Take off your clothes. It is also often used in womens personal ads or internet profiles to indicate their appearance. The measuring tape you bring around your waist should sit. Ensure the tape is held snugly around your skin but resist the temptation to pull it too tightly. They match the three inflection points of the female body shape. It is not the widest part of the body as most people generally think of a hipthe hip is measured at 7 8 inches from the waist which is the narrowest part of your torso.
Use a tape measure to check the distance around the smallest part of your waist just above your belly button. Your waist is the narrowest part of your torso. How to take measurements. Then measure the distance around the largest part of. Although the hips are easier to measure by yourself than other areas of the body a. Your hip measurement should include your buttocks and hips.
You measure your hips it the. Hold the start of the tape measure on one hip wrap it around your buttocks and around your other hip and then back to where you started. You can leave on thin underwear and. Some have a protruding tummy which makes this portion the widest part of their body some thicker thighs. Getting an accurate hip measurement 1. Measure at the fullest point of your bust with a soft measuring tape.
Make sure the tape is level and not twisted. Make sure that the tape is not too tight by. Place your feet. Bustwaisthip measurements informally called vital statistics and body measurements are a common method of specifying body proportions for the purpose of fitting clothes. This is your waist circumference. Find a full length body mirror.
Remove your outer garments such as your pants and shirt.