fashion-size

Size types (UK dress size, EU adult shoe size, chest in centimetres) and the charts that convert them. Clothing and footwear share this library.

pip install fashion-size

Requires Python 3.12 or newer. There are no runtime dependencies.

Default UK / EU / US / AU charts are in Python. Brand charts that differ from those defaults ship as JSON: the rows, the source page, and notes live with the chart, and the date it was last checked lives in the brand catalog.

This package does not depend on Django. Django model fields are in django-fashion-size.

The source repository is github.com/ababic/fashion-size.

Brand charts

from fashion_size import SUPPORTED_BRANDS, ProductType
from fashion_size.charts import chart_for, load_brand_charts

"Dune London" in SUPPORTED_BRANDS
chart = chart_for("Dune London", "adult-shoe", "adult", "female", product_type=ProductType.SHOES)
chart.updated_at
chart.source_url
chart.source_notes
chart.rows

ProductType is the list of ranges a brand chart can cover on its own (jeans, trousers, shorts, skirts, bras, swimwear, nightwear, hosiery, outerwear, shoes, boots, and so on). A chart names the product types it replaces.

Each override chart is a JSON file named by id under src/fashion_size/fixtures/charts. The file holds the rows, the source page, and any notes about that table. Which brand it belongs to, the size type and demographic, and when it was last checked live in fashion_size.brands. A brand with no charts there matches the default charts.

Conversion

from fashion_size import Demographic, ProductType
from fashion_size.types import UK_ADULT_SHOE_SIZE, UK_DRESS_SIZE, Size

women = Demographic("adult", "female")
value = Size.from_raw("10", UK_DRESS_SIZE)
value.convert_to_locale("eu", demographic=women)

shoe = Size.from_raw("7", UK_ADULT_SHOE_SIZE)
shoe.convert_to_locale(
    "eu",
    demographic=women,
    brand_name="Dune London",
    product_type=ProductType.SHOES,
)

convert takes a SizeUnit on the same size type, or "cm" / "in" for a length. convert_to_locale resolves a locale such as "eu" to that size type's SizeUnit and calls convert. Both require a Demographic (age group and gender). Optional brand_name and product_type select a brand chart. Set strict_brand_name=True to reject a brand name that is not in SUPPORTED_BRANDS.

Both return a ConvertedSize with the resulting size and a ConversionSource (identity, default, brand, or length_formula). When the default chart is used, source.default_reason says why: no brand was passed (no_brand), the name is not in the catalog (unknown_brand), the catalog brand has no override charts (brand_uses_default), or the brand has no chart for this size type and product type (no_matching_chart). Band size with a brand name records size_type_uses_default. ConvertedSize has no conversion method, so a converted value is not converted again.

brand_name may be any string. A BrandName selects that brand's chart. Any other name uses the default chart unless strict_brand_name is set. An unknown product_type is an error.

French dress, shoe, cup, and chest labels are the EU size ("fr" converts to that EU value). French band size is the EU centimetre label plus 15. French waist size is not on the chart. Lengths convert between centimetres and inches (1 in = 2.54 cm) for values from 5 to 150 inches. Display rounding (nearest centimetre, nearest half inch) does not change the stored value.

UK, US, and AU waist and chest labels are the inch measurement, so they display like a length (30", 30 in). A UK or US band is the underbust in inches; an EU band is centimetres (75cm, 75 cm). An EU waist or chest label stays regional (EU 46): adult charts use a different number, and children's charts store centimetres, on one shared size unit. An AU band is a dress-style number (AU 12). A French band keeps its own number (FR 90).

Sports bras and bralettes can use alpha cup labels on the same size type. Stored values are XXS, XS, S, MD, LG, XL, and XXL (CUP_ALPHA_ORDER). Common aliases (small, med, medium, lg, large, x-large, 2xl) normalise to those. They convert identically across UK / EU / US / AU. Size.display shows MD / LG as M / L; raw stays MD / LG. Single-letter m and l are bra cup letters, so a feed that means alpha must send MD / LG (or medium / large) — do not persist the short display and parse it again. These labels are not rows on the letter chart. cup_attribute_values appends them after the chart letters for a locale, and cup_sort_key orders letters by chart row, then alpha from XXS to XXL.

Display language defaults to en-gb. A host application can register its own getter (Django's get_language, for example) with fashion_size.register_display_language.

Development

pip install -e ".[testing,development]"
pytest
ruff check src tests

Releasing

Publishing uses PyPI trusted publishing. On PyPI, add a pending publisher for the fashion-size project:

• Owner: ababic
• Repository: fashion-size
• Workflow: release.yml
• Environment: pypi

Create a GitHub environment named pypi (no secrets).

Version numbers (CalVer)

Releases use calendar versioning: YYYY.M.D (UTC date when the release is tagged), for example 2026.10.5. Git tags are v plus that string (v2026.10.5). The tag without the v must match fashion_size.__version__.

For a second release on the same UTC day, bump the micro segment: 2026.10.5.1 and tag v2026.10.5.1 (or use .post1 if you prefer PEP 440 post-releases).

Before tagging, bump src/fashion_size/__version__.py, update CHANGELOG.md, commit, then push the tag. The workflow runs tests, checks that the tag matches the package version, builds wheels, creates a GitHub release, and publishes to PyPI.

License

BSD 3-Clause. See LICENSE.