How to take measurements correctly? Tips for future tailors

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

To take your measurements, you will need a tape measure. During measurements, you need to stand in a natural position. Those. if you usually slouch, you should not straighten up too much and pull in your stomach, otherwise the measurements will be incorrect, the clothes will not fit better, or you will make a mistake in determining your sizes.

Before you take measurements, you need to choose well-fitting and comfortable underwear. It used to be recommended to wear tailored clothes with exactly the underwear that you wore during measurements. Now there are different standards in tailoring, and the fabrics have become more elastic, so it is enough that the bra and panties do not add extra centimeters to your natural volumes. Or they didn't remove them.

It's best to have someone measure you. It is quite difficult to determine, for example, the length of the back. Therefore, call an assistant and explain to him how to take measurements where you cannot.

When you build a pattern, all the necessary numbers are indicated in the description for it. Therefore, we will not dwell for a long time on what measurements are in general. There are a lot of them. For some things, you may need very specific measurements. Ourthe task is to explain how to take measurements correctly, and this just has general principles.

Circumference measurements

The tape should not be stretched, on the contrary, it should lie slightly loose. When you encircle a circle with a centimeter, put two fingers under it. It is convenient to do this in the place where you combine the beginning with the desired mark.

The circumference (girth) of the waist, chest, hips should be checked for horizontality, especially if you have a large size. To do this, the measurement area is first encircled with a cord, and the measuring tape is lowered from the cord line to the floor on the side, from the back, in front. If the numbers match, the belt was correct, you can continue to take measurements.

Often the question arises of exactly where to apply the centimeter. The girth of the neck is always determined by the level of the seventh, the most protruding, vertebra. Other girths are either at the widest or narrowest point on the body (unless your figure is too disproportionate due to excess weight).

Since it is usually possible to take measurements of clothes only by the girth of the chest, waist, hips, it is easy to do it yourself. Then take a look at the special tables. Women's sizes in the system adopted in our country are calculated as half the circumference of the chest, i.e. for size 46, exhaust gas=90-92 cm, for size 48 - 94-96, etc.

Vertical measurements

This is where you most often need to ask for help. But if there was no one nearby, use a full-length mirror. Back length is measuredalso from the 7th cervical vertebra. To correctly measure the length of the sleeve, you need to slightly bend your arm. All pants measurements are taken from the side.

Correct sequence

Results may vary depending on how measurements are taken. Therefore, the order is very important. Start by defining the waist line. Then measure the length of the back, shoulder and width of the back. Then they switch to the arm, measuring the length of the sleeve and the girth of the shoulder, forearm, and wrist. They finish with measurements along the front, specifying the waist circumference and finding out the circumferences of the hips, chest, neck.