Our Women's Measurement Guide

On this page you will find few tips on how to take your BODY and a GARMENT measurements.
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When ordering made-to-order or made-to-measure with us, we might ask you to take your body measurement to determine whether we have your size or whether we need to make a custom pattern with your measurements. This way you will receive VIMPELOVA dress, trousers or any other item we offer for customising, that is made uniquely just for you. We all come in different sizes, shapes, proportions and even disproportions that the normalised sizing system often doesn't work for everyone.

How many times you bough a dress that fits your torso and hips but is super tight around your shoulders? Or a pair of trousers that fit your hips but are falling off your waist?

MEASURING
​WOMEN'S BODY

BEFORE YOU START
- You will need: a soft tape measure, ribbon, cord or something to tight around your waist and (preferably) a friend or family member to help you taking the measurements
- It is best to measure over the undergarments you intend to wear with the desired item​.
​- Keep the measure tape levelled to measure accurately, don't pull it too tight.
- Always re-measure to double check or triple check.
- When taking measurements is important stand straight.
-Only take measurements you need for the desired garment (i.e. take only top body and sleeve measurements for tops, shirts or jackets)

01 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.

02 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.

03 HIP 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.

04 FRONT WIDTH

Measure across the top of chest, parallel to the floor from one arm to the other arm. Or from armhole to armhole. Find the armhole guideline (red dotted line) by tracing a line from armpit to shoulder point.

05 SLEEVE LENGTH

Bend your elbow slightly and measure from the shoulder point 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!

06 TOP ARM CIRCUMFERENCE

Measure tightly around your fullest top part of arm - biceps.

07 WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE

Place the tape around your wrist bones and measure tightly. 

08 SHOULDER TO WAIST

Before you start measuring find a ribbon and tighten it around your natural waist. Then start measuring vertically from at the shoulder neck point, down the apex and finish at your natural waist.

09 NECK BASE

Measure around the circumference of the neck base. At back over your nape and at front just above the collar bones. Please note: don't take it too high up your neck! 

10 HIP DEPTH

Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist. Measure on the side from your natural waist to the hip line (the widest point).

11 OUTER LEG

First tighten a ribbon around your natural waist. Then measure on the side from your natural waist to the floor. For trouser length measure till the ankle or where you want your trousers or skirt length to hit.  Add a heel length should you want your garment extra long.

12 INNER LEG

Measure from the top of your inside leg at the crotch vertically to the floor. To know your trouser inseam size, stop at your ankle. 

​13 BACK SHOULDER WIDTH

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

14 BACK WIDTH

Measure parallel to the floor across the back from one arm (armhole) to the other arm (armhole). Find the armhole guideline (red dotted line) by tracing a line from armpit to shoulder point.

15 BACK LENGTH

Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist and measure from your back neck base (the prominent point of your 7th vertebrae ) vertically to your natural waist line.

16 NAPE TO WRIST

Bend your arm slightly. Start at the back of your neck base (nape) and place the tape horizontally measuring to the outer shoulder point, then carry on over the elbow and stop at the wrist bone.

17 RISE DEPTH

Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist and sit straight in right 90 degree angle on a flat sturdy chair or a table. Now measure vertically from your natural waist to the chair (table) surface.

18 HALF GIRTH

The half girth measurement (dashed line) is following the crotch seam: tighten a ribbon at your natural waist. Measure vertically from you front natural waist, passing through crotch and ending at the back natural waist.

19 FULL GIRTH

​The full girth measurement (full line) is useful for jumpsuits and other garments alike. To measure, start at the front shoulder neck point, going down in slight angle through crotch and up at the back to meet at the shoulder neck point on the same side as you started.

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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