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title: "Opinion"
url: https://fitchecklab.in/opinion
description: "Argument and comment from the desk on what fit systems are for. Reporting from the Opinion beat of FitCheckLab, the weekly paper of clothing, fit and machine learning."
published: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
---

# Opinion

Published 2026-09-06

Opinion

### [The mirror is not a measurement](https://fitchecklab.in/the-mirror-is-not-a-measurement)

A fit score is a compression of a garment, a body and a judgement into one number. It is worth asking what falls out in the compression.