1966 JCPenney Christmas Catalog

How to

measu.re

and find your size

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING

ORDER BY SIZE, NOT AGE. IMPORTANT! Children grow rapidly ... so be sure to measure each

time you order. Before you order, be sure the item you want comes

the size you need: if item

description lists sizes in numbers, state the size

numbers when you order.

sizes are listed as

"S, M,

or "A, B, C, D," state the letter size, not the number size.

A. CHEST. Pass tape under armpits, over bot–

tom of shoulder blades, at back, and covering

fullest part of chest at front. Child should

stand normally with arms at sides.

tape snug, with one finger between body and

tape. For slacks, pants: measure as above, but

over shirt, with tape at height at which gar–

ment will be worn.

B. WAIST. For underwear,_swirnwear: meas–

ure at true waistline, over underwear. Hold

C. HIP AND SEAT. This measurement should

be taken around fullest part of hips.

Boys' Clothing

Order Size:

Dress shirts, sport shirts, undershirts, pajamas, vests,

Height in Inches

43-46

46lHO

50;\-54

sweatshirts,

and

sweaters.:..take chest measurement (see A

Weight in lbs.

«>!-49

491-1-59

591-1-73

above). Then see chart (right). Order size corresponding

Chest

2!>-26

261-1-27;\

28-29

to chest measurement.

~Slim

201-1·21

221-1-23

221-1·23

Sport coats, suits, robes, all outerwear -talce chest and

Waisl

~~lar

22;\·23

231-1·24

241-1-25

height measurements (A and D above). Then see chart

Husky

24;\-25

25>1·26

261-1-27;\

(right) and order

size

closest to chest measurement.

Seat

241-1·25;\

26-27

27;\-28;\

Underwear shorts and other shorts (walking, boxer, swim),

Inseam

take waist measurement

(see B above). Then see chart

Finished(Slacks)

171-1

221-1

(right) and order size closest to waist measurement.

Inseam

To order all slacks and trousers, take waist and inseam

Finished (Jeans)

21;\

measurements (see Band E above). Then see chart (right)

lns11m

and order size corresponding to these measurements.

Unfinished Abt.•

D. HEIGHT. Stand child against wall in stock–

ing feet. Place piece of paper across head to

wall; measure from paper to floor.

E. INSEAM. Take a well-fitting comfortable

pair of pants and try them on the child, mak–

ing sure the waistband is kept at correct posi–

tion. Remove pants, lay them flat; fold back

one leg and measure carefully from crotch

seam junction to bottom of cuffs. This meas–

urement is finished inseam length.

54;\·58

58;\-61

61\.1-64

64;\·66

661-1·68

68;\-70

831-1-87

87;\-100

1001-1-115

1151-1-126

1261-1-138 1381-1-152

291-1·30>1

31·32;\

33-34

34;\-35;\

36-37

37;\-38;\

23;\·24

24\.1·25

251-1·26

261-1·27

271-1·28

28\.1-29

251-1·26

261-1·27

27;\·28

28\.1·29

291-1·30

30;\-31 .

28-29

9;\-30\.1

31·32

321-1·33;\

34-35

35;\·361-1

211-30;\

31-32;\

33-34;\

35-36

36;\-37;\

38-39

26\.1

28!1

29;\

301A

26;\

29;\

3011

IN ALL CASES,

child's size falls between two sizes, order

•Mu:imum lenath

slicks when cuffed is

4~"

shorter than unfinished lenith.

the next larger size listed.

Muimam

laaath

ol slacks

whoa hemmed (without

cuff)

shorter than unfinished

len&lh.

Girls' Clothing

CHUBBY GIRLS' SIZES 81h-161h

Designed to flatter the girl with a fuller figure. There is allowance for some devel-

opmcnt in the larger sizes.

GIRLS' SIZES 7-16

Order Size:

81/2

10112

12V:z

14V:z

161/2

For grade school girls whose figures are fairly straight, still undeveloped.

Height

5JY,-53

53y,.55

5Y,-57Yz

58-60

8Y,-62Yz

Chest

29·30

0Yz·31Yz

32·33

3y,.34y,

35-36

Order Size:

Waist

21·21Yz

28·28Y,

29·29Y,

30-30Yz

31-31Yz

Height

49-50Yz

57·58Yz 59-61Yz 62·63Yz

Hips

1Yz-32Yz

33-34

4Yz·35Yz

36·37Yz

38·39Yz

Chest

25Y,-26

Yz·30Yz

31·32

32Yz-33Yz

Dress length About

Waist

22Yz

Coat length About

29Y,

32Yz

Hips

21·21Yz 28-28Yz

29·30

30Y,-32 32Yz·34 34Y,-36

Skirt length About

Dress length About

(Below Waistband)

17Y,

20Yz

23Yz

Coat length About

29Yz

32Yz

Ankle·length Slacks About

Skirt length About

(from Top of Waistband)

(Below Waistband)

!SY,

18Yz

Ankle·lgth. Slacks About

Order

(from Top of Waistband)

SLIM GIRLS' SIZES 7-16

Size

Waist

20Yz

Babies',Toddlers', and Preschool Clothing

BABIES' SIZES 0-4

Garments in this range up to size 2 are

cut full to allow for diapers. Important

measurements are height and weight.

TODDLERS' SIZES 1-4

For boys and girls who still have the

shorter legs and rounded contours of infancy.

Cut extra.full for diapers.

GIRLS' SIZES 2-&X

For girls who are lengthening out and

losing the roundness of infancy. Longer than

toddlers'. without diaper room.

PRESCHOOL SIZES 2-7

·For boys too old for the playpen and

too young for school. Styled like

..big brother's" clothes. but constructed with

the durable features preschoolers require.

204

Penneys

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Size Ranges: Cut and styling of garments differ

from range to range (see descriptions at left).

However, the same body measurements apply to

Order Size:

1/2

1112

Height

Uplo24

241-1·26

27·30

30;\·31;\

32·341-1

Weight

toll

131-1-18

18\.1-22

22\.1-251-1

26·29

Chest

20;\-21;\

Waist

211-21

Hips

201-1-211-1

Dress

Toddlers

15;\

16*

Length Girls

Coat

Toddlers

lenrth Girls

Skirt len&lh

(Belowwaistb1nd)

Slack Length

Inseam Finished

(Boys)

Denim Inseam

(Boys)

12;\

a given size, no matter which range it may be

listed

in.

IMPORTANT: size 6x applies only to

girls' clothing, and size 7, only to boys' clothing.

35-37

37\.1-40;\

41-43

431-1·46

46;\-48\.1 46\.1-48;\

29\.1·34

34\.1·38

381-1·«

«>1·49

49\.1-54

211-1·22;\ 221-1-23;\ 23*·24* 241-1·25;\

25·26

26·27

21-21;\ 21\.1·22

22·221-1

22\.1·23

23-23*

23·23;\

22·22*

23-23\.1

24·24;\

25·251-1

26·26;\

26-27

ll*

18\.1

181-1

211-1

24\.1

19;\

221-1

25*

12\.1

14\.1

171-1

14;\

171-1

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