The following steps will help you measure correctly:
List of measurements:
1. | Height without shoes | ||
2. | At the wider point at the middle of the front | ||
3. | Height of adam's apple | ||
4. | From the center of your forehead to the back of your neck, cervical area | ||
5. | Measure the distance between collar bones along the back | ||
6A. | Horizontally along widest area below armpits | ||
7. | Waist point | ||
8. | Widest hip point | ||
9. | From cervical area to tightest waist point | ||
10. | From cervical area to widest hip point | ||
11. | Holding arm straight against your side, along middle of biceps | ||
12. | With arm slightly bent, on elbow | ||
13. | With arm slightly bent, along widest area | ||
14. | Along tightest point of joint | ||
15. | Holding arm straight against your side, from humerus to wrist | ||
16. | With arm slightly bent, from elbow to wrist | ||
17. | Just above middle point of femur | ||
18. | Across kneecap to the folding point of knee | ||
19. | Widest point | ||
20. | Just above malleolus | ||
21. | From the back of the knee to malleolus | ||
22. | Along internal side of the leg, from groin to ankle (above malleolus) | ||
23. | Along external side of the leg, from the height of belly button to ankle (above malleolus) | ||
24. | From between lower lip and chin to sternum |
Additional measurements for women:
6B. | Horizontally along breast widest area | ||
6C. | Horizontally just under breast |
Furthermore: