This document provides instructions for taking 16 different body measurements, including bust, waist, hips, shoulders, arms, and other areas. For each measurement, it lists the specific parts of the body that should be measured and how to position the tape measure. It then has a short quiz to test the user's understanding of which measurement corresponds to each body part description.

1. TAKING
BODY
MEASUREMENTS

2. Bust
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Lift your arms to the side
• Measure around your body
crossing over the fullest
part of your bust
• The tape measure run
directly over your nipples
and across your shoulder
blades on your back

3. Bust to bust
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from one
nipple to the
other

4. Waist
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure around
the torso directly
under the bust

5. Hips
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure around the
fullest part of your
hips. As a guide this is
often 20 cm. below
your natural waist line.
Stand with your knees
together

6. Front Shoulder
to Waist
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from the
tip of shoulder over
bust to the natural
waist line

7. Back shoulder to
waist
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from tip
of shoulder to
natural waist line

8. Shoulder to Bust
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from the
tip of the shoulder
to the center of the
bust (nipple)

9. Across back
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from
armhole back to
armhole positioning
tape measure + -
8cm. from nape of a
neck

10. Shoulder to Neck
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from base of
neck along top of
shoulder to the
shoulder socket

11. Down center back
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from base of
neck along top of
shoulder to the
shoulder socket

12. Shoulder to
Shoulder
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure across the
back of the neck from
socket to socket of
the shoulder

13. Sleeve hole
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure around
the shoulder
under the armpit

14. Bicep
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure around
the fullest part of
the upper arm

15. Elbow
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Do a fairly loose
measurement
around the bent
elbow

16. Side Seam
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from
under armpit to
the natural
waistline down

17. Upper Arm
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from the
outer shoulder
socket on outside of
the arm to the crook
of the elbow

18. 1
2
3
4

20. QUIZ

21. 1.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from one
nipple to the
other
HIPS |BUST TO BUST | BUST

22. 2.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure around
the torso directly
under the bust
HIPS |WAIST | BUST

23. 3.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Lift your arms to the side
• Measure around your body
crossing over the fullest
part of your bust
• The tape measure run
directly over your nipples
and across your shoulder
blades on your back
HIPS |BUST TO BUST | BUST

24. 4.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure around the
fullest part of your
hips. As a guide this is
often 20 cm. below
your natural waist line.
Stand with your knees
together
HIPS |WAIST | BUST

25. 5.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from the
tip of the shoulder
to the center of the
bust (nipple)
SHOULDER TO BUST |SHOULDER TO SHOULDER | FRONT SHOULDER TO
WAIST

26. 6.
PARTS OF THE
BODY TO BE
MEASURED
• Measure from the
tip of shoulder over
bust to the natural
waist line
SHOULDER TO NECK |SHOULDER TO SHOULDER | FRONT SHOULDER TO
WAIST

27. 7.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure across the
back of the neck from
socket to socket of
the shoulder
SHOULDER TO NECK |SHOULDER TO SHOULDER|DOWN CENTER BACK

28. 8.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from base of
neck along top of
shoulder to the
shoulder socket
SHOULDER TO NECK |BACK SHOULDER TO WAIST |DOWN CENTER BACK

29. 9.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from base of
neck along top of
shoulder to the
shoulder socket
ACROSS BACK |BACK SHOULDER TO WAIST |DOWN CENTER BACK

30. 10.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from tip
of shoulder to
natural waist line
ACROSS BACK |BACK SHOULDER TO WAIST |DOWN CENTER BACK

31. 11.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from
armhole back to
armhole positioning
tape measure + -
8cm. from nape of a
neck
ACROSS BACK |BACK SHOULDER TO WAIST |DOWN CENTER BACK

32. 12.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure around
the shoulder
under the armpit
UPPER ARM |SLEEVE HOLE| BICEP

33. 13.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure around
the fullest part of
the upper arm
UPPER ARM |ELBOW | BICEP

34. 14.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Do a fairly loose
measurement
around the bent
elbow
UPPER ARM |ELBOW | BICEP

35. 15.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from
under armpit to
the natural
waistline down
UPPER ARM |SIDE SEA |BICEP

36. 16.
PARTS OF THE BODY
TO BE MEASURED
• Measure from the
outer shoulder
socket on outside of
the arm to the crook
of the elbow
UPPER ARM |SIDE SEA |BICEP

37. THANK
YOU
PREPARED BY:
DAIRYL P. VIRREY
TEACHER I