1967 JCPenney Christmas Catalog

How to Measure and find the right size for

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING

IMPORTANT: order

size not age.

MEASURE EVERY TIME YOU ORDER... CHILDREN GROW FAST! Before you order, be

sure the item you want comes in the size you need:

item description lists sizes in numbers,

state the size in numbers when you order.

sizes are listed as "S, M, L" 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, wearing

simply-cut street clothes.

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, swimwear: meas–

ure at true waistline, over underwear. Hold

C. HIP AND SEAT. Measure around fullest

part of hips, with child wearing simply-cut

street clothes.

Boys' Clothing

Dress shirts, sport shirts, undershirts, paJames, vests,

sweatshirts, and sweaters-take chest measurement (see A

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

to chest measurement.

Sport

coats, suits, robes, all outerwear-take chest and

height measurements

and

above). Then see chart

(right) and order size closest to these measurements.

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

take waist measurement (sec B above). Then see chart

(right) and order size closest to waist measurement.

To order all slacks and trousers, take waist and Inseam

measurements (see Band

above). Then see chart (right)

and order size corresponding to these measurements.

Order Size:

Hei&htlnlnches

W1i&ht In Lbs.

Chest

~Slim

W1isl Re1ullr

Husky

Seat

Inseam

Fioblled(Sllc:ks)

Inseam

finblled(Jeons)

lnseauw

UolinblledA11t.•

43--46

4411-49

ZS-26

ZOll-21

2211-23

24\.1-25

2411-2511

1711

•

461i-!i0

5011-54

4911-59

s911-n

2611-2711

28-29

2211·23

2211-23

2311-24

2411-25

2511-26

2611-2711

26-27

2711·21\ol

2211

Ziii

HEIGHT. Stand child against wall in stock–

ing feet. Place piece of stiff 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.

5411-51

5111-61

6111-64

'411-"

6611-61

6111-10

7311-17

1711-100

10011-115

11511-12'

12'11-131 13111-ISl

2911-3011

31-3211

33-34

3411-3511

:16-J7

3711·3111

2311·24

2411-25

2511-2'

2611-27

2711·21

2111·29

2511·26

2611-27

2711-21

Zl\.1·29

2911-30

3011-31

21-29

2911-3011

31..JZ

3211-3311

34-35

35K-3511

29-3011

31-32~

33-3411

35-35

36\.1-3711

31-39

2'\i

21%

2911

3014

2611

2911

3014

IN ALL CASES,

child's size falls between two sizes, order

the next larger size listed.

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slld<s.....,

cu«ed Is

411'

lllofler

anlnblled

leosth.

Girls' Clothing

GIRLS' SIZES 7-16

Mulm•m llnllh

111c:l<1 wll4n hemmed

(withoot

<Oii)

z· -

thin 1nbblled lenllh.

CHUBBY GIRLS' SIZES 811.z-1611.z

Designed to tlatter the girl with a fuller figure. There

allowance for some devel–

opment in the larger sizes.

Order Size:

IV2

10Y.a

12V2

14Y.a

11Y.a

Hei1ht

51~-53

531i-55

55!i-57~

58-60

&O!i-62~

Chest

29·30

30li-3rn

32-33

33~-34~

35·36

For grade school

girls

whose figures are fairly straight, still undeveloped.

Onler Size:

•

Waist

27-27~

28-28~

29·29~

30-301i

31-3l!i

Hel1ht

49.50~

51-521i

53-561i

57-58li

59-611i

62-63!i

Hips

31~·32li

33-34

34~·35~

36-37~

38-39~

Chest

25!i-26 261i·27!i

28-29

291i-30li

31-32

3Z!i·331i

Dren Leneth About

W1iat

221i

Coat Len1th About

29~

32~

Hips

27-27!i

28·28~

29.30

301i·32

32~·34

34li·36

Skirt Leneth About

Dress Lenith About

(Below Waistband)

17~

20~

231i

Ankle-Lln1th Slicks About

(From Top of Waistb1nd)

Coat Lenith About

Skirt Lenith About

(BelowW1iatband)

151i

181i

Order

Ankle-Leth. SllCkS About

(FromTop of Weistband)

SLIM GIRLS' SIZES 7-16

Size

Babies',Toddlers', and Preschool Clothing

BABIES' SIZES

0-4

Garments in this range up to size 2 are

cut full

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 2-6X

For &iris who are lengthening out and

losinr the roundness of infancy. Longer than

toddlen'. 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.

212

PenneY'

AMo

Size

Ranges:

Cut and styling ofgarments differ

from range to range (see descriptions at left). .

However, the same body measurements apply to

Order Size:

'12

1Y.a

Hlieht (In inches)

ID 24

2411-2611

27-29

2911-3111

Wlieht (in Lbs.)

ID 13

13~-11

1111-22

2211-26

Chest

1911-20

Wolst

1911-20

Hips

20-2011

Drlll

Toddltn

!SK

l ..

llh Girls

Call

Toddlen

lMsth

Girls

Skirt Ltncth

(Below

waistband)

Sllc:ks Loncth

ln-m Finished

(Boys)

o.ntm

ln111m

(Boys)

32-34

26-29

21-ZZ

20-2011

21-22

1611

1111

1211

Waist

201i

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.

3411-3611

37-40

4011~3

4311-46

47~•

4611~•

2911-34

3411-31

3111-«

«11~9

4911-M

ZZ-23

23-24

24-25

25-26

26-2611

26-27

20\.1-21

21-21\ol

2111-22

22-2211

2211-23

23-2311

22-23

23-24

24-25

25-26

26-27

26-21

1711

1111

Ziii

2411

1911

2211

2511

1211

1411

1711

1411

1711

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