With no sizing standards for apparel manufacturers, women especially have the toughest time in finding clothes that fit. Different sizes will fit depending on the brand, meaning that venturing into a new brand will need guesswork in determining the size that fits. All that is no more with MyBestFit, a full-body scanner similar to TSA checkpoints at airports, and go through a 30-second scan which takes 200,000 measurements using low-power radio waves. After the scan, the MyBestFit kiosk uses a database of over 50 stores to spit out which numbered size at which store in the mall will fit the woman best.

Currently, the full body scanner is only in one location: the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania. But, the kiosk will show up in four other malls in the coming weeks, as the technology has already received positive reviews for its accurate results. To be included in those results, stores must pay a fee, and will come up if a woman’s size and body shape are a great fit for that stores clothing. These results are put together into a Shopping Guide for shopper to take with them. The Shopping Guide lists styles that fit the exact body shape and can be filtered the list by brand, style, price or retailer. The Shopping Guide can even be accessed online at the MyBestFit website.

Best part? The service is free for shoppers

The body-scanning technology won’t stop at apparel, said Bob Kutnick, the company’s vice president of Technology. Within the year, the machines will work in a variety of different settings, including the health, fitness and automotive industries.

“Right now, it’s simply recommending some apparel, but since we have your body dimensionality, it will tell us what bikes and cars best fit you,” Kutnick said. “We can also work with you on toning your body, so rather than just weight loss, a number on the scale, you can see how your body has changed, let’s say from fat to muscle. So if you wanted to take off stuff in your waistline, we can actually show this visually and highlight it in green, for example. If you gained, we could highlight that in yellow.”

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