Collar: Place the tape measure where the collar will later sit (just below the Adam’s apple). Add a finger breadth to that so that the collar does not sit too tight and later cuts into you.

Chest: Run the tape measure under the armpits to measure the width of the chest.

Shoulders: Measure between the beginning of the neck and the shoulder tip (the end of the shoulder bone).

Back: Following the shape of the body, measure from one shoulder to the other in a light bow form (starting on each side at the end of the shoulder bone).

Back length: Run the tape measure from the uppermost point of the beginning of the neck and measure down to the place at which the shirt is supposed to end

Wrist: Measure the width of the wrist (add another finger width).

Circumference of forearms: Measure the circumference of the forearms

Neck creases: If a horizontal creases forms under the collar, please mark out the crease horizontally. The crease depth in cm yields the value for the neck crease (guideline values: slight neck crease: 0.5 cm, strong neck crease: 2 cm)

Rounded shoulders: If diagonal creases develop on the back to the lower armpit area (originating from the neck and shoulder points), then please use a pin to tack away the excess fabric horizontally. The amount of the fabric you have pinned away yields the value for the so-called “rounded shoulders”. The values can be different on the right and left (guideline values: slightly rounded shoulders: 1 cm; strongly rounded shoulders: 4 cm).

Shirt chest: Run the tape measure across once below the armpit seam.

Shirt waist: To take the waist measurement, run the tape measure across the narrowest part of the shirt.

Shirt sleeve length: Measure the length of the sleeve from the seam where the shoulder and sleeve join until the end of the cuff.

Shirt upper arm: Run the tape measure across the sleeve at the largest part (about in the middle of the upper part).

Shirt shoulders: Measure the distance between the shoulder tips.

Shirt neck: Measure the distance between the collar edge and the back transverse seam.

Shoulders: Measure between the beginning of the neck and the shoulder tip (the end of the shoulder bone).

Shirt collar width: Measure once across the collar from the middle of the button to the end of the opposite buttonhole.

Shirt Collar: Measure the distance between the nape seam and the collar edge (side length).

Shirt cuffs: Measure from the outer end of the buttonhole to the middle of the outermost buttons on the opposite side. If you wear a wristwatch, then add on 1 - 2 cm.