Measurement Instructions

Head - Measure around fullest part of cranium.

Neck - Measure around throat (Ladies) or Adam's apple (Men).

Collar - Measure around the base of the neck.

Upper Bust - Measure around the torso just under the arm pit.

Chest / Bust - Measure around upper torso across nipples.
Relaxed and expanded (Men)

Under Bust - Measure around the torso just under the breast.

Chest Width - Measure from one side of the torso starting at
the side seam across the nipple line to the other side seam,
in the front of the body and the back of the body.

Bust Point to Bust Point - Measure nipple to nipple.

Shoulder to Bust Point - Measure from the middle of the
shoulder vertically to the nipple. (Ladies).

Bust Point to Waist - Measure from the nipple vertically to
the waist. (Ladies).

Bust Point to Top of Bodice - Measure the nipple up to your
chosen finished length of top of bodice.

Underarm to Waist - Measure the bottom of the armseye
to the side waist.

Waist - Measure around the center of the torso at the point
where the body bends naturally. Tie elastic around this point
to find your waist and leave in place for future measurements.

High Hip - Measure around the upper part of the hip.
(typically 1 inch under the hip bone) Make sure the measuring
tape stays parallel to the ground. Tie an elastic around this
point to take the Basque Depth Measurement.
      Women - Having a Basque that is too long could create
      and illusion that your legs are shorter than they are.
      You must visually place the elastic at an aesthetically
      pleasing point.

Basque Depth Measurement - Measure vertically between
the waist elastic and the high hip elastic Center front, side
and center back.

Low Hip - Measure around the largest part of the buttocks
(feet together).

Neck to Shoulder - Measure starting at the base of neck
to the outside edge of the shoulder bone.

Armseye - Measure the arm hole of your costume. This is
the circumference of the shoulder where the arm meets
the shoulder. This measurement should be taken with the
arm hanging down.

Shoulder to Elbow - Measure starting at the outside edge
of shoulder bone where you left off at the previous
measurement to the elbow (arm slightly bent).

Elbow to Wrist - Measure starting at the elbow to the
bottom of the wrist bone (arm slightly bent).

Bicep - Measure around the largest part of the upper arm flexed.

Elbow - Measure around a bent elbow.

Wrist - Measure around the wrist bone.

Shoulder to Shoulder - Measure across torso from the outside
of one shoulder bone to the other, front and back.

Neck to Waist - Measure from the base of the neck (front,
hollow where collar bones meet. back, most prominent bone at
base of neck). To center front and back waist.

Shoulder to Waist - Measure from the middle of the shoulder
vertically over the nipple to the waist. (men)

Girth - Measure from the middle of the shoulder taking the tape
down the front of the body, between the legs and meeting at
the same middle of the shoulder point in the back.

Half Girth - Measure from the center front at the waist taking
the tape through the legs and finishing at the center back waist.

Outseam - Measure waist to knee top, then knee top to ankle.

Inseam - Measure crotch to knee top, then knee top to ankle.

Thigh - Measure fullest part of thigh.

Knee - Measure around the middle of the knee.

Calf - Measure around the fullest part of the calf.

Ankle - Measure around the ankle bones.