Measurements
Gerneral Measurements
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Upper Bust
Measure around the upper breast, across your shoulder blades and under your armpits. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
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Bust
Measure around the fullest part of your bust. The tape should be straight and parallel with the floor. Please note that it's Not your bra size!
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Under Bust
Measure around your under bust, where your bra band would sit.Keep tape straight and parallel with the floor.
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Nipple to Nipple
Measure from nipple to nipple.
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Front Bust
Measure from one side under your armpit, go horizontally over your nipples to the other side under your armpit. i.e. left sideseam to the right sideseam of your undergarments at bust part. Keep tape parallel with floor.
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Waist
Measure around your natural waist which is the narrowest part of your torso, generally located between your rib cage and belly button. Keep tape horizontally and slightly loose to allow for breathing room.
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Shoulder to Nipple
Measure from the middle of your single shoulder to your nipple. Keep tape vertical to the floor.
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Shoulder to Waist
Measure from the middle of your single shoulder, go down over your nipple to the waist. Keep tape vertical to the floor.
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Bottoms
Measure around your bottoms at the fullest point. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
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Semi-Bottoms
Measure from one side of your bottom, go horizontally over the fullest point to the other side of your bottom. i.e. left sideseam to the right sideseam of your undergarment at bottoms part. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
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Waist to Floor
Stand straight with feet together. Measure with shoes of similar height to those you gonna wear under your dress. Draw tape vertically from your waist to the floor.
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Waist to Knee
Stand straight, pull tape vertically straight from waist to knee.
For Jackets & Dresses with High-neck/Illusion/Shoulders/Sleeves
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Neck
Measure around the end of your neck.
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Shoulder to Shoulder
Measure from the edge of your shoulder socket to the same point on the other shoulder. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
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Length of Back
Measure from the middle of your single shoulder to your waist on back. Keep tape vertical to the floor.
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Armhole
Draw tape from your shoulder to armpit, and back up behind your shoulder until it meets the starting end. Keep tape vertically straight along the back and front of your shoulder. Make sure that it also lies flat against your body.
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Biceps Girth
Let your hands and arms drop naturally to your side.Measure around the fullest part of your upper arm. Keep the tape taut, but do not let it dig into your skin.
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Over Arm Circumference
Let your arms drop naturally to your side. Draw tape around outer upper arms, across your upper bust and back until it meets the starting end. Keep tape vertically straight along the front and back.
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Sleeve Length
Let your hands and arms drop naturally to your side. Measure from your outer shoulder point, along your arms to where you want sleeves to end.
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Wrist Girth
Measure around your wrist.