BodyCodes
A woman in a black top traced by glowing contour lines and measurement callouts
The fit standard for women’s apparel

Size is a number. Shape is the fit.

Everybody carries a biologic pattern. BodyCodes reads it: four body shapes, each with its own patterns and grades, and AI that tells brands how many of each to make, fit and sell.

Example BodyCode Shape2 of 4 Size10 Assigned byQuestions + 2 photos Fit preferenceHigh rise, straight leg

Most brands fit one model and grade every size by the same half inch (the dashed line). Only one shape grows that way: the hourglass, 20.4% of women globally. Four shapes, covering 95% of women, grow four ways.

Macro view of denim whose seam threads turn into glowing fiber-optic strands
The missing variable 0.089

How well size predicts shape, across 291,652 customer records. Knowing a woman’s size tells you almost nothing about her shape.

Scale: 0 = no link · 1 = perfect match

Planning tools see size. Returns follow.

24.4%of US online apparel orders are returned.Coresight Research, 2023
53%of apparel brands and retailers name size and fit as the top reason for online returns.Coresight Research, 2023
$63B$38B of US online apparel and footwear returned in 2023, plus $25B to process it.Coresight Research, 2023
71%of women say sizes are inconsistent between brands.TODAY survey, 1,443 women
Two women in black tops and dark jeans with the same waist and different hips
The insight

Same waist. Different shape.

Two women can share a waist and a size, and still need a different cut. Brands sell “fits” like wide, skinny and relaxed. Those are leg styles, not fits. BodyCodes starts at the pattern.

Same size label · different pattern block
A woman shown flat and grey on a size grid, and the same woman seen through a lens of denim and light that reveals her shape
Why now, why us

People today only see size. BodyCodes is designed to see shape.

Sizes don’t work

The same size fits women differently. So she buys, returns and tries again, hunting for clothes that fit.

Why now

GLP-1 use is shifting size curves faster than planning adjusts. GLP-1 changes size, not shape. We know how bodies change.

Why us

26 years, three iterations, nine retail venues. Others tried to copy the fit from the outside. None succeeded.

The standard

One fit standard, from BodyCode to checkout.

BodyCodes is an inside brand, like Lycra or Teflon: it lives inside your garment, under your own label. Everything you need to make, fit and sell by shape, licensed, certified and kept together, so the fit can’t be copied from the outside.

PATTERN

Blocks and grades

Pattern blocks and grade rules for four shapes in every size. A trade secret.

RESEARCH

Fit preferences

Pockets, zippers, rise and the styles that work best for each shape, from research.

PEOPLE

Training

From design and pattern making to factories and fit customer service.

QUALITY

Certification

Garments checked against each shape before they carry the mark.

DATA

BodyCoder

A few questions and two photos assign each shopper her BodyCode, so she finds what already fits.

BRAND

Powered by BodyCodes

Co-branded launches, packaging, store signs and the label inside the garment.

Four women of different ages and skin tones, each in a glass panel with a ring at the waist, showing four body shapes
4 shapes cover 95% of women
  • SizesEquivalent 00 to 28
  • Waists24 to 62 inches
  • LengthsPetite, Regular, Plus, Short and Tall
  • NextTops and dresses
A woman in a fitted charcoal suit whose outline streams into a glowing data grid
The AI

Plan by shape.

How many of each shape to make, by store, region and season, before the factory cuts. Four shapes in every size gives your planners four times the detail in every size curve.

In progress
  1. 01
    The pilotA pilot builds your brand’s own shape profile.
  2. 02
    The modelIt learns how the shape mix shifts by media, region and season.
  3. 03
    The planBuy quantities by shape, style, store and quarter. We hold no inventory.
In progress

Widget and API

Shows each shopper what fits her on any retail site. Built on web integration tests in department stores, on TV and direct to consumer.

Later

Certification AI

Checks every garment against every shape before it ships. Done by hand for pilots today.

Future

Style AI

Applies the four shape blocks to new styles, through your CAD partner.

Proof · the founder’s prior companies

Fit by shape has already sold, in stores and on TV.

93%

correct fit from the second purchase on, and 85% on the first, in direct to consumer. The industry delivers about 30%.

300,000+transactions and fit predictions across nine retail venues, including Nordstrom, Macy’s and QVC, 2005 to 2018.
$700Ksold on QVC in 14 minutes.
$9.7MLittle Black Pant, in 16 months on direct response TV.
150,000units ordered from a demand model built on 10,000 sales. It planned the shape mix 93% accurately.
84%shape identified from transaction data alone, no questions asked (2017).

Sources: FitLogic and Little Black Pant records; Intelligent Handshake modeling, 2017. The industry figure is a company estimate. Patent application filed September 9, 2026.

How a pilot works

Powered by BodyCodes, inside your store.

Start with one denim line and one season. Measure it against the same style without BodyCodes. Then license it.

01Fit kioskShe answers a few questions and gets her BodyCode.
02Drawer wallOne drawer per shape and size. No hunting through racks.
03Your own denimYour private label, made on our blocks and grades.
04MeasuredSell-through and returns against the same style without us.
Paid pilot→Royalty on the licensed line+Plan by shape and the widget
Who licenses BodyCodes

Built for the people who make, stock and sell clothes.

Brands

  • Make each style in four shapes per size
  • Plan the shape mix before the cut
  • Sell with a fit women can trust

Retailers

  • Private label on BodyCodes fit
  • Fewer returns and markdowns
  • Kiosk, widget and store signage

Manufacturers

  • Blocks, grades and markers
  • Training for your pattern team
  • Certification before shipping
A dark modern store with a glowing wall of drawers, robots fetching garments, fit kiosks and lounge seating
Where this goes Future · not yet built

A store planned around real bodies.

The kiosk storeA fit kiosk and samples on the floor. No racks, no back stock in sight.
Smart drawers and robotsHer shape and size brought from the drawer wall to the counter.
Streaming commerceA woman who knows her BodyCode can buy straight from the screen.
One inventoryStore and site share one stock, planned by shape.
“Size is the broken part, so sorting women by size can’t fix fit. We start at the pattern.”
CRICKET LEE · FOUNDER AND CEO
Fit research26 years
Retail venues tested9
Women coded by shape35,000
Modeling records291,652
A woman in a black top, her outline traced by cyan contour lines streaming into data
Start a pilot

Bring one line. We’ll show you what shape does to it.

We work with a small number of brands and retailers each season. Tell us about your denim or pants line and we’ll scope a pilot together.

Talk toCricket Lee, Founder and CEO
Phone833-663-5326
Pilots open forDenim and pants, equivalent sizes 00 to 28
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