Decoding clothing sizes





Nowadays, the market for goods is full of great diversity and abundance. With all this, the problem of choosing the right things remains relevant, since in different countries the decoding of clothing sizes occurs in different ways. But even with such a seemingly difficult task, regardless of the country of manufacture, the indicators of taking measurements from the circumference of the chest, waist, hips and measuring growth are unchanged. Therefore, the problem of choosing and matching your forms is easily solved - you just need to know the size designations of clothes and compare them for yourself. How to do this correctly, you will learn from this article.

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How to take measurements?

In order to take measurements correctly, you will need to do the following:

1. Take a tape measure.
2. Pull it so that it does not sag.
3. Grasp and measure the part of the body that you want to measure, while not pulling the skin with a device.

Important! Take measurements while in thin clothes or underwear, standing level, with your hands down and your shoulders straight.

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Chest circumference

Hold the centimeter tape horizontally and grasp the body circumference along the most prominent points of the chest, on the back - slightly higher, on the side - under the muscle hollows.

Important! After taking your own body parameters, refer to the clothing size chart and find your own. So you will find out what size of the imported dress or blouse you need.

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Waist circumference

It is measured horizontally around the circumference of the waist, while not pulling the sides.

Important! Remember, the waist is not at all where many girls are used to designating it. The true position of the waist is not in the navel area - but a few centimeters above it. If you correctly measure your own waistline without exaggerating or underestimating your parameters, without dragging heavily extra pounds on your stomach, the purchased item will fit you well.

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Hip girth

Wrap a tape measure around the hips around the most protruding points of the buttocks. Be sure to consider the protrusions of the abdomen.

Important! Close attention to the parameters of the hips should be given to the owners of magnificent forms. Those whom nature has endowed with more modest dimensions, you can not go into too much detail, especially when it comes to choosing a free cut dress. The designation of clothing sizes according to this parameter will remain important only when buying trousers or pencil-type skirts.

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Lateral trouser length

To remove the lateral length of the trousers, take a measuring tape and attach it to the outer part of the thigh, starting from the bone and stretching to the foot.

Important! Ask someone to help you in this matter, since when tilting you are unlikely to be able to correctly mark the lower border. Another option is to take a couple of centimeters of margin in length, since removing them will not be a problem even manually by yourself, but adding material to too short trousers will no longer work.

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The length of the sleeve

In order to correctly measure the length of the sleeve, bend the arm slightly at the elbow, then attach a measuring tape to the center of the neck and stretch it through the arm and elbow to the wrist.

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Shoulder width

The width of the shoulders is correctly measured by pulling a centimeter tape from the beginning of one shoulder to the other.

Important! It is also better to involve assistants in this procedure to obtain the correct data.

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Neck circumference

To take this measurement, take a centimeter and measure the circumference of the neck with it.

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Helpful hints:

Taking measurements round off their values ​​in a big way, since a slightly loose thing looks much more beautiful than the one that fetters you and unnecessarily tightens your figure.

Remember that the right size makes your figure more elegant.

If you buy clothing in a store, carefully study its label. It can indicate not only how to properly care for her, but also the international size, height, waist circumference, hips, breasts. Height should match yours in the range of +/- 3 cm.

Important! Interpretation of international clothing sizes:

• XS is very small.
• S is small.
• M - medium.
• L - large.
• XL - extra large.
• XXL - very, very large. (Extra-extra large).

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We hope that our article has benefited you and now you know the size designation of clothes, which means that without much effort you will choose the thing that suits you and will not be disappointed with the attractive price of the product.