Measuring for men's garments

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Measuring for men's garments
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children]
[Women's standard measurements] [Men's standard measurements]
Make the subject stand straight but relaxed when he is being measured. Best
measuring result is reached if the measurements are taken on underwear.
Set 3 cm wide elastic bands around the subject's waist and hip. Search the
correct places of these elastic bands carefully. Keep these elastic bands on their
places during the whole measuring process.
Except for pants' and sleeve cuff circumference and jacket length, all
measurements are body measurements. DO NOT ADD ANY EASE to the
measurements, the program does it for you. DO NOT TIGHTEN MEASURING
TAPE.
Print the measurement chart for men

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SHIRT, JACKET AND VEST
Body height
From head to toe
Neck
circumference
Around base of neck
Chest
circumference
Under armpits around chest at widest point
Chest width
Width of chest at widest point from sleeve seam to
sleeve seam. Hold your arms relaxed at your sides.
Measure at the points where the arms touch the
body.
Waist
circumference
At the level where waist circumference is
maximum.
Hip
circumference
At the level where hip circumference is maximum
Back length
From bottom of back neck to back waist center.
For the bottom of the neck, use the fifth vertebra
(the one that makes a bump at the base of the
neck).
Back width
Width across shoulder blades from sleeve seam to
sleeve seam. Measure at widest point of back. Hold
your arms relaxed at your sides. Measure at the
points where the arms touch the body.
Sleeve length
From shoulder tip to wrist. Shoulder tip is where
you can feel a gap between the shoulder and arm
bones. Hold your arm horizontal, if necessary, to
find the point.
Cuff
circumference
Desired circumference of the garment

Jacket length
from waist
Desired length of the jacket measured from waist
PANTS
Waist
circumference
Waist can be measured at different level for pants
and for jacket. Some men want to wear pants
below abdomen at front.
Hip
circumference
At the level where hip circumference is maximum
Knee
circumference
Measure around knee when it is slightly bent
Pants' outside
length
From bottom edge of waist elastic to where you
want the cuff to be, side.
Pants' inside
length
From cuff to crotch. Measure from a pair of old,
well-fitting pants.
Cuff
Circumference
for pants
Desired circumference of cuff. This is the actual
circumference of the pants leg and not the ankle
measurement.