How To Measure
 

For the person being measured:

  1. Person being measured should wear a swim suit. Women should wear the same type suit they wear when diving

  2. Stand straight, legs slightly apart

  3. Face straight ahead, keeping your eyes and head level. It is important that you not look down as it will create an error in some of the measurements. This is a common cause of measurements not being correct and cannot be over emphasized. Look straight ahead!

  4. NOTE:  If you wear your boots under your suit you must measure with your boots on!!!!!

For the person doing the measuring:

  1. Arm and leg measurements should be taken on dominant side.

  2. Please note that many of the measurements connect from one point to the next. You can leave one end of the measuring tape in place and advance to the next measurement.

  3. Measuring tape should be snug, neither loose nor tight.

  4. Please read how to take each measurement below.

  5. Contact us if you have any questions on a measurement or anything else.

  6. Take the time to actually mark the measuring points on the body. This can be done with a felt tip pin, masking tape, or chalk. One very important point to mark is the proper crotch point. This is done by having the person being measured hold a magazine between their legs where it fits comfortably in the crotch. Then place another magazine horizontally across the first magazine, holding it perfectly level. At the point where the second magazine intersects the upper leg, make a dot. This dot will designate the crotch point. It is extremely important that the person be standing straight while this point is being determined. 

  7. The rule of "measure twice, cut once" should be strictly followed.
 
THE FOLLOWING MEASUREMENTS ARE ALL 
CIRCUMFERENCE MEASUREMENTS.
 

1   Forehead, measure slightly above the eyebrows.




2 Forehead to nape of neck: place the tape measure at the point on the forehead, take the tape measure up over the head, then down the back of the head to the nape of the neck, where the neck joins the torso.
3 Neck: measure at the Adam's apple
4 Upper chest (at the armpits) with tape measure as high up in the armpits as it can go, measure the chest circumference at this point.
5   Chest: measure at the nipple line
6 Waist: measure at the navel (belly button).
7 Hips: measure at the base of the spine.
8 Thigh: measure high up on the leg in the groin area
9 Mid-thigh: measure half way between the thigh and the knee.
10 Knee: measure at the center of the knee cap
11 Below knee: measure right below the knee cap
12 Calf: measure the thickest part of the lower leg
13 Ankle: measure one finger width above the ankle bone.


ARM MEASUREMENTS (circumference)

All arm measurements should be taken with the arm extended at a 45 degree angle, with arm and fingers relaxed

14 Bicep: measure at the muscle part of the upper arm.
15 Elbow: measure at the knob of the elbow.
16 Forearm: measure at the thickest part of the lower arm.
17 Wrist: measure one finger width above the wrist bone
18 Torso circumference: With the tape measure at the top of the shoulder, let the tape measure fall down the front of the body. Pull the tape measure between the legs and up the backside to reconnect at the top of the shoulder. Do not have it too tight in the crotch.
 
 ARM MEASUREMENTS (these are linear, not circumference)
 
19 Measure the distance from one shoulder seam to the other shoulder seam.

20 Place tape measure at the spine at the base of the neck.  With the arm held out to the side at a 45 degree angle, measure from the mid back to the wrist.
21 Place the tape measure at the shoulder seam.  With the arm extended out to the side at a 45 degree angle, measure the distance to the wrist
22 Measure the distance from the elbow to the wrist.

LENGTH MEASUREMENTS
PERSON MUST BE STANDING STRAIGHT WITH EYES FORWARD.
REPEAT, LOOK DIRECTLY FORWARD. DO NOT LOOK DOWN!

This is where you connect the dots that you made earlier while measuring around the body.
 
23   Measure the distance from the top of the shoulder to the chest (nipple line)
24 Measure the distance from the top of the shoulder to the waist (dot).
25 Measure the distance from the top of the shoulder to the hip (dot).
26 Measure the distance from the top of the shoulder to the crotch (dot). Be sure to read instructions on how to determine where proper crotch point is.
27 Measure the distance from the top of the shoulder to the ankle (dot).

The following measurements are from the ankle to:
28 Measure the distance from the ankle to the calf (dot).
29 Measure the distance from the ankle to the center of the knee (dot).
30 Measure the distance from the ankle to the mid-thigh (dot).
31 Measure the distance from the ankle to the crotch (dot).
 
FOLLOWING MEASUREMENTS FOR WOMEN ONLY
 


32 Measure the above breast circumference at the point where your bra connects with the shoulder straps...slightly above the breasts.
33 Measure the circumference of the chest where the bottom of your bra is.
34 Measure the distance from one nipple to the other.
35 Tell us your Bra and cup size.