MEASURING TIPS

Neck

Measure at base of neck or thickest part of neck, keeping tape relaxed.

Chest

With arms relaxed at your sides, measure around your chest at the armpits, over the highest part of your chest and shoulder blades, keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

Waist

Measure around your natural waistline at the fullest point, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Hip

Stand with your feet together and measure around the fullest part of your hips, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Inseam

Measure from center of crotch to foot, inside leg.

Height

Stand in stocking feet with your feet slightly apart and your back to a wall. Measure from the floor to the top of your head.

Arm

Bend your elbow 90 degrees and place your hand on your hip. Hold the tape at the center back of your neck. With a friend's help, measure across your shoulder to your elbow, and down to your wrist. The total length in inches is your sleeve length.

Regular, Tall, or Big?

Regular

Regular describes a well-proportioned body 5'8" − 6'0" tall, with hips and chest of equal girth.

Tall

Tall describes a body 6'1" − 6'3" tall, with a long torso or sleeve length. Body length of shirts is 2" longer than Regular. Coat sleeve and body length is 1-1/2" longer.

Big

Big describes a body of regular height with additional girth. Extra width is built into the chest, waist, and hip for Big Men's product.

MEASURING TIPS

Neck

Measure at base of neck or thickest part of neck, keeping tape relaxed.

Chest

With arms relaxed at your sides, measure around your chest at the armpits, over the highest part of your chest and shoulder blades, keeping the tape parallel to the floor.

Arm

Bend your elbow 90 degrees and place your hand on your hip. Hold the tape at the center back of your neck. With a friend's help, measure across your shoulder to your elbow, and down to your wrist. The total length in inches is your sleeve length.

Bust

With arms relaxed at your sides, measure the fullest part of your bust, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Waist

Measure around your natural waistline at the fullest point, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Hips

Stand with your feet together and measure around the fullest part of your hips, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Torso

Run a tape measure diagonally across your body from your shoulders, over the fullest part of the bust, between your legs and back to starting point.

Regular, Petite, Tall or 16W - 26W?

Regular

Regular describes a well-proportioned body 5'4"-5'7" tall, with hips slightly larger than bust.

Tall

Tall, at 5'8"-6'0", accommodates long torsos. Body length increases 1 1/2" and sleeve length increases 1" from our Regular fit.

16W - 26W

Womens 16W-26W is proportioned to flatter full-figured women 5'4"-5'7" tall. Compared to our Size 16, Size 16W is 2" larger in the bust, waist and hip. Arm girths are larger. Shoulder widths are shorter.

Women's Petite

Petite, at 4'11" - 5'3", is shorter than regular. Lengths on tops and bottoms are shorter to accommodate.

Women's Plus

Women's Plus is proportioned to flatter full-figured women. Garments are larger in the bust, waist and hip.

MEASURING TIPS

Height

Stand in stocking feet, with feet together and back to a wall. Measure from the floor to the top of the head. For infants, measure from the bottom of the heel to the top of the head.

Chest

With arms relaxed at child's sides, measure the fullest part of the chest, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Hips

Stand with feet together and measure around the fullest part of child's hips, keeping tape parallel to the floor.

Waist

Measure around the waist (not over pants) at your child's natural waistline.

Garment Inseam

Measure from center of crotch to foot, inside leg.

No need to size up!

It's always a temptation to order a larger size, to allow for shrinkage and to provide room for growth. But weve already figured that in. After normal shrinkage from a washer and dryer set on "low," our clothes will still fit properly, with room for growth spurts.