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Guides to help take accurate body measurements.

post #1 of 9
11/7/11 at 8:36am
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I'm looking to buy a few new winter items online, and need to take measurements to ensure the clothes will fit well. Ideally I could go to a tailor and have proffessional and acurate measurements - but this isn't an option as the nearest tailor is hours away.

I'm hoping that someone on here will be able to send a link to a good guide, so I can show it to a family member, and get them to use it.

I have £2500 to spend - and don't want to blow that kind of money on items that don't even fit well. So thanks to anyone who replies.
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post #2 of 9
11/7/11 at 9:35am
My best advice is to measure items that fit you well, and compare them to the measurements of items you are thinking of purchasing. It can be a bit of a challenge going from body measurements, because the ideal garment measurements can vary depending on what it is. For instance, I have an actual chest of 39", but I prefer chest measurements for the following garments:
43" for button down shirts
40" for turtleneck sweaters
41-42" for other sweaters (to accommodate a shirt underneath)
44" for most outerwear

It's not the end of the world if you have to exchange items for a different size, or return them altogether because the cut just doesn't work for you.
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post #3 of 9
11/7/11 at 10:39am
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The only problem is I am changing up most clothes in my wardrobe as I'm not satisfied with my current fit - I might have to go in store to pick up a few items first then

I was hoping a tailor would have made a website showing the best way to measure each area required
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post #4 of 9
11/7/11 at 10:42am
A website? There have to be literally hundreds of sites on the internet with directions and videos on how to measure yourself.

You could have literally found ten of them in less time than it took you to create this thread.
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post #5 of 9
11/7/11 at 10:45am
lol going to spend $5000 on clothes but can't be bothered to travel to a tailor.
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post #6 of 9
11/7/11 at 10:59am
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Whodini - the fact theres so many is why I made this thread. I want the most accurate method - and I found a few measuring different areas - what do I need to measure?

Uncontrol - not "Can't be bothered" at all - I have tried. I don't drive myself and my mum/girlfriend aren't willing to drive me a long way just to get measured - they think it's a waste of petrol. Also I don't want to spend a day travelling on public transport on my own if I can get help online? I thought it was worth asking......
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post #7 of 9
11/7/11 at 11:33am
Traveling to a tailor is a waste of petrol, but you're going to spend £2500 on clothes? ffffuuuu.gif

At the risk of feeding the troll, there is little point to getting very accurate measurements of every part of your body if you aren't buying clothes from a shop that would be able to take those measurements themselves. Different brands or even different articles within a single brand will tend to run differently (e.g. "32 waist" is not an immutable constant like "1 kg") so you're going to have to make a rough guess and try things on anyway. And RTW men's clothes have at most two free parameters per article (e.g. waist and inseam), so if you are buying OTR it won't take you very long to narrow down to the best fit in a given item - it's not like you will trying on waist sizes in a range of +/- 3 inches.

This is not rocket science. So just pick a website at random, measure yourself the way it tells you to, and go try on some clothes.
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post #8 of 9
11/7/11 at 11:36am
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The "Waste of petrol" is what they said not me... but thank you for the reply. I will just use one of the websites I have been on then.
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post #9 of 9
11/7/11 at 6:31pm
pay for the petrol
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