Designation:D5586/D5586M−10StandardTablesofBodyMeasurementsforWomenAged55andOlder(AllFigureTypes)1,2ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5586/D5586M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThesetablesweredevelopedfromoriginalresearchconductedbyReichandGoldsberry3attheUniversityofArizonain1993.Thestudyincluded6786subjectsrepresentedgeographicallyby38states.Subjectsweremeasuredin58bodylocations,45ofwhichduplicatedmeasurementspublishedbytheU.S.DepartmentofCommerceasPS42-702basedonresearchconductedin1942byO’BrienandShelton4including1970revisions.The13additionalmeasurementsprovidedinthe1993technicalreportfurtherdepictphysiologicalchangesthatoccurintheolderfemalefigure.ThePS42-70data,representedbyonly2%ofolderwomen,continuestobeusedasabaselineformeasurementsandproportionsforalladultwomeninthedomesticsizingsystem.Thesetablesreflecttheproportionsandmaturitypatternsofwomenaged55andolder,notcurrentlyrepresentedinadultfemalefiguretypesandsizecategoriesofthedomesticsizingsystemnowinuse.FurtherdescriptionofthismarketsegmentandconsumersizingissuesareoutlinedbyGoldsberry.51.Scope1.1Thisdocumentrepresentsresearchmethodologyandthetablesrepresentcharteddatafromsubjects.Someterminologyisspecifictotheresearch.Thedatarepresentthefirstbodymeasurementsevertakenofwomenaged55andolderandisnotastandardofaveragecurrentapparelindustrypracticesasrepresentedinallothersizingstandards.1.2Thesetableslistbodymeasurementsofadultwomenage55andover.Thebodymeasurementstablescanbeusedasabaselineindesigningapparelforadultwomeninthisagegroup,takingintoaccountsuchfactorsasfabrictype,desiredeaseofbodymovement,styling,andfit.1.3MeasurementtablescorrespondtothefiguretypesandnumericalsizedesignationsinthePS42-70database.Untilbodymeasurementsofalladultwomenareupdated,companies...
