Women Measurement Guide

1. Neck Circumference
 Measure round your neck in inches. Let the tape measure rest on your
clavicle.

2. Cross Shoulder
 The horizontal width measurement from shoulder point to shoulder point.
Take measurement at back shoulder.

3. Bust Circumference
 Place tape measure round your chest at the fullest expanse of the bust.

4. Sleeve Length
 Measure from the top of your shoulder to your wrist.

5. Bicep
 Place tape measure round your widest muscle of arm.

6. Armhole
 Lift the arm a little and bend the elbow slightly - measure around the
armhole loosely so that it will not bind when the arm is lifted up and down.

7. Head Circumference
 Place tape measure round the head. This measurement is required for high
necks or stand collars.

8. Shirt Length

 Measure from shoulder to over bust and down to as long as you want.
Usually down to bellybutton or slightly above the knee cap recommended for
Shalwar Kameez and Trouser Suits.

9. Neck to Bust Point

 Place tape measure to the point where neck is starting to the bust point.
10. Bust Point to Bust Point

 Place tape measure from bust point to bust point

11. Shirt Waist

 Place tape measure round the natural waistline.

12. Central back neck

 Place tape measure to centre of the back neck to the point you require the
depth.

13. Trouser Waist Circumference

 Place tape measure round the trouser waistline.

14. Hip Circumference

 The circumference along the horizontal line at the widest point of the hip
across the fullest part of the buttocks and over the end of the thigh bone.

15. Crotch

 Trouser waist to joint of the leg. You can also take crotch depth by sitting
down on a flat hard chair. Take the measurement on the side from the waist
to the chair.

16. Thigh Circumference

 Take thigh circumference round the widest part of the leg. High up on the
leg, just below the crotch.

17. Knee Circumference

 Measure around the knee little loosely.

18. Calf Circumference

 Measure the girth around the largest part of the calf.

19. Trouser Length

 Measure as outer length of trouser including waistband. This is the length

from top of where you wear your trouser at the waist down till where the
trouser hem skims your feet.

20. Trouser Inseam

 Take inseam measurement from the crotch, where two legs join, to bottom
of the leg.

21. Trouser Waist to Knee

 Place tape measure to the trouser waist until knee cap. This measurement is
usually required for ghararas, fishtail and mermaid cuts.

22. Trouser Cuffs

 The round area on the bottoms of trouser legs.

23. Ankle

 Stand with your legs apart; do not sit. The ankle needs to be flexed to
record an accurate measurement. When sitting, it is not flexed, and the
measurement may be incorrect.
 Wrap the tape measure horizontally around the narrowest part of the ankle.
The tape measure should be snug but not too tight or too loose.
 Move the tape measure up and down the ankle to ensure you have the
smallest part of the ankle for the best measurement. Record the
measurement.
 Repeat the steps a second time to double-check the measurements.