Tuong Tailor Guideline
Some of the measurements might request you to stay straight or stand still. Therefore, for the best measurements, please ask a friend or family member to measure your body. If it’s a kid measurement, parent might help their children for the best result. Tuong Tailor provides different guideline for male and female design depending on your choice. Please find our guideline below.
Men Style Measurements
Men Above Chest
Wrap the tape measure around your chest just under your arms, above the fullest part of your chest. Measure from the side (seam) across your chest to the other side (seam).
Men Armholes
Run the tape measure under the armpit. Let your arm hang naturally in a slight bend. Bring both tape ends up to meet at the top of the shoulder to measure armhole circumference.
Men Armholes Spacing / Back Width
Run the tape across the back at the widest section of the back, measure from armhole to armhole. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Belly/Abdominal Circumference
Wrap the tape around your waist, start and end at the front of your abdomen, right above your belly button. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Biceps
Run the tape measure around the fullest part of your upper arm.
Men Calf Circumference
Wrap the tape measure around the fullest part of your Calf. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Chest Circumference
Wrap the tape measure around your chest at the fullest part. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Crotch
Measure down from the center front of your waist going through your legs back up to the back until you meet the string at your waist.
Men Hand Wrists
Run the tape measure around your wrist, where your arm joins your hand.
Men Hip Circumference
Run the tape measure around your bum at the fullest part. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Neck
Wrap the tape measure around your neck where your shirt collar would sit.
Men Shirt Length
Run tape at from your High Point Shoulder (HPS) and measure straight down to the point where you would want the shirt to end.
Men Shoulder
Find the edge of your shoulder where on a good fitting shirt the shoulder seam would sit. Then, measure from there across your back to the same point at the other side.
Men Sleeve Length
Place your tape measure at your shoulder point. Let your arm hang naturally in a slight bend, and measure along your slightly bent arm up to your wrist.
Men Thigh Circumference
Wrap the tape around your leg, near the top of your leg. You should measure this a bit below your crotch.Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Trouser/Pant Length
Make sure you have the slack on your waist where you would normally wear. Stand straight. Run the tape from the top of pant line to the top of where the shoe meets the foot from the outside just below the ankle or to the point where you want the pant to end.
Men Trouser/Pant Waist
Wrap the tape around the your waist at the top of the hipbone level. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Men Waist
Wrap the tape measure around the narrowest part of your waist. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Style Measurements
Women Above Bust
Wrap the tape measure around your chest just under your arms, above the fullest part of your bust. Measure from the side (seam) across your breasts to the other side (seam). You might not be able to keep it horizontal (parallel to the floor), but that's ok.
Women Above Hip Circumference
Wrap the tape measure around your body at the fullest part of your hip bone. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Ao Dai's / Full Sleeve Length
Run the tape from the backbone at the nape or your neck to the top of the shoulder (following a seam line, if one were to be there), down to the arm to just below the wrist bone.
Women Armholes
Run the tape measure under the armpit. Let your arm hang naturally in a slight bend. Bring both tape ends up to meet at the top of the shoulder to measure armhole circumference.
Women Armholes Spacing / Back Width
Run the tape across the back at the widest section of the back, measure from armhole to armhole. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Back-neck Depth
Run the tape from the top of the shoulder at the neck point and cross diagonally (make a half V) to the center of your back and choose how much depth you would like your shirt back-neck to end.
Women Belly/Abdominal Circumference
Wrap the tape around your leg, near the top of your leg. You should measure this a bit below your crotch.Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Biceps
Run the tape measure around the fullest part of your upper arm.
Women Bust Circumference
Wrap the tape measure around your bust at the fullest part. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Bust Span
Run the tape measure horizontally in a straight line from the tip of your one breast to the tip of the other.
Women Calf Circumference
Wrap the tape measure around the fullest part of your Calf. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Crotch
Measure down from the center front of your waist going through your legs back up to the back until you meet the string at your waist.
Women Front-neck Depth
Run the tap from the top of the shoulder at the neck point and cross diagonally to the center of your chest to the point where you want your blouse neck opening to end.
Women Hand Wrists
Run the tape measure around your wrist, where your arm joins your hand.
Women Hip Circumference
Run the tape measure around your bum at the fullest part. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Neck
Wrap the tape measure around your neck where your shirt collar would sit.
Women Shirt Length
Run tape at from your High Point Shoulder (HPS) and measure straight down to the point where you would want the shirt to end.
Women Shoulder
Find the edge of your shoulder where on a good fitting shirt the shoulder seam would sit. Then, measure from there across your back to the same point at the other side.
Women Shoulder-to-bust
Run the tape from your High Point Shoulder (HPS) down to the line that forms your bust span.
Women Shoulder-to-waist
Run the tape from your High Point Shoulder (HPS) down to your waist line across the front of your body.
Women Sleeve Length
Place your tape measure at your shoulder point. Let your arm hang naturally in a slight bend, and measure along your slightly bent arm up to your wrist.
Women Thigh Circumference
Wrap the tape around your leg, near the top of your leg. You should measure this a bit below your crotch.Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Trouser/Pant Length
Make sure you have the slack on your waist where you would normally wear. Stand straight. Run the tape from the top of pant line to the top of where the shoe meets the foot from the outside just below the ankle or to the point where you want the pant to end.
Women Trouser/Pant Waist
Wrap the tape around the your waist at the top of the hip bone level. Make sure to keep the tape measure horizontal (parallel to the floor).
Women Waist
Wrap the tape measure around the narrowest part of your waist, making sure to keep it horizontal (parallel to the floor).