Our Women's Measurement Guide
Here you will find few tips on how to take your body and a garment measurements.
We want your clothes to feel comfortable, so no need to pull your tape measure too tight. Try to take your actual body measurements rather than measuring over your clothes. It is often easier to have a friend help you take measurements. 
FEMALE BODY MEASUREMENTS

BUST CIRCUMFERENCE 

Place the measuring tape around your body over the fullest part of your bust, making sure the tape is sitting well under your arms and spans your shoulder blades. For better accuracy measure over a bra you intend to wear with the given dress or top.

WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE

Measure around the slimmest part of your natural waistline - generally the point where your body creases when you bend slightly forwards or where you find it most comfortable to wear your waistbands.

HIPS CIRCUMFERENCE

​Standing with your feet together, measure around your hips at the widest point - usually over your bottom or at the top of your thighs - and approximately 20cm (8in) below your natural waistline.

SHOULDER WIDTH

Measure in a slightly curved line from one edge of your shoulder (your shoulder bone point or where a fitted sleeve seam would be) through the base of your  back neck to  the other shoulder edge. 

SLEEVE LENGTH

Bend your elbow 45 degrees. Measure from the shoulder down through the back of your elbow and finish at the wrist bone. Be careful not to measure too high above the wrist or the sleeves will be too short.

CENTRE BACK LENGTH

Measure from your back neck base (the prominent point of your 7th vertebrae ) to the waist line. 

RISE MEASUREMENT

Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist and sit straight on a flat sturdy chair or a table. Now measure vertically from your waist to the chair (table) surface.

INNER LEG LENGTH

Measure from the top of your inside leg at the crotch to your ankle.  For flow length trousers refer to the outer leg length below.

OUTER LEG LENGTH

Measure on the side from your natural waistline to your ankle. If you want your trousers hit the floor,  measure waist all the way to the floor while wearing the shoes you intend to wear with the trousers or skirt.
TOPS & SWEATSHIRTS 

SHOULDER WIDTH

Measured in a straight line from the edge of one shoulder seam to the other.

BUST WIDTH

Measured the widest body point all around (where armhole meets the side seam).

SLEEVE LENGTH

Measured from the top of the shoulder seam down to the cuff. ​

FRONT LENGTH

Measured from centre neckline to the hem.

BACK LENGTH

Measured from centre back neckline to the hem.
DRESSES

SHOULDER WIDTH

Lay your dress flat down and measure in a horizontal line from the edge of one shoulder seam to the other.

BUST HALF WIDTH

Lay your dress flat down and measure horizontally from side seam to side seam below armhole.

WAIST HALF WIDTH

Lay your dress flat down and measure horizontally across the waistband.

HIP HALF WIDTH

Lay your dress flat down and measure across the widest part of the skirt (approx. 8" down the waistline).
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SLEEVE LENGTH

Measure from the shoulder seam down the centre of the sleeve to the cuff.

DRESS LENGTH

Measure from the top of dress at the shoulder neck point down to the hem in vertical line.
SKIRTS

WAIST HALF WIDTH

Lay your skirt flat down and measure horizontally across the waistband.

HIP HALF WIDTH

Lay your skirt flat down and measure across the widest part of the skirt (approx. 8" down the waistline).

SKIRT LENGTH

Measure from the top edge of the waistband at the centre front of the skirt down to the hem.​
TROUSERS

WAIST HALF WIDTH

Lay your trousers flat down and measure horizontally across the waistband.

HIP HALF WIDTH

Lay your trousers flat down and measure across the widest part of the skirt (approx. 8" down the waistline).

INNER LEG

Measure from the top of the inside leg seam (at the crotch seam) along the inside leg seam to the hem.​
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OUTER LEG

Measure from the top of the waistband at side to the hem of the trousers.
JUMPSUITS & BODIES

FRONT AND BACK RISE

Measure from the top of front waistband along the centre front seam through the crotch seam and back up to meet the top of back waistline.
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* this measurement apply to all jumpsuits, playsuits, leotards etc.

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