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Ask a friend to help you.
Wear your normal underwear and/or very tight-fitting clothes.
You will need a tape measure and 2 pieces of string or elastic band.
Stand up straight, relax and remember to breathe!
To start, place an elastic or a piece of string to mark the level of your waist, at the narrowest point of your waist. This is usually higher than the waistband of your jeans or pants.
Wear your normal bra for this measure. Measure the circumference of your bust at the widest part, with arms relaxed by your side. Make sure the tape measure is parallel to the floor while you are measuring. Measure over the bust points, under your armpits and across the shoulder blades.
Wear your normal bra for this measure. Measure the distance between the two bustpoints, from center of the left breast to center of the right breast (usually this is from nipple to nipple- but not necessarily for all women). The bustpoints are at the tip (or apex) of each breast. Mark the level of the bustpoints with a piece of string or elastic band, you will need it for the next step.
Measure at the narrowest point of your waist all the way around your torso, where you have put the elastic band or string in step 1. Keep the tape measure straight and parallel to the floor while you are measuring.
Stand with your heels together. Measure around your body, at the level of the hip bone. Make sure to keep the tape measure straight and parallel to the floor while measuring. Mark this level using a piece of string or elastic band, as you will need it in the next step.
Measure down from the waist level, marked in step 1, until the level of the high hip marked in the previous step.
Stand with your heels together. Measure around your body, at the widest part of your hips and buttocks. Make sure to keep the tape measure straight and parallel to the floor while measuring. Mark this level using a piece of string or elastic band, as you will need it in the next step.
Stand up straight. Measure down from the waist level, marked in step1, until the level of the low hip marked in the previous step. Ask your friend to help with this measurement.
Start from your side neck point, where your neck meets your shoulder, and measure down along the front of your body to the tip of your bust.
Start from your side neck point, where your neck meets your shoulder, and measure sideways along the shoulder to the tip of your shoulder
Place a ruler under your armpit. Measure from the tip of your shoulder vertically down until you reach the ruler, along the front of your shoulder. Ask your friend to help with this measurement.
Use both hands to measure the distance from your left shoulder tip to your right shoulder tip, along the front of your body.
Measure the distance from the left shoulder tip to the right shoulder tip, following the back of your body. Ask your friend to help with this measurement.
Bend your head forwards. The nape of your neck is where the prominent bone sticks out slightly. Ask your friend to put her finger on it and then look straight again. Then ask your friend to measure the distance from the nape, vertically down to your waist level, marked in step 1.
Stand up straight. Measure down from the waist level, marked in step 1, until the level of the center of your knee caps. Ask your friend to help with this measurement.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Place your hand on your waist to form a 90° angle with your elbow. Measure the distance from the tip of your shoulder, over the elbow, down to your wrist bone.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Measure the distance from the tip of your shoulder to your elbow.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Measure the distance from your armpit to your elbow.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Keep your arm close to the body. Measure the circumference of your upper arm, at the widest part. This is usually around the level of the armpit.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Measure the circumference of your elbow, around the tip of the elbow bone, while keeping your elbow slightly bent.
Ask your friend to help with this measurement. Measure the circumference of your wrist, at the level of the outer wrist bone.
Make sure your hair is tied up and your shoulders are free. Stand up straight, look straight and ask your friend to take a picture of your neck and shoulders, while holding the camera at your shoulder level.
