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How to measure your body for your custom tailored suits and jackets

As all our products are custom made specifically for you, we need you to provide us your body measurement precisely. Perfect measurement is the way to a perfect fitting bespoke suits.

Helpful tips for perfect measurement

  1. Take a loose measuring tape – it could be cloth or plastic but a tape which is flexible and not carpenter tape.
  2. Be careful to measure using the beginning of the tape and keep it firm.
  3. Wear fitted clothing for taking the measurements – such as tights, cycling shorts, leggings, jeggings.
  4. Measure your body accurately – do not make any additions or deductions to your body measurement while specifying here. The designer will make appropriate changes to the measurement to give the perfect fit.
  5. If you need to provide any specification with respect to your measurement (for example you want your actual pants bottom, or thighs or hips to be of a particular size only) provide it in additional instruction column.
  6. It will save you time if you note the measurements on a piece of paper first and then fill it all together. This is important as in case the details are lost while feeding on the site, you still till have them on paper.
  7. You will need the help of a a friend or relative to take your body measurement.
  8. Do not provide any measurement from any label size of any of your garment.
  9. Once you place the order we will check all your measurements and see if they are in proportion before making your custom suit/pants/jacket. We will contact you if we need to reconfirm the measurements.

Custom sizing & how to measure

Neck

Measure around your neck over your Adam's apple, following its natural curve. The tape should be comfortably touching the skin, with enough room so that you do not feel restricted


Torso length

Relax your arms. Measure from the top bone of your spine to the point where you want your jacket to end - mostly it is in line with your first thumb joint.

Chest

Measure around your chest beneath your armpits, and in line with your nipples. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around. Keep your arms relaxed at your sides.

Stomach

Wrap the tape measure around your stomach in line with your belly button. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around.

Shoulders

Identify the bones at the top edge of each shoulder. Measure from bone to bone, over the natural curve of your back.

Arm

Relax your arms. Measure the length in two steps. Start from the bone at the top edge of your shoulder and measure to your elbow. Hold the tape measure there and continue measuring to your wrist, just below your wrist bone.

Biceps

Relax your arms at your sides. Wrap the tape measure around your bicep in line with your nipples.

Wrist

Wrap the tape measure around your wrist, just below your wrist bone.

Waist

Measure around the circumference where you would wear your dress pants. Generally it is four fingers down the belly button. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around. Please note that your natural waistline may not match with this waistline. So based on your preference where you want to wear your pant - measure around the circumference. The same waist band will be required to measure the length and the crotch.

Leg Length

Locate your waist as stated above - where you want to wear your pants. Mark a point at one side and remove the tape measure. Measure your leg from that point straight down to the floor.

Crotch

Locate your waist as stated above - where you want to wear your pants. Mark the center front and center back points and remove the tape measure. Hold the metal tip of the tape measure at the front point. Measure from here to the opposite point on your back, keeping the tape measure centered and snug.

Hips

Start with your feet together. Wrap the tape measure around your hips at the widest point of your seat. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around.

Thigh

Wrap the tape measure around your thigh just below the crotch. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around.

Knee

Wrap the tape measure around your knee cap at the widest point. Ensure the tape measure is level all the way around.

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