How to take measurements

Taking your measurements by yourself is easy. Follow the instructions and fill out the form below! Taking your measurements by yourself is much easier than you think. In order to do it, simply follow our guidelines. You can decide how to proceed:

To take your measurements from your body you need a friend to help you. Please follow these simple guidelines.

This measurement is used to determine the lenght of your shirt. Take the measure using a tape measure parallel to your back, from the base of your neck to under your buttocks.

Measure your shoulders from bone to bone, at the top edge of each of them, following your natural curve (see the image).

Take the measurement starting from the bone on the top edge of your shoulder until just below your wrist bone. Be careful to keep your arm bent at 90 degrees.

Measure around your neck. Place your finger between the tape measure and your neck, so that the collar won’t be too tight.

Measure around your chest, beneath your armpits, in line with your nipples. Try not to leave any empty space between your chest and the tape measure: this kind of measurement must be as precise as possible. The wearability of your shirt depends on the model you choose (classic fit, slim fit, regular fit).

Wrap the measuring tape around your waist at widest point, inline with your belly button. Also in this case, please keep the measuring tape well leveled. The wearability will depend on the model you choose.

Measure your waist at the height of the hips. Leave one finger between the tape and the body in order to avoid the rear puff.

To measure the circumference of your biceps, make a full fist and make sure the measuring tape is well adherent to your bicep but keeping a finger between your bicep and the measuring tape.

Even in this case, make the measuring tape adhering to the forearm but consider one finger between the tape and your body.

Wrap the measuring tape around your wrist, just below your wrist bone. Be careful the measuring tape is leveled.

If you want to take your measurements from a shirt that you already have, just lay it on a flat surface and, using a measuring tape, take the measurements following the instructions below.

Measure the back lenght of your shirt starting from the center of the back of the neck down the back to the bottom hem of the shirt.

Close the bottons of your shirt and put it face down on a flat surface. Then, measure the lenght of the shoulders from one end to another.

Lay your shirt down and measure the sleeve lenght starting from the shoulder seam to the wrist hem.

Open and lay the shirt neck on the table. Measure the lenght between the button and the center of the buttonhole (see the image)

Button your shirt and measure the lenght from right to left edge, 2 or 3 cm under the armipits

Button your shirt and measure the lenght from left to right edge inline with the waist of the shirt (between the fourth and the fifth button).

Button your shirt and measure the lenght from the left to the right side of the bottom of the shirt, just under the last button

Measure the circumference of your biceps starting from around 4 or 5 cm under the armpit seam,by sliding the measuring tape perpendicular to the sleeve.

Even in this case, measure the forearm circumference by sliding the measuring tape perpendicular to the sleeve.

Stretch the shirt cuff and measure the space between the button and the center of the buttonhole (see the image)

If you have a shirt that fits perfectly on your body, send it to us. We will take the measurements directly from it to create the tailored shirt with the characteristics you will choose.

If you are not sure of the measurements you have taken, you can ask us for a test lap, that is a prototype of a shirt that you can try on before ordering the final made-to-measure shirt. With this precaution you will be 100% sure that you have a shirt with a perfect fit. The service costs € 25 including shipping.

We think that without human contact, a tailored shirt loses much of its value. We invite you to enter our shirt shop with a video call.