28 measurements. 15 minutes. No tailor required, just a soft tape measure and a friend for a few two-person points. Every number feeds directly into your personal pattern.
Locate the protrusion of the Iliac crest bones at the highest point of your pelvic girdle. Feel the sides of your body just above your hips. Tie a string horizontally and perfectly level around your waist at these two points. Measurements A, B and H all reference this string. Get this right and everything else follows.
Vertical distance from the top of the head to the soles of the feet. Stand straight, heels together, looking forward.
From the most protruding bone at the base of your neck (7th vertebra) down the spine to the waistline string.
From the highest point of the iliac crest bone straight down to the ankle bone, measured along the side of the body.
From the 7th vertebra down the back to the ankle bone, measured along the spine while standing upright.
Perpendicular distance from the lowest point of the trunk down to the ankle bone. Stand straight with weight evenly distributed.
From the collar at the front base of the neck, straight down the centre-front of the body. Keep the tape flat and follow the body line.
From the waistline straight down the outside of the leg to the ankle bone. Stand tall with weight evenly distributed.
From the belly button, down across the front and under the seat, up to the lower back. Sets the rise and seat room of the suit.
From the belly button, up and over the shoulder, and down to the lower back. The tape runs over the shoulder, not around the side.
Horizontally around the torso, over the shoulder blades and just under the armpits, at maximum chest extension during normal breathing.
Horizontally around the waist just above the highest point of the iliac crest, during normal breathing with a relaxed abdomen.
Horizontally around the hips at the most protruding part of the buttocks, or at the most protruding part of the hip bones if more pronounced.
Measured 2 cm below the Adam's apple in front and at the 7th cervical vertebra at the back. The tape is not horizontal.
Horizontally around the thigh at the point of maximum circumference, taken just below the trunk.
Maximum circumference around the knee, taken at the height of the centre of the patella.
Horizontally around the calf at the point of maximum circumference.
Maximum circumference of the ankle, measured approximately 3 cm above the malleolus.
Maximum distance along the back from the right humerus to the left humerus (most protruding shoulder bones), measured in a straight line, not following the curve of the body.
Horizontally along the chest from the attachment of the right arm to the left arm, following the body's curvature, arms relaxed.
Horizontally along the back above the shoulder blades, from the attachment of the right arm to the left arm, arms relaxed at sides.
Tape vertically around the shoulder, passing under the armpit and over the top of the most protruding shoulder bone.
From the most protruding point of the shoulder to the wrist at the end of the Ulna bone, measured with the arm relaxed at the side.
From the centre of the back (spine) to the end of the elbow, keeping the arm bent and raised at shoulder height.
From the end of the elbow to the wrist at the Ulna bone protrusion, keeping the arm bent and raised at shoulder height.
Circumference around the bicep in a full flex position. Measure at the point of maximum circumference.
Tape horizontally around the elbow and over the elbow bone with the arm relaxed at the side.
Around the forearm at maximum circumference while flexed, fist clenched and rotated 180° away from the head.
Maximum circumference of the wrist at the most exposed bone, the Ulna protrusion on the outer wrist.
Around the fullest part of the bust, tape kept level all the way round and not compressing.
Directly under the bust where a bra band sits, snug and level.
From the middle of the shoulder seam down to the fullest point of the bust.
From the waistline straight down to the fullest part of the hip.
Every number feeds straight into your personal pattern — the more precise you are, the better it fits.