Put on the right undergarments and a thin layer of clothing. Common areas include waist hips chest thighs and arms. Use the tape to circle. When taking body measurements you need to. Put your thumb on the opposite shoulder and stretch out your pinkie to find the center of your upper arm thats where you want to wrap the measuring tape. Tailoring or making clothing.
Wear shoes with the correct heel height for hemline or inseam measurements. Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap. Find or buy a non elastic tape measure which will conform best to your body and provide the most accurate measurements. While you can take measurements against bare skin you. To measure your waist dont measure where your pants finish this is not your natural waist. Measure the circumference of your chest.
If you want to take a full body measurement to track your progress do the above from the quick measure as well as the following. B waist measure the waist where the body bends. To calculate the length of your inseam measure the distance from the very top of the inside of your thigh at the well you know to the bottom of your anklebone. Use the correct type of tape measure. This is especially important when taking. Using a tape measure.
It helps to bend side to side to identify exactly where to measure. How to take body measurements method 1 of 4. Take the measurements listed above. Then get ready for your suns out guns out instagram post. How to take your own body measurements. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below.
Measure the circumference of your waist. Preparing to take your measurements 1. Measure all around the body total circumference. To take your body tape measurements you will need a flexible tape measure that you can wrap around your body parts or if you want to go old school you can wrap a string and then measure it against a straight rule. You can find flexible tape measures tapes at tailor shops clothes shops and sporting goods stores. You can put an elastic band around the waist to mark the correct placement.
Bust measure all the way around your bust and back midway measure between the widest part of your hips and waist knees measure just above the knee around the leg. How to measure your chest. To measure your neck pull the tape around the middle coming from the back to the front. You will need many of the measurements. A bust measure the bust at the fullest part. First decide which areas of your body you plan to measure regularly.
Follow this body measurement chart 1.