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• Remember to put the front of the pants on, the front pocket is facing the ceiling.
• When the pants are spread properly, you will find the front waist slightly below the back belt.

Measure your body's actual waistline. You can measure your waist, but you still need to measure the waist size to determine the exact size. To measure your waistline, you should wear underwear or tight clothing. Measure your natural waistline. The natural waistline is usually the slimmest part of the body, between the ribs and navel. You can locate your waist by leaning to one side and looking for a crease on your body. Wrap the tape around your waist and record your measurements. Read the measurements while standing upright, you can use a mirror to do this.

• Insert one finger between the ruler and your body as you measure it, this will prevent you from pulling the gauge too tightly.
• Try not to pull in your stomach. Stand up straight and belly as usual.
• Keep the ruler parallel to the floor for an accurate reading.
• If you cannot locate your waist, you can hold your hands around your abdomen and squeeze slightly, then gradually move your hands downwards until you feel the top of the hip bone.
• By measuring your waist and your waist separately, you will get an idea of ​​your waist size and the actual waist size as these two sizes may be slightly different.

Measure your hip size. You will measure across the pants at the end of the zipper, from the outer rib seam to the other outer rib seam, and then duplicate the result to get your hip measurement.

• When measuring pants that are spread flat on the floor, make sure to measure from the outer seam of each side.

Measure the size of the inner rib seam. Place the ruler from the crotch or where the cloth on the pants intersects, pull the ruler along the inner seam of the pants to the bottom of the pants. You can also wear pants on your body, stand up straight, lean your back against the wall and take these measurements to ensure accuracy. However, if you measure this way, it's best to ask someone else to measure it.

• Note that the inner rib seam is usually measured up to the bottom of the pants.
• Use a pair of pants that fit to get the most accurate measurements of inner rib seams.
• If measuring by yourself, you can clamp the tip of the measuring tape against your heel or bottom of your pants (your choice) and measure upwards.
• If your pants are not as long as you like (or if you fold the hem of your pants) measure up to the position you want.

Measure the front bottom seam. To measure this, you would measure from the crotch seam to the upper edge of the waist on the front. The front bottom seam is usually 18 to 30 cm in length.

• Pants are usually divided into low-rise, low-rise pants. The waistband section is below the waist for low waist pants, the waist level for casual pants and above the waist for high waistband pants.
• Note that there are a number of different notions about how crotch seams are measured. Many people believe that "crotch seam" must be measured from the back waist, around the crotch and up to the front waist.

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Advice

• If determining the size of your pants for the convenience of future shopping, use the pants you like best to measure.
• When measuring pants, it is best to choose one or a few pants that fit you like and measure without wearing them on your body.
• If you are sewing clothes, the tailor will take measurements while you are wearing pants. However, they do so also to measure the exact body measurements, not just measure the size of the pants.
• Although looking at the size of the pants on the label will also help you estimate the pants that fit you, measuring the size of the pants will give you a more accurate estimate, and note that wearing on is always the best way to know whether the pants fit you or not.