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HOW TO TAKE BODY MEASUREMENTS for Word (DOCX, ~ 13 Kb)

Keep in mind -  
1. The person should be wearing her normal undergarments only, no jeans, blouses, flattening sports bras, etc. Padded bras are okay, if that is what you would normally wear with the style you are measuring for. 
2. Lay the tape measure flat against the skin; don't pull it tight, nor let it droop. 
3. To find the true base of the neck, have the person tilt her head forward so that knobby bone at the base of the neck (the cervical) is obvious. That point is the back of the neck . Have her straighten up her head again when you take measurements from there. Remember: cervical = base of neck. 
4. To find the waist, tie a string around the general waist area. Have her raise or loosen and lower the string to where you feel is your waist. Larger women may dip the waist string in the front; this is perfectly fine. Keep the string on while you take the measurements. 

A – chest
B - waist
B1 - hips
B2 – 10cm below waist line
C – front width between folds of armscye
C1 – chest width, armscyes to breast tips
C2 – back width, horizontally from one fold of armscye to the other
A1 – above chest
A2 – below chest
D – length of the front to the waist, from the bottom of the neck through the breast tip to the waist
D1 – length of the front tot the waist, from the neck bottom middle through the centre to the waist
D2 – back length, from the cervical(back of the neck) down to the waist along the spine
D3 – side length, from armscye to the waist
A3 – chest height
A4 – chest centre
C3 – shoulder width, from neck bottom to the shoulder end. Please mention your shoulder type – normal, straight, sloping
F - arm length, from the shoulder tip down over the elbow to the wrist, arm slightly bent 
F1 – inside arm length – from fold of armscye to the wrist of the stretched arm
F2 – shoulder diameter
F3 - bicep, around top of arm with arm down by side  .
F4 - wrist
F5 – palm length from the wrist to where the fingers start
B3 – neck bottom
B4 – neck middle/neck height
D4 - crotch depth, taken at the side, from the waist to the flat surface she is sitting on. To be taken while sitting on hard surface
D5 – crotch length, from the front waist through the legs to the back waist 
B5 - high hip, about 3-4 inches below waist at about the "gut" level 
B6 – leg hip, taken if the hips are big.
D6 – step length
D7 – length to the knee  
D8 – length to the ankle
D9 - waist to desired hem length 
D10 - Girth (total trunk length), from shoulder down front, passing between the legs, and up the back to the beginning point 
D11 – from the cervical to the neck base/bottom
D12 – desired length in the front, from shoulder throught the breast tip through the waist to the desired length
D13 - cervical length of garment, from the cervical down the back to the desired hem length. Person should wear the shoes she will be wearing with the garment.