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Measurements

How to take measurements

Even if you have no experience in tailoring or it’s your first time with a tape measure, by following these simple step-by-step instructions, you will be able to take the necessary tailoring measurements and save them. What do you need? A helping hand and a tape measure; we’ll take care of the rest.

Before you start

Some advice

This short guide and our video tutorial will explain how to take male body measurements in just 10-15 minutes, avoiding any mistakes.

  1. Before you start taking measurements, put on a light shirt or T-shirt and make sure to empty your trouser pockets;
  2. When measuring circumferences, it is important to keep the tape measure aligned horizontally, without it tilting or shifting. Make sure the tape measure fits snugly against your body without being too tight;
  3. Be careful to use the tape measure correctly, starting from the right end, a mistake that can happen more often than you think;
  4. Enter your exact measurements in your profile, without adding or subtracting centimetres. If you want a more or less tight fit, it will be our job to adapt the garment to your preferences;
  5. Except for Back Length, avoid using measurements from other garments that already fit you well. Use only the measurements that are relative to your body;
  6. Since the human body is not perfectly symmetrical, in some cases you will be asked to measure both limbs. This will ensure a more accurate and tailored fit.

Let’s start here

In 9 simple steps

Here is the complete list of the 9 basic measurements and indications that our tailors need. We invite you to read all the instructions carefully and, once ready, you can access the video tutorial via the button at the bottom of the page.

At the end of the video, you will have the opportunity to save your anatomical measurements, allowing us to begin making your new custom suit or shirt.

1. Chest

Pass the tape under your armpits and around the fullest part of your chest, across the shoulder blades at the back. Keep it level all the way round. Let your arms rest at your sides and breathe normally. Don’t expand your chest.

2. Neck

Wrap the tape around your neck just below the Adam’s apple, where a shirt collar would sit, with one finger beneath the tape for comfort. Keep your head level and relaxed, without raising or lowering your chin.

3. Shoulders

Measure across your back from the outer edge of one shoulder, roughly where a jacket’s sleeve seam sits, to the outer edge of the other. Let the tape follow the natural curve of your back, passing just below the prominent bone at the base of your neck.

4. Arms

With your arms relaxed at your sides, start at the outer edge of the shoulder, the same point used above, and measure down to the elbow. Hold the tape there and continue down the outside of the arm to the wrist bone. Record the total length.

5. Bicep

Hold your arm slightly away from your body, relaxed rather than flexed, and measure around the fullest part of the upper arm. Measure both arms and give the larger figure.

6. Stomach

Stand relaxed and breathe normally, without holding your breath or drawing in your stomach. Measure around your middle at the level of your belly button, keeping the tape level.

7. Waist

Measure around your waist about four fingers’ width below your belly button, where you would normally wear your trousers. Keep the tape level and make sure your belt or waistband isn’t adding to the measurement.

8. Hips

Measure around your pelvis at belt level, just above the waistband of your trousers and across the top of your hip bones. Keep the tape level all the way round, snug but not tight, and breathe normally.

9. Thigh Circumference

Measure around the top of each thigh, just below the crotch, keeping the tape level. Give the larger of the two figures.