International Clothing and Shoe Sizes

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An important consideration when selecting clothing and shoes online is that sizes for Australia are different than other countries from around the world. Below are the conversion tables to assist you in selecting the right garment or shoes.

Shoe Sizes

Shoe sizes are defined differently for the United States, the United Kingdom / Australia / New Zealand, Europe, and Japan.

The following tables give the equivalent shoe sizes:

Womens Shoe Sizes

US UK
AU, NZ		 Europe Japan
4.5 2 34 21.5 cm
5 2.5 35 22 cm
5.5 3 35.5 22.5 cm
6 3.5 36 23 cm
6.5 4 37 23 cm
7 4.5 37.5 23.5 cm
7.5 5 38 24 cm
8 5.5 39 24 cm
8.5 6 39.5 24.5 cm
9 6.5 40 25 cm
9.5 7 40.5 25.5 cm
10 7.5 41 26 cm
10.5 8 42 26.5 cm

Mens Shoe Sizes

US UK
AU, NZ		 Europe Japan
5.5 5 38 23.5 cm
6 5.5 38.7 24 cm
6.5 6 39.3 24.5 cm
7 6.5 40 25 cm
7.5 7 40.5 25.5 cm
8 7.5 41 26 cm
8.5 8 42 26.5 cm
9 8.5 42.5 27 cm
9.5 9 43 27.5 cm
10 9.5 44 28 cm
10.5 10 44.5 28.5 cm
11 10.5 45 29 cm
11.5 11 46 29.5 cm
12 11.5 46.5 30 cm
12.5 12 47 30.5 cm

Men’s Shirts and Pants

Shirts

Men’s shirt sizes are specified principally by neck size. Under the metric system these sizes are simply specified in centimeters rather than inches.

Shirt Sizes
in cm
14 36
14½ 37
15 38
15½ 39
16 41
16½ 42
17 43
17½ 44
18 46
18½ 47
19 48
19½ 50
20 51

Pants

Men’s pant sizes are specified principally by waist and leg measurements. Under the metric system these sizes are simply specified in centimeters rather than inches.

Pant Sizes
in cm
28 71
29 73
30 76
31 79
32 81
33 84
34 86
35 89
36 91
37 94
38 97
39 99
40 101
41 104
42 107
43 109
44 112
45 114
46 117

Dress Sizes

Dress sizes are defined differently for the United States, the United Kingdom / Australia / New Zealand, and Europe.

The following table gives the equivalent dress sizes:

US UK AU, NZ Europe
6 8 38
8 10 40
10 12 42
12 14 44
14 16 46
16 18 48

The following table specifies the bust, waist, and hip measurements for US dress sizes:

US DRESS SIZES
US Size Bust Waist Hips
in cm in cm in cm
6 31 80 23 60 34 88
8 32 83 24 62 35 90
10 34 88 26 67 37 95
12 36 93 28 72 39 100
14 38 98 30 77 41 105
16 40 103 32 82 43 110
18 42 108 34 87 45 115
20 44 113 36 92 47 120
22 46 118 38 97 49 125
24 48 123 40 102 51 130
26 50 128 42 107 53 135
28 52 133 44 112 55 140