Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Well, it could also be the tape measure of either Mr. Marks or Mr. Spencer?
[Though apparently they have been increasing the sizes of their clothes on the sly, to prevent upsetting their customers, kind of the opposite to BA I suppose].
An industry term called "Vanity Sizing". All brands do that so in reality you could be a 38 and they call it a 36.