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Summary: Measure the stomach, waist, and hips for custom made suit jackets. Learn to measure a man's midsection for a suit accurately from a fashion designer in this free fashion tailoring video.
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Lauren Bradley Lauren Bradley is a professional fashion designer with many years of experience in various parts of the fashion industry. read more
Now, we're going to get the measurements for the circumference of your stomach, your waist and your chest. And, their all, stomach is first, it's going to be where, you know, your stomach comes out the thickest, then you're going to have waist, which is where you'd like your pants to hang and then we have hips, which is right below, where you like your pants to hang. So, here's stomach. A lot of guys carry their weight in their stomach; so, make sure you get the fullest point to get your stomach measurement. And, then waist, where you like your pants to hit and then do hips right below, probably a little higher, right where you butt comes out. And, those measurements, and those measurements will help somebody whose custom making your suit, for your suit jacket, how your entire suit will work together.