A tailor-made dress always gives a superior fit compared to a standard sized dress. To ensure accurate measurements for your wedding dress, we suggest having your measurements taken by a professional seamstress. However, we realize that this may be difficult for you. Therefore, we have prepared a guide that you can follow to ensure a proper fit.

You should always have someone else take your measurements. Measuring yourself will provide you with inaccurate numbers, so please have someone help you. Be sure to stand up straight with your arms relaxed down by your side. When you measure, wear shoes with a heel height similar to what you plan to wear on your wedding day, wear a similar bra or bustier and, if you have one laying around, wear a similar petticoat. As a double check, you may compare your measurements to those of standard sized dresses. If you need help or have any questions, do not hesitate to send an email to salesbridalexpress.se.

Measurements

Measurements should be in cm. Measure the following:

Full bust			Upper bust
	Measure around the fullest part of the bust. Not your bra size! Take the tape around your back and bring it across your nipple line (typically the fullest part of the breast). Your arms should be relaxed, down at your sides.			Take a tape around your back and bring it across your body above the bust via your armpit. Your arms should be relaxed, down at your sides.
Under bust			Shoulder to bust
	Take a tape around your back and bring it across your body directly under the bust. Your arms should be relaxed, down at your sides.			Measure from the top of your shoulder to the nipple.
Waist			Front length shoulder to waist
	First tie a string around the natural part of your waist. This would be your torso at the smallest point. Leave the string in place while you do the rest of your measurements as you will need it for reference with some of the other measurements.			Measuring from the top of your shoulder, go down over the top of your nipple to the waist.
Hips			Shoulder to hips
	Take the measurement around the hips at the fullest point, take note of how far down from the waist that you are measuring.			Measure from top of the shoulder through the nipple down to the hips.
Waist to hem (with shoes)			Shoulder to shoulder
	Measure from the string around your waist to the floor. Please ensure you have a shoe similar in height to those you intend to wear on your wedding day.			From the edge of the shoulder socket, measure all the way over to the same point on the other shoulder along the back, as shown in the diagram.
Hollow to hem			Nipple to nipple
	Stand upright with your feet together. Place the tape at the hollow at the base of your neck and measure down to where you want the hem. Let the tape go across your bust (culmination) and drop naturally. You should wear the same height heel as on your wedding day.			Measure across the bust nipple to nipple.
Additional measurements
Armseye			Biceps
	Measure from the top of the shoulder, down the front of the shoulder, under the arm pit, and up the back of the shoulder. This measurement gives the size of the sleeve hole. It is entirely subjective and you can make it as deep or as tight as you are comfortable with.			Measure around the widest part of your arm.
Neck			Around belly
	Measure around the fullest part of the neck.			Measure around the fullest part of your belly keeping the tape a little loose for comfort.