T-shirt is the most basic type of clothes we need, everyone have a simple t shirt.
We love jersey t-shirt because we feel comfortable while wearing them, It’s simple, casual, comfortable and true to yourself, easily match to your collections. You can laid on the sofa watching TV with a t shirt and short.
T shirt collections is a must have clothing items in daily life style.
Women’s shirts have more style and designs than men’s shirts. From the sleeve length we can divide to long sleeves, short sleeves and muscle tees. From the styles divide to slim fit, normal fit, loose fit. We can see blank t shirts, graphic tees, tie-dye tees, acid wash tees in different materials.
We suggest you buy the shirts made of Cotton or Cotton blend or other nature fabric, those t shirts cool and good for your skin. You need to buy preshrunk t-shirts to avoid shrinking while washing. The t shirts makers can preshrunk cotton material in advance to make this possible, but price maybe higher than normal t shirts.
I will not suggest to buy polyester t shirts, only if you are looking for very cheap item wear just few times.
It’s quite different in size measurements from different brand and style. Usually one brand shirt size charts are the same. If you got the perfect fit then got right t-shirt sizing, you just buy from them again. If you are buying from a physical apparel store that will be good and easily get the right size while try it on yourself. The buying channel is changing to buy clothing online now, there are many funny tee shirts, so how you can get your right size then? Don’t worry, I will guide you how to measure the t-shirt size measurement, how shirts are measured in clothing factory.
We will take Men’s graphic t shirt size charts for example here. Laid the t-shirt in flat, measurements lying flat use measuring tape to measure size charts. It’s important to get the chest, waist and bottom width right, it fits your basic body shape. Then you can decide buy shirts in classic fit vs regular fit, slim fit vs regular fit easy.
Let’s see below the details of how to measure a t shirt measurements, laid flat and use flexible tape measure, record measurement, this is correct size accurate measurements for the shirts.
How to measure chest size?
Chest measurement: body width from arm hole point to point, across the chest.
Waist measurement: waist area about 17cm down from arm hole, measure from one side seam to other side seam. For men’s t shirt usually straight line, for women graphic tees the narrowest part it is.
Bottom width: bottom hem edge of the t-shirt. Measure from left bottom seam to right seam
Shoulder width measurement: shoulder measurement across from left shoulder seams to same point right shoulder seam.
How to measure sleeve length?
Sleeve length: long sleeve t shirts (sleeve begins) from shoulder seam to end cuff, usually including rib height, short sleeve from shoulder seam to cuff edge.
Raglan sleeve is different shape, measure from edge of neckline, the sleeves are longer, because include the one shoulder length.
Cuff opening: from sleeve opening edge to edge
Across front width: 17.5cm from HPS (seam to seam)
Across back width: 13cm from HPS (seam to seam)
Armhole: connect sleeve, curve from high to low part, other armpit same.
T shirt Length(overall length): measure from the highest point of shoulder to the edge of bottom, some people request for center front length(CF in short), taking measurements from outer edge of front neck to very bottom.
Center back length: Center back to edge of bottom
Front neck drop: front high point shoulder or middle of the neck to edge of neck
Back neck drop: back high point shoulder to edge of neck
Neck width: from neck seam to seam
Shoulder slope: HPS to top edge of armhole seam, neck to shoulder shoulder joint part.
Above is the sizing chart of the t-shirt. If you are measuring the body measurement, then garment size need to be a bit bigger than that. while you are in between sizes, you can choose the size up.
If you are looking for specific measurements suit for your body, you need customization t-shirts instead buying stock items. You can easily find custom shirt makers online, many online sellers make personalized t shirts, t shirts printed in bulk.
Men’s standard t shirt size chart for USA market.
Women’s standard t shirt size chart for USA market.
American youth sizes chart
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If you have other questions on how to measure a t shirt or other kind of clothes, leave your comments and i will guide you to do that. As a clothing supplier based in China, we custom all kinds of t shirts for brand and private label. If you have any shirts design ideas, please feel free to contact us.