| Measuring Yourself for a Perfect Fitting Suit | ModernTailor | ||||
| This guide will help you get the your proper measurements for a best fitting suit to be made by Moderntailor. Please read on. 1. CHEST  1. Button the jacket and lay it flat on a clean table or surface. Measure from one side of the jacket seam, just below the armpit, to the other edge of the jacket. 2. WAIST 1. Button the jacket and lay it flat on a clean table or surface. 2. Depending on the design of the suit, the waist level is usually at the middle section from the armpit down to the hip edge. On a 3-button suit, this is just below the second button and above the pocket. Measure from the outer edge, seam to seam.  3. HIPS 1. Button the jacket and lay it flat on a clean table or surface. 2. Measure the bottom of the jacket from one edge to the other.  4. JACKET SLEEVE 1. Spread the jacket sleeve on its side. Make sure the sleeve is spread carefully. 2. Start the measurement from the “T” where the seam on the shoulders meet seam down to the edge of the sleeve.  5. SHOULDER 1. Button the jacket, turn it back and lay the jacket flat on a table or clean surface. 2. Measure the distance between the sleeves, from one edge of the shoulder seam to the other, across the back at the widest point.  6. JACKET LENGTH 1. Button the jacket, turn it back and lay the jacket flat on a table or clean surface. 2. Measure from the bottom of the collar down to the bottom edge of the suit.  7. ARMHOLE 1. Button the jacket and lay it flat on a clean table or surface. 2. Place the measuring tape at the top of the armhole seam and follow it along its edge to the point where the armhole meets the sleeve seam. (Note: this is a curved measurement, so please measure carefully.)  8. BICEP / SLEEVE WIDTH 1. Button the jacket and lay it flat on a clean table or surface. Carefully spread the sleeve. 2. Measure from one edge of the sleeve to the other side just below the armhole seam.   |
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