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Retail Sizing Projects

1996

Next directory from 1997

First sizing project using 3D body scanners for NEXT

In 1996, Select were commissioned by NEXT, one of the UK’s largest clothing retailers to undertake the first ever large scale project using new 3D technology to measure the human body.

1997

Newspaper clipping showing the Sizing Campaign ran by Select Research and Marks and Spencers

Sizing Standards for M&S

Between 1997 and 2000, Select Research managed four large sizing projects for M&S, at the time the largest clothing retailer in the UK ...

2001

Blond women using measuring tape to tailor clothing

SizeUK - The first-ever national sizing survey using 3D technology

Between 2001 and 2004, Select Research were commissioned to manage the first-ever national sizing survey to use 3D scanning technology ...

2007

Image showing Body shape change in a young child

The Body Volume Index (BVI) 2007 - 2024

The development of the Body Volume Index, or BVI, commenced in 2007 as a new alternative obesity measurement to the Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

2008

ShapeGB children's shape data

The First Ever National Childrenswear Survey in 3D

Between 2008 and 2010, Select Research Ltd set up and managed the first-ever children’s survey using 3D technology...

2014

Lycra fit finder logo graphic

Lycra Fit Finder - First use of 2D to 3D technology for custom clothing

Select were approached by Lycra to collaborate with them on a possible new sizing solution for hosiery fit.

2017

Shape GB Mobile app graphic

ShapeGB - First use of 2D to 3D technology for a sizing survey

Select received confirmation of UK Government funding in 2017 to conduct a national sizing survey. The purpose was, given changes in people’s body shapes, to update the data on adults collected for retailers on SizeUK in 2001.

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