FITTING GUIDE

FITTING GUIDE

Every D&A wedding dress is made according to standard size and your individual measurements. If you need custom size chart, D&A would like to suggest you use size chart as below to get right measurements. Please contact us by email support@dabridal.com to know what measurements you need to create the best fit for your dress. Our team will be in touch within 24 hours to assist you more.

​Notice:

1. Measurements can be in inches or centimeters.
2. You need to measure your body shape wearing the underwear garments (butt padding, padded panties, shape-wear, bra pads, etc), which you will wear with the dress on your wedding day. 
3. With some experience, you can take some of the measurements by yourself, but to get the rest you will need assistance. Ask a relative to help or invite a friend. 
4. To get the perfect fit for your dress and avoid any alteration later,  we might need 3 full-body photos of you standing straight that are taken from the front/side/back.  And zoom-in photos of the 3 most important measurements buts/waist/hips with the result on the tape, on your body. 

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MEASUREMENT  TUTORIAL 

To define the waistline correctly, tie the elastic tape around your natural waist and don’t take it off until you finish the measuring.

Pass the measuring tape along the cord you just attached. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit a finger between the tape and your waist. Remember to keep the tape leveled in a straight line across the back and front of your waist. Don’t breath in and pull in your stomach, you can’t cheat if you want your dress to be wearable !

2. Upper bust circumference

 Pass the measuring tape around your back and up to the front, at the level of your armpits. Keep the tape leveled in a straight line across your back and bust. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit a finger between the tape and your body. Don’t hold your breath and pump up your chest, simply relax and breathe normally.

3. Bust circumference

Pass the measuring tape around your back and up to the front, at the level of the fullest part of your bust.

4. Lower bust circumference (under-bust)

Pass the measuring tape around your back and up to the front, at the level just below your breasts.

 

5. Central front waist length

It measured vertically from the jugular fossa to the waist line.

6. Bust point

Measure from the top of your shoulder to the fullest point of your bust. At the same time take the following measure 8 – front waist length (see below).

7. Front waist length

Measure the vertical distance from the top of your shoulder to your waist. Make sure the tape passes over the fullest point of your bust. Keep the tape in a straight vertical line.

8. Back length

Measured from the highest point of the shoulder at the base of the neck to the waist, parallel to the spine.

9. Shoulders

Measure the horizontal distance between the ends of your shoulders. The end of your shoulder is the small bump right before the start of your upper arm. You should keep the tape leveled in a straight line between your shoulders, but keep the tape flattened on your skin. Don’t swell out your chest and push your shoulder blades back, you should relax and stand in a normal standing position.

10. Back width

Measure the distance between the back tops of your armpits.

11. Bust width

Measure the distance between the front tops of your armpits.

12. Breasts

Measure the distance between your nipples.

13. Neck circumference

Pass the measuring tape around the base of your neck. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit two fingers laid flat between the tape and your neck.

14. Upper arms

Relax your arm and let it hang at your side. Your bicep should be slightly tensed. Pass the measuring tape around the thickest part of your upper arm. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit a finger between the tape and your arm.

15. Armpits

Pass the measuring tape around your armpit and measuring the circumference of your shoulder. Keep the tape in straight vertical line around your armpit. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit one finger between the tape and your body.

16. Cuffs

Depending on the style of sleeve you have chosen, pass the measuring tape around your arm or wrist where your sleeve should end and measure that circumference. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit a finger between the tape and your arm.

17. Sleeve length

Measure from the top of your shoulder, down to the point where you want your sleeve to end (if your dress has sleeves). Your arm should be a little out from your body, not stuck right against your side.

18. Hip circumference

Pass the measuring tape around the widest part of your hips and the fullest part of your bottom. Don’t make it too tight, you should be able to fit a finger between the tape and your hip.

19. Skirt length

It is recommended to take measurements wearing your wedding shoes/heels. If you don’t have the wedding shoes yet, you can wear another pair, with the heel height which will match the desired one. Measured vertically on the side seam from the waist to the floor.

20. Front waist-crotch-back waist

Pass the measuring tape from the center of the waistline across the crotch to the center of back waistline. (if you order the bodysuit)

21. Hips height

Measure the distance from the base of your nape, which is the small bump where your neck meets your back, to the fullest part of your bottom.