oh my measure
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oh my measure

Your clothing and shoe size, measured — not guessed

One pass with a tape and your size is ready. Eight scales, letter S/M/L among them.

You need a tape measure. For a ring, not even that.

Or jump straight to:

  • Clothing, bras, shoes and rings from one set of measurements
  • 130+ brands, sized against charts they published themselves
  • EU · US · UK · FR · IT · JP · RU and letter S/M/L
  • Free, nothing to install. No account needed to get your size

2 Waist

The tape goes around the narrowest point

Between the ribs and the hips that line is easy to lose. Bend to one side and the crease falls right along it.

Don’t hold your stomach in: the tape settles below the real line, and your bottoms size slides down with it.

Waist 63.1 cm

3 Leg length

Two seams, two different measurements

Leg length is taken two ways: down the outside seam from the waist, and down the inseam from the crotch. Both are marked “needs a helper” — holding a tape in mid-air all the way to the floor is not a one-person job.

You can skip the inseam — the app derives it from the outside seam and the rise.

Outside seam 110.9 cm

4 Foot

Length runs under the foot, width around it

Foot length decides the shoe size on its own. Everything else is width: the girth across the ball, over the bones that stick out furthest. At one and the same length, lasts come in different widths, and what pinches is usually the width.

Ball girth 21.7 cm

Stand on a sheet of paper and trace your foot with the pencil held upright — reading it against a ruler by eye comes out short. Take the ball girth standing, full weight on the foot, no tension on the tape. Measure both feet: buy for the larger one.

Foot length 24.1 cm

5 Height

Height decides the length grade, not the size

The waist-to-height ratio and the body mass index in the summary above are both built on it. And the charts have a second job: the length grade — how long the garment is at the same size.

Stand barefoot against a wall, heels together, looking straight ahead. Tipping your head a couple of degrees moves the result more than you would think.

Height 172.9 cm

6 Bust

The tape over the fullest point, and a second one underneath

The bust measurement decides tops and dresses. A bra needs more than one number: the size is built from the difference between the bust and the underbust, which is why we ask for both.

Keep the tape horizontal and check the back in a mirror: if it has ridden up, the measurement comes out smaller than it is.

Bust 87.8 cm

Shoes

One foot length, five different numbers

Shoe size is worked out from foot length alone. The scales differ not in the body but in what they print on the sole: some print the length of the last, some the length of the foot, and in different units.

Paris point — ⅔ cm
EU and RU count the length of the last in Paris points: one point is 6,7 mm. Hence a step smaller than a centimeter.
Barleycorn — ⅓ inch
US and UK count in barleycorns of 8,5 mm and don’t start the count at zero. Hence numbers that look nothing like the European ones.
The Japanese scale — centimeters of foot
JP prints the length of the foot in centimeters, with no allowance. A Japanese 24.0 is about the foot; a European 37.5 is about the last.

Width

One length, and still different feet

Length decides the number on the box. Width decides whether it pinches. It is worked out from the ball girth, not from the width of the foot: width is a line straight across, girth is the distance all the way around.

W = 0.25 × ball girth − 0.15 × foot length − a constant (17 for women, 16 for men). We use the women’s constant — this is the foot of the same figure standing on the stage above.

This is retail practice, not a chart of lasts: its step is 4 mm of girth, where the Russian standard 3927-88 steps 6 mm and the athletic Russian standard 24382-80 steps 8. That is why the width is marked approximate.

Letter widths — European F, G, H and American A through EEE — the app doesn’t state and won’t. The letter comes from a specific manufacturer’s own last tables, and no international system for width letters exists: ISO tried to define one (ISO/TR 3836) and withdrew the standard, because foot-size distribution varies too much from country to country.

Foot 24.0 cm

Last 25.0 cm 10 mm allowance

  • EU 37.5
  • RU 37.5
  • US 5.5
  • UK 4.5
  • JP 24.0

The dashed outline is the last: longer than the foot by the allowance. The European and British scales print its length; the Japanese one prints the foot itself.

Width from ball girth

Ball girth 23.6 cm

Width 6 · medium approximately

This value sits in the middle of its step — the widths on either side are further off.

This value sits right on the boundary: width 5 next door is just as likely.

The fifth step is disputed: some sources count it as narrow, others as medium.

The five numbers above have not moved once: not one of these scales prints width. Where it is printed at all, it is printed as a number of its own.

The conversion runs on the definitions of the units, not on any one brand’s chart: the English scales disagree by up to half a size, and men’s and women’s are not separated yet. This is a guide, not a guarantee of fit.

A size is not yet a fit

A bra size is the difference between two measurements. Whether it fits is decided by shape, and no measurement describes that.

Four axes that decide which style to look for. Any question here can be left unanswered.

Fullness
Where the volume sits — above or below the nipple. Determines the cup’s top edge.
Root
From breastbone to armpit: how much of your ribcage the breast spans widthwise. Determines underwire width — the diagram shows how far it reaches.
Projection
How far the breast projects forward for the same volume. Determines cup depth.
Asymmetry
A noticeable difference between sides is common, and it’s worth accounting for.

Shape doesn’t change your size — it changes which style to look for. This is fitting-room practice, not a standard.

Fullness
Even
Root
Average
Projection
Average
Asymmetry
Not noticeable

Two views: the width of the root reads from the front, fullness and projection from the side.

Sister sizes are right alongside: if a 75C is tight around the band, an 80B holds the same volume.

A worked example

One set of measurements, and this is what comes out of it. Switch the system: four of the eight are here.

A worked example

Where you sit inside a size

  • Chest 87.8 cm 38
  • Waist 63.1 cm 34
  • Hips 89.2 cm 36
  • Height 172.9 cm 172

A size is a band of measurements, not one number. If you are near the edge, the size next to it is worth trying too.

Demo profile: bust 87.8 cm, waist 63.1 cm, hips 89.2 cm, foot length 24.1 cm, height 172.9 cm. Your own numbers give you your own row in this same table.

Quick path

What to measure?

Pick an item — we’ll ask only for the measurements it needs, one at a time. A T-shirt needs just one. Getting a size needs no account.

What you enter carries over between items: a dress will reuse the bust measurement from a T-shirt automatically. You can view and clear everything you’ve entered in the app.

Catalog

What else you can measure

29 measurements from ISO 8559-1, from neck girth to foot length. Nine are enough for a size; the rest are for clothes made to measure.

  • Torso

    11 measurements
    • Height
    • Weight
    • Bust circumference
    • Chest circumference under the arms
    • Underbust circumference
    • Waist circumference
    • Hip circumference
    • Shoulder length
    • Shoulder width
    • Back length to waist
    • Front length to waist
  • Neck

    1 measurement
    • Neck circumference
  • Arms

    4 measurements
    • Armhole circumference
    • Upper arm circumference (bicep)
    • Wrist circumference
    • Sleeve length
  • Legs

    8 measurements
    • Thigh circumference
    • Knee circumference
    • Calf circumference
    • Ankle circumference
    • Total crotch length
    • Body rise
    • Inseam length
    • Outseam length
  • Feet

    4 measurements
    • Foot length
    • Foot width
    • Foot circumference at the ball
    • Arch length
  • Head

    1 measurement
    • Head circumference

11 measurements of the 29 can’t be taken on your own — the tape has to be held in mid-air. The app flags that before you pick the tape up.

Brands

130+ brands with a size chart of their own

An S at one brand and an S at another are different centimeters. So we don’t average: for these brands the app reads the chart they published themselves.

Profiles

Measure once, know your size from then on

Name a set of measurements and it stays. Next time the app fills it in for you: you open a garment and see your size straight away instead of starting with the tape again.

  • It saves itself

    There is no save button. Once a set has a name, every later edit goes into it on its own — there is nothing to forget to press.

  • Several bodies side by side

    Yours, your family's, yourself a year ago. The cards sit in one grid, and the same measurement lines up in the same column across all of them.

  • Children keep their own list

    Children's bodies are kept separately and do not clutter yours. Moving between the two screens resets neither.

  • You can see which body is current

    Each card carries its name, how many measurements of the total are filled in, and when it was last updated.

  • Rename, delete, send

    Any body can be renamed, deleted with a confirmation, and sent as a link straight from its card.

For now a profile lives in the browser you created it in. If the browser refuses to store it, the app says so plainly rather than pretending it saved.

Why this number can be trusted

We don’t average, and we don’t round in silence.

  • You can see where the size came from

    Every result names the measurements it was calculated from, and the ones still missing for that category.

  • A scale, not just a size

    Next to your size are the ones on either side, with a mark for where your measurement falls. You see not only “you are a 40”, but that you are at the top edge of the 40s.

  • Guidance on every measurement

    Every field says where to hold the tape and which points to look for. What you can’t take on your own is marked before you start.

  • Eight systems, no converting

    One set of measurements in EU, US, UK, FR, IT, JP, RU and letter S/M/L at once — with a note on where that is a standard and where it is retail convention.

Why this beats a store’s chart

There is one chart, and there are many stores.

  • A store’s chart knows one store

    We hold the charts of 130+ brands and size against the one the brand published itself. One set of measurements, and your size at every one of them.

  • A chart does not say where you sit inside a size

    A row reading “94–98” covers 94 and 98 alike. We show which edge your measurement sits at, and name the size next door when you are on the boundary.

  • A chart has to be read again every time

    You take your measurements once. After that it is tops, bottoms, dresses, bras, shoes and rings in seven systems, with no converting by hand.

Why sizes don’t match from store to store

A governing standard does not exist everywhere. Europe has EN 13402, stepping 4 cm at a time; Russia has Russian standards 31396 and 31399; the US and the UK have no national clothing standard at all — since 1983 what they have is the voluntary charts of individual retailers. Hence “UK 18”, which five major chains print against a bust of anywhere from 104 to 113 cm.

Every scale, as tables, with sources

How to take measurements you can trust

A centimeter off at the bust or the hips moves the answer a whole size, so technique matters more here than the tape does. Hold it horizontal and without tension, and check where it sits at the back in a mirror. Measure the hips over the fullest part of the seat: that is the measurement people most often take too small on themselves.

Every measurement, step by step

Common questions

How do I find my clothing size from my own measurements?
Enter your measurements and the app shows your size for tops, bottoms, dresses and shoes in eight systems at once: EU, US, UK, FR, IT, JP, RU and letter S/M/L. Every result shows which measurements it was calculated from and which are still missing for that category.
How do I measure my waist and hips correctly?
The waist is the narrowest point between the ribs and the hips; if yours is not pronounced, bend to one side and the crease falls right along the line. The hips are measured over the fullest part of the seat with the tape strictly horizontal: this is the measurement people most often take too small on themselves.
Why is the same person a 36 on one chart and a 42 on another?
Because those are different scales built on the same principle. At a bust of 79.5 cm the European chart gives a 36 and the Russian one a 42: that is the same person, not an error in the math. The app shows all eight scales at once.
Why is this better than the size chart on a store’s own site?
Because that chart knows one store. We read the charts brands published themselves and size against those — and we also show which edge of the size your measurement sits at. A row reading “94–98” does not tell you that.
Does the app work out a size for a specific brand?
Yes. For some brands their own chart is already transcribed and the size is read off it; the rest are sized by the standard chart for now, and the app says so right next to the result. That note changes on its own as soon as a chart is added.
How does a European shoe size differ from a British or American one?
By the unit and the starting point. EU and RU count the length of the last in Paris points of ⅔ cm; US and UK count in barleycorns of ⅓ inch (about 8.5 mm) and do not start at zero; the Japanese scale prints the length of the foot itself. They convert into one another only through foot length.
What is shoe width, and why does the width of the foot matter?
At one and the same length, feet still differ in girth across the ball — the widest place at the base of the toes. Length gives you the size; width answers whether it will pinch.
What should I do if my measurement lands between two sizes?
The app says so plainly instead of rounding one way in silence. Check the brand’s chart against both neighboring sizes: our answer is a guide to the chart, not a guarantee that a particular garment will fit.
Can I share my measurements with someone else?
Yes, with the Share button: it packs the profile into a link the recipient opens without installing anything. Before you copy it the app warns you — the measurements are in the link itself, which means they land in browser history and in the chat logs of both of you.
How do I measure myself without a helper?
Bust, waist and hips, and the length and width of the foot, can all be taken on your own — every field has a hint with the landmarks to find. Height, shoulder width and back length the app marks honestly as needing a second pair of hands.
Why is this free?
The size is worked out by your browser rather than by our server, so the calculation is cheap to keep open. There is no payment, no subscription and nothing to install, and to get your size you need no account.

Measure one place — get your size

One set of measurements gives you sizes for tops, bottoms, dresses and shoes. Clothing on eight scales, shoes on five. The profile can be saved or sent as a link.

Open the app

Runs in the browser, nothing to install.