Sizing Question Of Men's Suit Trousers.

[barney15c]

I have a pair of suit trousers that have the sizing label of 56. The trousers are definitely not a 56in waist and I doubt they are a 56cm waist as that would be 22inches. They must be some kind of continental sizing as the suit as a whole was made in Yugoslavia which makes the suit over 20 years old. Does anyone know what this would be in English waist size? Thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

Suits are often sold by Chest size - are you a 56" chest?

[Tilly2]

UK/European Men’s Trouser Sizing Converter:
To Fit Waist (inches) 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
EU size 48 50 52 54 56 58 60

[Jackdaw33]

56" chest is rather huge.

[ladyalex]

http://www.sizeguide.net/mens-clothing-sizes-international-conversion-chart.html

This is an American site, but it suggests a waist size of 40 inches.
Hope this helps.

[Tilly2]

Oh, it's gone out of line! 56 = 40 inches.

[Tilly2]

All dimensions? Surely not!

[ladyalex]

It doesn't give the units of measurement, Tilly...could be in microns....don't get overexcited.

[Tilly2]

Aw! That's a relief!