How to Accurately Measure Yourself
Please Read and Review the Measurement Guidelines and Information provided below to ensure the correct fit is produced and delivered:
If you should need further assistance feel free to email: aquivani411@gmail.com or Text: 323-213-8107 as we do not allow refunds/returns due to inaccurate measurements provided by the customer.
When taking your measurements, be sure to use a cloth measuring tape (or other options that we recommend in the absence of one) — not a metal measuring tape. This will ensure that you’re measuring your body accurately. In addition, measure only over bare skin or skin-tight clothes so as to ensure the most accurate measurements.
What You Should Measure
Chest or Bust
This measurement is used for dresses, tops any item covering the upper body area.
Women: Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust and wrap it around your body to get the measurement, keeping the tape parallel to the floor.
Men and kids: Place one end of the tape measure at the center of your chest. Wrap it around your body, keeping the tape parallel to the floor. Stand with your back straight in front of a full-length mirror. Having good posture is the key to taking accurate measurements. Wrap a soft tape measure around your bust. Take it around your back, across your shoulder blades and under your arms. It should wrap around the fullest part of your bust. The tape should be straight and parallel with the floor.
Bring the ends together in the center front. Place your thumb beneath the tape measure and keep yourself from pulling too tight, as this could give you an incorrect measurement. Record the measurement.
Waist
This measurement is used for most items (tops, dresses, and bottoms).
To measure your natural waist, you want to find the narrowest part of your waist, located above your belly button and below your rib cage.
Please also provide your “low” waist measurement. For this, you would measure at the point where your trousers would normally ride.
Hips
This measurement is used for bottoms, cardigans, dresses, dusters and jackets.
Stand with your hips together and measure the fullest part of your hips. Be sure to go over your buttocks as well. It might be challenging to keep the tape consistently level when you do it alone; it is recommended that you have a friend assist you with this or that you do it in front of a mirror.
Inseam
This measurement is used for bottoms: jeans, pants, shorts and trousers
The inseam is the distance from the uppermost part of your thigh to your ankle. It is easiest to measure the inseam based on a well-fitting pair of pants. Measure from the crotch to the cuff on the inside seam of the leg. The number of inches, to the nearest ½”, is the inseam length. It’s best to measure your inseam with a pair of shoes on so that you can ensure the hem hits at the right point on your shoe.
For women, keep in mind that the accurate inseam measurement depends on whether you’re wearing heels or flats. The hem should hit at the middle of the heel shaft or should hit just slightly above the flat shoe. It would be best for women to take two measurements for inseams — one for trousers you’d wear with heels, and one for trousers you’d wear with flats.
Neck measurement
Neck measurement is commonly used for sizing men’s dress shirts. Many dress shirts sold in the U.S. actually use the neck size in inches as the “size.”
Wrap the measuring tape around the base of your neck, going around your Adam’s apple. Ensure that the tape is consistently level and that you’re not wrapping the tape too tightly around your neck. This measurement is your true neck measurement. For your dress shirt neck measurement, add a half inch to a round number (i.e. 14 inches should be rounded up to 14.5 inches) or round up to the nearest half inch (i.e. 14.25 should be rounded up to 14.5).Sleeve measurement
Sleeve measurement are needed to make sure the arm fit will be comfortable
You will need a friend to assist you for measuring sleeve length. Bend one arm at a 90 degree angle and place your hand on your hip. Have a friend measure from the center of your back, across your shoulder, down to your elbow and then to your wrist for your full sleeve measurement. Most sleeve measurements fall between 32 and 39 inches. Sleeve sizes are always in whole numbers; round up to the nearest whole number if needed. This should be one full measurement. Do not break it up into pieces.
Upper Arm measurement
Stand in front of a mirror with your arm extended outward.
Wrap a tape measure around the thickest part of your upper arm. Keep the tape measure somewhat taut, but do not let it dig into your skin.
Record the measurement. Look at the measurement in the mirror or by turning your head without moving your arm or the tape measure.
Shoulder width measurement
Extend the tape measure from the outer edge of one shoulder to the outer edge of the other. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
Look at the number in the mirror or carefully bend your head to look at it without changing your posture.
Thigh measurement
Stand in front of a mirror with your legs slightly apart.Wrap a tape measure around the thickest part of your thigh. Keep it parallel to the floor and taut, but do not pull so tight that it digs into your flesh.
Bring the ends together in the front of your thigh.
Record the measurement. Read the number using the mirror or by looking down while keeping your leg and the tape measure still.
Measure your Front Length
Stand in front of a full-length mirror with your back straight and your shoulders relaxed.
Instruct your friend to hold the end of the tape measure at the top of shoulder at the base of the neck. Direct your friend to extend the tape measure to the front and down, over your chest and to your natural waist.Measure your Rise
Stand in front of a mirror with your back straight and your feet and legs slightly apart.
Hold the end of the tape measure at the center back of your waist.
Gently and loosely pull the tape between your legs and over your crotch, keeping the other end positioned at the center front of your waistline at the point just below your navel.
Look at the measurement in the mirror or by cautiously bending your head down without changing your posture.
Measure your Back Length
Stand in front of a full-length mirror with your back straight and your shoulders relaxed.
Instruct your friend to hold the end of the tape measure at the top center of your shoulder.
Direct your friend to extend the tape measure down to your natural waist.
Additional Measurements (may be required)
Measure your Dress Length
Stand with your back straight and your legs together in front of a full-length mirror.
Instruct your friend to hold the end of the tape measure at the top center of your shoulder.
Direct your friend to extend the tape measure along the front of your body, over the fullest part of your chest and down to your knees or your preferred, desired hemline.
Measure your Skirt Waist
Strip down to your underwear and stand in front of a full-length mirror. To get the correct waist measurement, make sure your underwear isn't cinching your waist.
Measure your Skirt Length
Stand with your back straight and your legs together in front of a full-length mirror.
Instruct your friend to hold the end of the tape measure at your waistline just below your navel.
Direct your friend to extend the tape measure down to your knees or your preferred, desired hemline.
