Jacket Measurement

• Measure around your neck at the height where your collar, if buttoned, would be.
• This measurement should be taken along the lower section of the neck, below your Adams Apple and above your Sternal Notch.
• The tape should be comfortably touching the skin, with enough room so that you do not feel restricted.

• Neck

• Measure from the end of the right shoulder to the end of the left shoulder.
• We define the “End of the Shoulder” as where the horizontal plane of the shoulder intersects the vertical plane of the arm (see illustration).
• Double Check measurement.

• Shoulder

• Measure from the end of the right/left shoulder to the “Pinch” is the right/left hand.
• The “Pinch” of the hand is found where the base of the thumb and the base of the index finger intersect (approximately 1 inch above the index finger knuckle).
• Double check this measurement.

• Sleeve

• Measure around the fullest part of the bicep with the arms by your side.
• You need only measure one side.

• Bicep

• Measure around the fullest part of the wrist.
• You need only measure one side.

• Wrist

• Measure around the chest and body at its fullest part (typically right under the armpits and shoulder blades, right across the nipples).
• Hold the tape against the body tight enough so that it does not slip down, but not so tight that it restricts breathing. It should be “snug”.
• Make sure the tape is horizontal and the person’s arms are by their side; then take a normal breath and measure.
• Do not puff out your chest.
• Double check this measurement.

• Chest

• Measure around the fullest part of the waist/stomach or right below your bottom ribs, whichever is greater.

• Waist

• Measure around the fullest part of your hips and buttocks.

• Hips

• Measure straight down the front from the base of the neck (right or left side) to the point level with your thumb knuckle.

• Jacket length

• With the person’s arms by their side, measure across the front of the chest.
• Start at the front of the right armpit, continue measuring across the nipples, and then stop at the front of the left armpit. Do not measure under the arms.
• This is the front part of the full chest measurement we took in step.

• Front chest width

• With the person’s arms by their side, measure across the front of the chest.
• With the person’s arms by their side, measure across the back.
• Start at the back of the right armpit, continue measuring across the back of the left armpit. Do not measure under the arms.
• This is the back part of the full chest measurement we took in step 2.

• Back width