Modern Tailor | Guide to the Perfect Trousers

Guide to the Perfect Trousers

FINISHED PANTS MEASUREMENT METHOD. Measure your fitting pants. ”RECOMMENDED”

WAIST	WAIST 1. Button up the slacks or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor. 3. Measure from one side of the waist to the other - from point “A” to point “B” as shown in the picture on the left.
HIPS	HIPS 1. Button up the pants or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table/floor. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. Measure the distance between the two hip points “C” & “D” as shown by image on the left.
THIGH	THIGH 1. Button up the slacks or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor. 3. Measure at the crotch seam line – from point “E” as shown on the left image to the outside of the leg, point “F”, parallel to the waist band.
OUTSEAM	OUTSEAM 1. Button up the slacks or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor with outseams at both edges. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. Measure the distance from the top of the waist band to the bottom of the hem - points “I” to “J”. This distance is the Outseam or the length of the trouser.
INSEAM	INSEAM 1. Button up the jean or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table/floor. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. Measure the inseam distance from Crotch, where the front and back seams meet, point “G” to the bottom of the leg, point “H”, at the length you wish to wear bearing in mind whether you wish to cover the boots or shoes. This distance between points G to H is the inseam measurement.
FRONT RISE	FRONT RISE 1. Button up the pants or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. Measure from the crotch seam - point “K” as shown in the left image (the point where the inseams meet) to the top of the waistband (point “L”).
BACK RISE	BACK RISE 1. Button up the pants or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. Measure from the crotch seam- point “K” in the image on the left (the point where the inseams meet) to the top of the waistband (point “M”).
KNEE	KNEE 1. Button up the pants or trouser you are measuring. 2. Lay the garment out flat on a table or floor. Take care to pull any wrinkles and fullness from the back panels. 3. The knee is positioned 13” down from the crotch seam. Measure the distance between points “N” and “O” as shown in the picture on the left.
LEG OPENING	LEG OPENING 1. Lay the slacks or pants flat on a table with outseams at both edges. 2. Measure from one side of the leg opening to the other side - from points “P” to “Q” as shown in the picture on the left.