure
procedure
IS 14840 : 2000
is0 4417 : 1977
Indian Standard
SIZE DESIGNATION OF CLOTHES - HEADWEAR
0 lNTRODUCTlON 3 CONTROL DIMENSION
This International Standard is one of a series which deals The control dimension for headwear shall be :
essentially with the size designation of clothing, and is not
Head girth
directly concerned with sizing systems as such.
The primary aim of this and other International Standards
in this series, is the establishment of a size designation 4 SIZE DESIGNATION
system that indicates (in a simple, direct and meaningful
manner) the body size of the person that a garment is
4.1 The size designation shall comprise the control dimen-
intended to fit. Provided that the shape of the person’s
sion (see clause 31, in centimetres, of the intended wearer.
body has been accurately determined, this system will
Where practicable, the standard pictogram, as given in
facilitate the choice of garments that fit.
IS0 3635, should be used as a means of indicating the size
The size designation system is based on body and got designation. Where it is not practicable to use the standard
garment measurements. Choice of garment measurements pictogram, the control measurement shall be given, together
is normally left to the designer and the manufacturer, who with the statement of that dimension.
are concerned with style, cut and other fashion elements,
NOTE - The above requirements shall not preclude the use, as
and who must make due allowance for garments normally
specified by the national standards organization concerned, of size
worn beneath a specific outer garment or accessory. designations shown as a range by stating the minimum and
maximum control measurements separated by an oblique stroke or
Definitions and body measurement procedure are pre- a hyphen.
scribed in IS0 3635, which is applicable to all categories of
clothing.
4.2 Measurements of headwear items shall not be incor-
porated in the size designation but, where considered of
value, they may be indicated separately (see 5.3).
1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
This International Standard establishes a system of
designating the sizes of~headwear.. 5 LABELLING
5.1 Method
2 REFERENCE
The size designation of each headwear item shall be
This International Standard should be read in conjunction
indicated clearly, conspicuously and in plainly legible form
with the following International Standard :
on a label, or on a swing ticket, Orson both. Pictograms shall
IS0 3635, Size designation of clothes - Definitions and be large enough to ensure immediate understanding and
body measurement procedure. numerals shall, in all cases, be readily discernible.
IS 14840 : 2000
IS0 4417: 1977
5.2 Attachment a) Girl’s school hat
-tri
The label or swing ticket shall be securely attached to the
headwear item and so positioned as to be easily readable.
5.3 Additional information HEAD GIRTH 53 .
or
information additional to the size designation may be
separately indicated on the label, or on the swing ticket, or _SIZE_ CODE 6 l/ 2 1)
on both, provided that it does not in any way reduce the
prominence and conspicuousness of the size designation.
Such additional information may include a size code
number or additional measurements considered to consti-
tute useful information.
b) Infant’s knitted cap
5.4 Examples of labels
(42-45)
The examples of labels given in the figure illustrate methods Q
of labelling that range from the simple indication on the
standard pictogram of the relevant control dimension to
more elaborate forms that provide additional information,
such as a size code number. Where the size designation is
supplemented by a size code number, separation of the
two, as illustrated, renders the size code number readily
recognizable as being part of a system of size designation
adopted by a national or limited population group only.
FIGURE - Examples of labels for headwear

1) Example of additional infokmation included in accordance with sub-clause 5.3.
2
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