Comment by advisedwang

> If you shop online and use raw measurements, then it will both fit and be available

The article itself gives numerous reasons why this is not true:

* Patterns are scaled up and down from a single original pattern. However actual bodies do not follow simple scaling. As a result, variation in body size will always result in clothes that fit poorly.

* There is not a universal set of body proportions. The article shows a categorization system with 9 buckets. I suspect women's body's simply have a wider range of shapes than men's leading some men (possibly including you?) to discount this.

* Some brands literally don't stock even the median adult women's size!