Deepika asks:
Is it right to write whose sizes?
Yes, though it would be an unusual sentence. I can imagine writing:
The dressmaker welcomed her customers Susan and Ann, whose sizes she kept on file.
That is, she had measured them before, so she would not have to measure them again.
"Whose" and "Who's" are confusing to many people, including native English speakers. It's important to remember that "Who's" is always a contraction of "Who is" or Who has":
She's a happy person who's [who has] always got a smile for everyone.
She's a gossip who's [who is] always talking about other people.
"Whose" is the possessive form of "who," just as "his" and "hers" are the possessives of "he" and "she":
Whose book is this?
I met the man whose son was in the accident.
She didn't care whose fault it was.
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