Taking your measurements
What each measurement is and how to take it.
Measure over underwear or close-fitting clothes, with the tape snug but not tight and level all round. It helps to have someone else measure you. Only the measurements the design uses are shown.
- Height
- Standing straight against a wall, without shoes.
- Bust or chest
- Around the fullest part of the bust or chest, under the arms, keeping the tape level.
- Waist
- Around the natural waist, the narrowest part of the body.
- Hips
- Around the fullest part of the hips and seat, with feet together.
- Neck
- Around the base of the neck, where a necklace would sit.
- Shoulder
- From the base of the neck to the tip of the shoulder bone, along the top of one shoulder.
- Back width
- Across the back between the creases where the arms join the body, halfway down the armholes.
- Nape to waist
- Down the centre back from the bone at the base of the neck to the waist.
- Waist to hip
- Down the side from the waist to the fullest part of the hips.
- Waist to knee
- Down the side from the waist to the middle of the knee.
- Waist to floor
- Down the side from the waist to the floor, without shoes.
- Rise (body rise)
- Sitting on a hard chair: down the side from the waist to the seat of the chair.
- Thigh
- Around the fullest part of one thigh, just below the crotch.
- Upper arm
- Around the fullest part of the upper arm.
- Arm length
- From the tip of the shoulder over a slightly bent elbow to the wrist bone.
- Wrist
- Around the wrist bone.
- Head
- Around the head above the ears, across the forehead.