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Height
Measure from the top of head to floor WITH your shoes on. Ideally your shoes are of the same height as your wedding shoes.
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Full Bust
Measure around the fullest part of your bust across nipple line. Ensure the tape does not drop at the back. Your arms should be relaxed, down at your sides. When measuring your bust, you are not measuring your bra size! Measure the fullest part of your chest OVER the bra cup. Try to wear the bra or undergarment you are intending to use with the dress for a more accurate measurement.
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Waist
Measure around narrowest part of your waist. Be sure not to suck in your stomach. Tie a ribbon or piece of string around the narrowest part of your waist, which will be used as reference point for some other measurements.
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Hips
Measure around the fullest part of hips, right across the hip bone. Measure yourself with your feet close together. Take note of how far down from the waist that you are measuring.
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Upper Bust
Measure above your breasts in the same manner as you measured across them. Ensure the tape does not drop at the back.
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Under Bust
Measure under your breasts in the same manner as you measured over them.
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Nipple to Nipple
Measure from nipple to nipple.
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Length of Shoulder to Bust
Measure from the top of your shoulder down to nipple.
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Front Length of Shoulder to Waist
From the top of your shoulder (same point as Shoulder to Bust) and OVER your bust straight down to the ribbon on your waist.
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Outer Leg
From waist to floor WITH your shoes on.
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Shoulder to Shoulder
From the edge of one shoulder, measure all the way over to the same point on the other shoulder along the back.
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Back Length
From back neck point to the waist line, measure it perpendicularly.
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Neck
Around neck loosely. This is needed ONLY for collar and/or high neck.
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Armseye
This measurement gives the size of the sleeve hole that you are comfortable with. This measurement is entirely subjective to you how tight you would like it to be. This is needed ONLY for dresses with armhole and/or sleeves.
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Bicep
Around the fullest part of upper arm. This is needed ONLY for dresses with sleeves.
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Arm Length
From the edge of shoulder (Armseye) to wrist. Your arms should be relaxed, down at your sides. This is needed ONLY for dresses with sleeves.
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Length of Armpit to Elbow
Measure from armpit to elbow. This is needed ONLY for dresses with sleeves.
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Upper Arm Length
Measure from the edge of shoulder down to elbow. This is needed ONLY for dresses with sleeves.
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