This comprehensive study by just-style defines the global market for outsize to include plus sizes, talls and petites. These sectors represent a large population of consumers who are ready and willing to spend, and therefore a huge opportunity for generating sales in a growing industry that would benefit from innovation. The report considers all aspects of the specialty size market, including: the market and what it consists of; the size and value of the market; brands and retailers; social attitudes; technical constraints; potential of the market and market insight and forecasts.

• Executive summary
  • The market
  • Buying behaviour
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 The market
  • Petite, tall, plus size: Who are they?
  • Size examples and measurements
  • Sizing outside the US
  • Demographics
  • Ethnic differences
  • Expert interviews
• Chapter 3 Market estimates
  • United States
  • Western Europe
  • Other regions
• Chapter 4 Brand and retailer attitudes
  • US shops
  • Western European shops
  • Mail order and the internet
  • Made-to-measure (specials)
  • Expert interviews
• Chapter 5 Social attitudes
  • Overweight and obese
  • Anorexia and bulimia
  • Vanity sizing
  • Expert interviews
• Chapter 6 Outsize: the past and the future
  • The market
  • Opportunities
• List of figures
  • Figure 1: US sizing guides for women's standard-, junior-, plus-, petite-sizes and men's wear
• List of tables
  • Table 1: International women's clothing size comparison chart
  • Table 2: UK bust, chest and hip measurements for UK sizes 18-32 (inches and cm)
  • Table 3: UK women's size chart (inches)
  • Table 4: US market for total apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 5: US market for women's apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 6: US market for men's apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 7: US market for children's apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 8: US market for plus-size apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 9: Plus-size market within US total market for apparel, 2003-2012 (%)
  • Table 10: US market for petite apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 11: US market for tall apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table12: US market for specialty size apparel, 2003-2012 (US$bn)
  • Table 13: Proposed revised chart based on contemporary measurements (US and UK clothing sizes and %)
  • Table 14: Western European female overweight market for apparel, 2006-2012 (unit population and EURbn)
  • Table 15: Western European female plus-size market for apparel, 2006-2012 (unit population and EURbn)