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Chest
Measure around your chest up underneath your armpits and across its maximum
point. Measure yourself in a shirt and make sure the tape goes up over your
shoulder blades at the back. Measure to the nearest inch.
S 34-36 M 38-40 L 42-44 |
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Jacket Waist
The jacket waist is measured an inch or two higher up than for your trouser
waist, around the height of your belly button. Large gentlemen should measure
their jacket waist at the widest point, and slim gentlemen at their narrowest.
Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch.
S 30-32 M 33-35 L 36-38 |
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Jacket Length
Measure the length of your jacket from your nape of neck down to the length
desired. Measure straight down the centre back seam. The proper length should
be enough to just completely cover your buttocks. Measure to the nearest
1/2 inch.
S 25-27 M 28-30 L 31-33 |
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Sleeve Length
Measure the length of you jacket sleeve. Measure up from the centre of the
cuff up and over to the junction of the arm seam with the shoulder seam. Measure
to the nearest 1/4 inch.
S 22-23 M 24-25 L 26-27 |
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Half Back
Measure across the back of your suit jacket between the 2 junctions of the
sleeve and armholes. The half back measurement is taken to the nearest 1/8 of
an inch, so the full back should be measured to the nearest 1/4 inch. Measure
to the whole back to the nearest 1/4 inch and divide by 2.
S 12-14 M 15-17 L 18-20 |
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Pants Waist
Measure around your waistline just above the waistband of your trousers,
making sure the tape does not ride over it. Measure to a tightness you would
feel comfortable wearing. Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch.
S 30-32 M 33-35 L 36-38 |
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Seat
Measure around your hips and buttocks at their widest point. Make sure you
don't have anything in your pockets, otherwise you may get a measure which is
too large. Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch.
S 34-36 M 37-39 L 40-42 |
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Inside Leg
Measure the inside leg from your physical crotch down to the bottom of the
trouser leg. Make sure you measure down to the same point as for the outside
leg. Or, if you have a pair of trousers you know are the correct length for
you then measure up along the inside leg seam all the way to the crotch. Measure
down to the nearest 1/4 inch.
S 25-27 M 28-30 L 31-33 |
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Thigh
Measure around your thigh at the widest point possible, which should be a
couple of inches below the crutch. Make sure you don't have anything large in
your pockets which might effect the measure. Measure to the nearest 1/4
inch.
S 18-20 M 21-23 L 24-26 |
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Pants Bottoms
Measure around your trouser bottoms of a trouser you like the cut of. The
simplest way is to measure across the width of the bottom when pulled flat and
then double the measurement. Measure to the nearest 1/2 inch.
S 14-16 M 17-19 L 20-22 |
