Size & Measurement Guide

Taking your measurements

Measure over your underwear, not over clothes. Keep the tape level and snug, but never pulled tight — a tape that digs in gives a garment that does not fit. If you can, ask someone to help; measuring your own back and shoulders is harder than it sounds. All measurements are in inches.

• Bust or chest — around the fullest part, with the tape level across the back.
• Waist — around the narrowest part of your natural waist, above the hip bone.
• Hip — around the fullest part, roughly eight inches below the waist.
• Shoulder — across the back, from the bone at one shoulder point to the other.
• Sleeve length — from the shoulder point down to where you want the sleeve to end.
• Garment length — from the shoulder, down the front, to where the piece should finish.
• Height — without shoes.

We confirm before we cut

Whatever you enter, we will go through it with you before anything is cut. Nobody gets a garment made on a number we have not talked through together — so send your best measurements rather than agonising over them.

Standard sizes

This chart is a draft

Talisa Atelier’s standard size chart — the bust, waist and hip range each of XS to XL corresponds to — has not been finalised. It must be added here before launch, because buyers ordering a standard size have nothing else to go on.