If you are on an Italian vacation, one of the things you probably want to do is some clothes and shoe shopping. Pretty natural, Italian fashion is one of the most well-known all over the world, after all. Here are the Italian size conversion charts for clothes for men, women, accessories, and more!

*Shopping for clothes in Italy can be tricky if you are not familiar with Italian sizing standards*

When you enter an Italian shop, a boutique, or a mall, and start browsing for great items, you want to understand easily the Italian size conversions and make the calculation fast. The clothes are beautifully made, the shoes are a dream, and all of them appear to be worth every Euro you’re going to spend on them.

You want to try them on, but when you check the size tags or the “taglia,” as they say in Italy, you find incomprehensible numbers staring at you. This is because the world of garments and accessories is not governed by one type of size chart but by many.

The size charts in Europe, America, Australia, and so on are very different. To buy quickly and efficiently, you need to know what Italian size corresponds to your size in your own home country.

This is when an Italian size conversion chart comes in handy, because with the help of size conversion, not only can you shop for yourself, but for your friends and relatives back home as well. Shopping in Italy has always been an exciting experience, but with the Italian size conversion chart, it will also be easy and stress-free.

The Charts

Italian sizes run small: smaller than the American, but also of the French and the German, so do not feel bad if, in Italy, you see your size number rise higher than what you would expect. A useful FYI: French sizes are used also in Spain and Portugal, whereas German sizes are found also in Scandinavian countries.
So let’s see the charts for Italian size conversion for clothes, shoes, and accessories as well.

Italian size conversion charts

Clothing Sizes ( The simple version of Italian clothes sizes )

You’ll see below the Italian clothes sizes for the US, UK, France, and Germany.

S-M-L	USA	UK	ITALY	FRANCE	GERMANY
S	2	6	38	34	32
S	4	8	40	36	34
M	6	10	42	38	36
M	8	12	44	40	38
L	10	14	46	42	40
L	12	16	48	44	42
XL/1X	14	18	50	46	44
1X/2X	16	20	52	48	46
2X	18	22	54	50	48
3X	20	24	56	52	50
3X	22	26	58	54	52
4X	24	28	60	56	54

Italian Shoe Sizes

Italian sizes correspond to standard European sizes, which you will find everywhere in continental Europe. UK sizes are different and are presented in the chart below, along with the Italian shoe sizes to US. As you can notice, there is no difference in shoe sizing between men and women in Italy.

ITALY	35	35^1/2	36	37	37 ^1/2	38	38^1/2	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46^1/2	48^1/2
USA WOMEN	5	5^1/2	6	6^1/2	7	7^1/2	8	8^1/2	9	9^1/2	10	10^1/2	12	13	14	15^1/2
USA MEN	3^1/2	4	4^1/2	5	5^1/2	6	6^1/2	7	7^1/2	8	8^1/2	9	10^1/2	11^1/2	12^1/2	14
UK WOMEN	2^1/2	3	3^1/2	4	4^1/2	5	5^1/2	6	6^1/2	7	7^1/2	8	9^1/2	10^1/2	11^1/2	13
UK MEN	3	3^1/2	4	4^1/2	5	5^1/2	6	6^1/2	7	7^1/2	8	8^1/2	10	11	12	13^1/2
INCHES	9	9^1/8	9^1/4	9^3/8	9^1/2	9^5/8	9^3/4	9^7/8	10	10^1/8	10^1/4	10^1/2	10^3/4	11	11^1/4	11^1/2

Italian dress size

If you shop in larger Italian cities, you’ll likely find conversion charts around shops to help you choose the right piece for you, especially in the store. However, don’t expect that everywhere, and don’t expect all assistants to be knowledgeable about the Italian dress size to US, and other Italian size conversions.

That’s why having tables like the ones below can make a difference when it comes to understanding what you really need. So here are the Italian clothing sizes to men conversion charts, as well as for women!

Man Shirts

Man Sweaters

ITA	USA	ITA	USA
36	14	S	36	XS
37	14½	S	38	XS
38	15	M	40	S
39-40	15½	M	42	M
41	16	L	44	L
42	16½	L	46	XL
43	17	XL	48	XXL
44	17½	XL	50	XXXL
45	18	XXL
46	18½	XXXL

Man Jackets

Man pants

ITA	USA	ITA	USA
44	34	44	29
46	36	46	30-31
48	38	48	32-33
50	40	50	34-35
52	42	52	36-37
54	44	54	38-39
56	46	56	40-41
58	48	58	42-43

WOMEN

Italian size conversion charts for women. Here below you’ll have the Italian dress size conversion charts to US as well.

Women sweaters

Dresses and Jackets

ITA	USA	ITA	USA
36	XXS	38	4
38	XS	40	6
40	S	42	8
42	M	44	10
44	L	46	12
46	XL	48	14
48	XXL	50	16
50+	XXXL	52	18
		54	20

Women Pants

Women Jeans

ITA	USA	ITA	USA
36	0	XS	36	24 \| 25
38	0 \| 2	XS \| S	38	26
40	4	S	40	26 \| 27
42	6	M	42	27 \| 28
44	8 \| 10	M \| L	44	29 \| 30
46	12 \| 14	L \| XL	46	31 \| 32
48	16 \| 18	XXL	48	33 \| 34
50	18	XXXL	50	35 \| 36
50+	18	XXXXL	50+	38 \| 40

Italian men’s shoe size conversion

Man Shoes

ITALY	USA
39	6
39.5	6.5
40	7
41.5	8
42	8.5
42.5	9
43.5	9.5
44	10
44.5	10.5
45	11
46	11.5
46.5	12

Italian shoe size charts for women

Women Shoes

ITALY	USA
37	5
37.5	5.5
38	6
39	6.5
40	7
41	7.5
42	8
43	8.5

Bra and Bikini Size Charts in Italy

Giro sottoseno		Cup
ITALY	USA	ITALY	USA
I	30	62-66 cm	I	A
II	32	67-71 cm	II	B
III	34	72-76 cm	III	C
IV	36	77-81 cm	IV	D
V	38	82-86 cm	V	L
VI	40	87-91 cm	VI	XL
VII	42		VII	XXL
VIII	44		VIII	XXXL

Underwear size conversion charts in Italy

Underwar Woman		Slip/boxer man
ITALY	USA	ITALY	USA
I	10	3	S
II	12	4	M
III	14	5	L
IV	16	6	XL
V	18	7	XXL
VI	20	8	XXXL
VII	22
VIII	24

Italian Accessories – Size Conversion Charts

Belts

Men Belts		Women Belts
ITALY	USA	ITALY	USA
42	32	36	0
44	34	38	2
46	36	40	4
48	38	42	6
50	40	44	8
52	42	46	10
54	44	48	12
56-60	46-50	50	14
		52	16

Gloves and Hat size conversion

Gloves		Hats
ITALY	USA	ITALY	USA
16	6	55	6 3/4
17	6.5	56	6 7/8
18	7	57	7
19	7.5	58	7 1/8
20	8	59	7 1/4
21.5	8.5	60	7 3/8
23	9	61	7 1/2
24	9.5	62	7 5/8
25	10	64	7 3/4
27	10.5
30	11

RINGS

ITALY	USA	Diameter	Circumference
2	2	1.33	4.18
4	3	1.4	4.44
6.75	4	1.47	4.62
9.5	5	1.58	4.96
11.5	6	1.63	5.12
14.5	7	1.73	5.43
17	8	1.81	5.68
19.5	9	1.9	5.97
22	10	1.98	6.22
25	11	2.06	6.47
27.5	12	2.13	6.69
30	13	2.22	6.97