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  2. Clothing sizes - Wikipedia

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    Examples of body measurements used for the sizing of clothes. Clothing sizes are the sizes with which garments sold off-the-shelf are labeled. Sizing systems vary based on the country and the type of garment, such as dresses, tops, skirts, and trousers.

  3. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

  4. Zara (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.

  5. Staple (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, in a cotton polyester core-spun yarn, cotton wraps around a polyester filament yarn. Similarly, core-spun cotton spandex is a yarn in which cotton fibers are twisted around a spandex yarn and covers the core yarn and are primarily used in denim types. Plying two or more core-spun yarns are used for making core-spun threads.

  6. Hank (unit of measure) - Wikipedia

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    Hanks come in varying lengths depending on the type of material and the manufacturer. For instance, a hank of linen is often 300 yards (270 m), and a hank of cotton or silk is 840 yards (770 m). Hanks, twisted and untwisted. The tie typically used to hold the coil together is visible on the left. The three uppermost yarns are in hanks.

  7. Weights and Measures Acts (UK) - Wikipedia

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    The informal public imperial measurement standards erected at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, in the 19th century: 1 British yard, 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches, and 3 inches. The inexact monument was designed to permit rods of the correct measure to fit snugly into its pins at an ambient temperature of 62°F (16 2 ⁄ 3 °C).

  8. Denim - Wikipedia

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    Denim fabric dyed with indigo Denim fabric dyed with indigo and black dyes and made into a shirt. Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced [1] textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weave produces a diagonal ribbing that distinguishes it from cotton duck. Denim, as it is recognized today, was first produced in ...

  9. Dubai Holding Group - Wikipedia

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    Dubai Holding Group, established in 2000, is an Emirati multinational retail organization in the Middle East, representing fashion franchises. [1]The Group represents prominent brands such as Zara, Zara Home, Stradivarius (Inditex), women’secret, Gerard Darel, Flamant (company), Promod, Harrys of London, Sfera & Delvaux (company).