Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
Size 34 seems to have been a favourite for display merchandise for tailors-- I once purchased the contents of a defunct military tailor in Edinburgh, and all of the pattern uniforms were 34s and 36s. They took up less space and used less cloth...
Makes sense. These 'smaller' sizes make me think of the late Duke of Windsor's figure (quite dashing), in which he kept all of this life (remarkable - good genetics, I suppose).

Cheers,