Standard Body Measurement for Ladies and Gents
Sanjana Malhotra
Merchandiser & Designer
Apna Wardrobe
Lucknow, India
Email: sanjridhi@gmail.com
Body Measurement:
An accurate body measurement is one of the important tasks for sewing. Perfect body measurement is the first condition before garment sewing. According to body standardization, measurements may be classified in two ways regular size and tall size. But this body size also varies for Gents and ladies body measurements. Now I am discussing this body measurement variation for both jeans and ladies.
Standard Body Measurement Tips:
Before body measurements, few posts of the body should be pointed out for accurate measurement. They are such as chest, waist, hips, inseam, thigh, upper arm, sleeve length, etc. Always use a fabric measuring tape, should not use a metal one, measuring tape is much more accurate then metal one. They’re given a few measurements tips as follows-
Standard Body Measurement of Male and Female
- The measurement of the neck, we should measure accurately from the centre of the buttonhole to the end of the button.
- Then the measurement of chest, we have to measure below from the arm hole measure around the fullest part of chest.
- After that the measurement of waist, we should measure that from 1″ below to the navel.
- At last the measurement of sleeve length, we have to measure that from shoulder end to the end of the sleeve.
Regular Body Measurement for Gents and Ladies:
We know that as previous discussion standard body measurements is classify as regular size and tall size. For body structure variation, regular body size is applied on Asian reason and tall body size is applied on Europe people.
Regular Body Size Measurement for Gents
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Points
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S
(Small)
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M (Medium)
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L
(Large)
|
XL
(X-large)
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Tolerance
|
|||||
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Neck(+1/2)
|
14″
|
14”
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15″
|
15”
|
16″
|
16”
|
17″
|
17”
|
±1
|
|
|
Chest(+1/2)
|
34″
|
36″
|
38″
|
40″
|
42″
|
44″
|
46″
|
48″
|
±4
|
|
|
Waist
(+1/2) |
28″
|
30″
|
32″
|
34″
|
36″
|
40″
|
38″
|
42″
|
±4
|
|
|
Sleeve(+1/2)
|
32”
|
33″
|
33”
|
34″
|
34”
|
35″
|
35”
|
36″
|
±1
|
|
Body measurements of Gents
Regular Body Size Measurement for Ladies
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Points
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S (Small)
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M (Medium)
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L (Large)
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XL(X-large)
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Tolerance
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||||
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Chest(+1/2)
|
32″
|
33″
|
34″
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35″
|
36″
|
37″
|
38″
|
39″
|
±2
|
|
Waist(+1/2)
|
24″
|
24″
|
25″
|
25″
|
26″
|
26″
|
27″
|
22″
|
±1
|
|
Hip (+1/2)
|
35″
|
35″
|
36″
|
36″
|
37″
|
37”
|
38″
|
38″
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±1
|
|
Sleeve(+1/2)
|
27″
|
27″
|
28″
|
28″
|
29″
|
29″
|
30″
|
30″
|
±1
|
Body Measurement of Ladies
Mohammad Noor Nabi, known by his author name Noor Ahmed Raaz, is a PhD Fellow at Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) and the Founder & Editor of Textile Merchandising. He is also an Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Textile Engineering Department at a renowned university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on textile innovation and sustainability. Awarded the Research & Development Fellowship twice from the Ministry of Science & Technology in Bangladesh, Noor Ahmed Raaz is dedicated to advancing textile engineering through education, research, and industry collaboration. For inquiries or collaborations, contact Noor Ahmed Raaz via email at textilemerchandising1@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +8801673758271.