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1. Neck:
Measurement:
Place tape around neck where collar usually sits. Measure around your
bare neck. Take a loose measurement at this point for a comfortable fit
-allow room for one index finger between the tape and the neck.
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2. Overarm:
Measurement:
With arms relaxed down at sides, measure around your chest including
the fullest part of your arms at the highest point of the shoulder
blade, keeping tape parallel to the floor. Hold the tape sufficiently
easy -allow room for one index finger between the tape and the body. |
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3. Chest:
Measurement:
Measure around fullest part of your chest (usually at the nipple). Hold
the tape sufficiently easy -allow room for one index finger between the
tape and the body. Keeping tape up under armpits, and make sure that it
is centered well over shoulder blades in back and over fullest part of
the breast in front.
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4. Stomach:
Measurement:
Measure around your body, where your belly is. Hold the tape
sufficiently easy -allow room for one index finger between the tape and
the body. Thin people should measure at their thinnest point and large
people at their widest.
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5. Front:
Measurement:
Measure your body from one armhole to other armhole in front.
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6. Back:
Measurement:
Measure your body from one armhole to other armhole at back.
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7. Shoulder to Shoulder:
Measurement:
Measure your body from the end of one shoulder to the other end of
shoulder (place the tape at the end of shoulder bone, where the arms
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8. Wrist/ Cuff:
Measurement:
Measure
around the fullest part of the wrist. Hold the tape sufficiently easy
-allow room for one index finger between the tape and the body. Take
the measure around your bare wrist, not over your shirt. |
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9. Collar:
Measurement:
Open and turn up shirt collar. Place tape around collar band and
measure from center of collar button to far end of buttonhole. (FIT TIP
-Another way is to use a shirt with a well-fitting collar. Lay the
collar out flat and measure from center of collar button to far end of
buttonhole) |
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10. Width of Shirt Shoulder:
Measurement:
With your shirt on, measure from the back at the end of one shoulder
seam to the end of the other shoulder seam. |
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11. Shirt Length:
Measurement:
Measure, at back, from the center of the lower collar seam to length
desired. This figure includes the tail length, so be careful to measure
all the way down to below the hips. (FIT TIP - The shirttail should be
long enough to completely cover your buttocks.) |
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12. Shirt Sleeve:
Measurement:
Measure
sleeve from shoulder seam down to the palm of the hand. (FIT TIP - The
sleeve must be long enough to fit well even when the arm is bent, and
not just when the hand is hanging down vertically. Otherwise the cuff
recedes far behind the wrist if you bend or lift your arm.) |
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13. Trousers Waist:
Measurement:
Measure around waist just above trousers waistband, at the height you
normally wear trousers (usually just above your hipbone). Measure
exactly, to a tightness you would feel comfortable wearing -allow room
for one index finger between the tape and the body for proper fit. Do
not measure over belt or waistband. (FIT TIP- Another way is to take
one of your best fitting pair of trousers and measure around trousers
waistband from center of button to far end of buttonhole.) |
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14. Hips:
Measurement:
Stand with heels together. Measure around hips at widest point of
seats. Hold the tape sufficiently easy - allow room for one index
finger between the tape and the body. Make sure your trouser pockets
are empty before applying the tape measure. |
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15. Rise:
Measurement:
Measure from top of waistband in the front, passing tape through your
legs and pulling comfortably at the crotch, to top of waistband in the
back. Total measurement is your rise. |
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16. Trousers Length:
Measurement:
Have
standard dress shoes on at this step, and adjust trousers to waist
position you normally wear trousers. At your side, start tape from top
of waistband and measure down to where you want the trousers to fall or
break. Remember to measure to the bottom of the desired length, even if
you intend to have cuffs. If you are not wearing shoes then measure to
the floor. (FIT TIP - The length should be long enough so that the
trousers bottoms touch the shoe all the way around.) |
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17. Inseam:
Measurement:
Keep
trousers in the same position as in taking trousers length. Measure
from the crotch seam down to length desired, following the inside leg
seam of your trousers. Make sure you measure down to the same point as
for trousers length. (FIT TIP - Another way is to take a pair of
trousers with the correct length for you, then measure from bottom of
trousers leg up along the inside leg seam all the way to the crotch.) |
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18. Knee-Length:
Measurement:
Place the measuring tape at the top of your waistband. Measure down to the middle of your kneecap. |
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19. Trousers Thigh-Width:
Measurement:
Measure around the width of your trousers thigh at the widest point
possible, which should be a couple of inches below the crotch. Measure
the circumference over your trousers. (FIT TIP - Another way is to lay
the trousers flat, with the front and back creased smooth. Measure
across the width of trousers thigh and double the measurement. |
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20. Trousers Knee-Width:
Measurement:
Measure around the width of your trousers knee. Measure the
circumference over your trousers. (FIT TIP - Another way is to lay the
trousers flat, with the front and back creased smooth. Measure across
the width of trousers knee and double the measurement. |
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21. Trousers Bottom-Width:
Measurement:
Measure around the width of your trousers bottom. Measure the
circumference over your trousers. (FIT TIP - Another way is to lay the
trousers flat, with the front and back creased smooth. Measure across
the width of trousers bottom and double the measurement. |
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22. Width of Jacket Shoulder:
Measurement:
Measure, at back, from the end of one shoulder seam straight across to the seam in the middle of the back. |
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23. Jacket Back:
Measurement:
Measure across the back of your suit jacket between the two junctions
of the sleeve and armholes. Place tape at the hind arm seam and
armhole, and measure with the tape under a bit of tension but not
stretched tight. |
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24. Jacket Length:
Measurement:
Turn up collar. Measure, at back, from the center of the lower collar
seam to length desired. Make sure you measure down the seam in the
middle of the back. (FIT TIP - The jacket should be long enough to
completely cover your buttocks. The well-cut jacket falls to the palm
of the hand or the tip of the thump.) |
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25. Front Jacket Length:
Measurement:
Turn up collar. Measure from upper end of shoulder seam where it joins
the collar to length desired. Make sure you measure to the same point
as back length. |
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26. Half Shoulders:
Measurement:
Turn up collar. Measure from top of shoulder seam to end of shoulder seam. |
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27. Coat Sleeve:
Measurement:
Measure sleeve from shoulder seam straight down to length desired.
Start from the center of shoulder seam, and make sure to curve over the
top of the sleeve all the way to the bottom, or else the measure may
come out short. (FIT TIP - Jacket sleeve should fall just to the bottom
of the wrist.) |
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