How are Garment Sizes Measured?
Size chart in garments industry is the form with the measurements which is written the measure placement on garments, normally using for bulk operation and more than one size.
When we talking about the size chart, the memories are the shopping site, garments, we can see the size chart is Bust, Waist, Hips, more clear one would add weight and height, yes, this is size chart, normally using for buyers who take for themselves, the size chart in garment industry is similar but more complicate.
Why we need a size chart in garment industry?
Because it is a easy way to directly know the sample is follow your design or not, and tell the production group how is the design looks like by number, the way the workers understand, so no need to passing by anyone else, your design will directly send to the worker’s mind.
So how is garments industry size chart looks like? What is the difference, let’s see it
First of all, the garment industry size is for the garments not directly measure from body, so normally we will have different size charts for different design, like top, dresses, trousers, skirt etc, we will choose a shirt dress, trousers to explain, it would including most of the size
Normally the size chart is from the neck, we have neck width, front neck depth, back neck depth,let’s explain to you:
Neck width: left high shoulder point to right high shoulder point distance
Front neck depth: connect neck width by a horizontal line, the distance from this line to lowest center front neck
Back neck depth: connect neck width by a horizontal line, the distance from this line to lowest center back neck
After the neck, next is the shoulder, normally have shoulder seam length and shoulder across
Shoulder seam length: the distance from high shoulder point to the sleeve start seam
Shoulder across length: the distance from left sleeve start seam to right sleeve start seam.
Next are the armhole, arm opening, front bust, back bust
Armhole length: the circle length for sleeve start seam to underarm, sometimes clients like front armhole size and back armhole size to make the sleeve shape, the front armhole size is the length from front sleeve seam to front underarm
Arm opening: the circle length from armhole bottom to horizontal sleeve out side
Bust: the distance from left underarm to right underarm, some clients like the placement lower underarm 2.5cm, it would depend on clients.
Next are waist
Waist: lower under arm 15 cm, the distance from left side seam to right side seam
Next are sleeve opening, bottom opening
Sleeve opening: the distance from left sleeve opening seam to right sleeve opening seam, for the elastic sleeve opening, need to written it is before shrink or after shrink
Bottom opening: the bottom seam length from left side seam to right side seam, normally need to measure along the seam, if clients like straight length, need written straight length.
Hips: lower underarm 35cm, left side seam to right side seam
Above all are the width, we still have the height, like center length, side seam length, body length
Center length: the distance from center front/ center back to the bottom
Side seam length: the distance from underarm to the bottom
Body length: the distance from front/back high shoulder point to the bottom
This is the shirt dress size, please check the picture about it, if you want the size chart form, please contact with us
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The other part is the pants size chart, it is a little bit different, as it is from the waist, let’s see it
Same as the shirt dress, we are measure from top to bottom, it would easy to understand,
The tops is waistband, so we start from here
Waist length: the distance from left waist to right waist
Hip length: lower waist 20cm, the distance from left side seam to right side seam.
Front rise: the distance from front waist band top to the gusset
Back rise: the distance from back waist band top to the gusset
Max Thigh: normally 2.5cm below the gusset, the distance from leg inside seam to outside seam
Knee length: normally 34cm below gusset, the distance from knee inside seam to outside seam
Leg opening: the bottom of leg, the distance from inside seam to outside seam
Inside leg length: the distance form gusset to the leg opening
These are the size for the pants, factory would know how to operation when you told them it’s garment size.
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