SIZING

All our sizes listed on the product pages are EU based sizing. Find the right size for you with the help of our table. If you are unsure of your size, we advise you to take your measurements or contact us on hello@vimpelova.com for more details about the fit of a specific item.

  • You will need a soft tape measure, a ribbon, a cord or something to tight around your waist and (preferably) a friend to help you take the measurements
    - It is best to measure over the undergarments you intend to wear with the desired item​

    - Keep the measure tape levelled to measure accurately, don't pull it too tight

  • - Always re-measure to double-check or triple check
    - When taking measurements is important to stand straight
    -Only take measurements you need for the desired garment (i.e. take only top body and sleeve measurements for tops, shirts or jackets)

  • 01 BUST CIRCUMFERENCE

    Place the measuring tape around your body over the fullest part of your bust, making sure the tape is sitting well under your arms and spans your shoulder blades. For better accuracy measure over a bra you intend to wear with the given dress or top.

  • 02 WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE

    Measure around the slimmest part of your natural waistline - generally the point where your body creases when you bend slightly forwards or where you find it most comfortable to wear your waistbands.

  • 03 HIP CIRCUMFERENCE

    Standing with your feet together, measure around your hips at the widest point - usually over your bottom or at the top of your thighs - and approximately 20cm (8in) below your natural waistline.

  • 04 FRONT WIDTH

    Measure across the top of chest, parallel to the floor from one arm to the other arm. Or from armhole to armhole. Find the armhole guideline (red dotted line) by tracing a line from armpit to shoulder point.

  • 05 SLEEVE LENGTH

    Bend your elbow slightly and measure from the shoulder point down through the back of your elbow and finish at the wrist bone. Be careful not to measure too high above the wrist or the sleeves will be too short!

  • 06 TOP ARM CIRCUMFERENCE

    Measure tightly around your fullest top part of arm - biceps.

  • 07 WRIST CIRCUMFERENCE

    Place the tape around your wrist bones and measure tightly.

  • 08 SHOULDER TO WAIST

    Before you start measuring find a ribbon and tighten it around your natural waist. Then start measuring vertically from at the shoulder neck point, down the apex and finish at your natural waist.

  • 09 NECK BASE

    Measure around the circumference of the neck base. At back over your nape and at front just above the collar bones. Please note: don't take it too high up your neck! 

  • 10 HIP DEPTH

    Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist. Measure on the side from your natural waist to the hip line (the widest point).

  • 11 OUTER LEG

    First tighten a ribbon around your natural waist. Then measure on the side from your natural waist to the floor. For trouser length measure till the ankle or where you want your trousers or skirt length to hit.  Add a heel length should you want your garment extra long.

  • 12 INNER LEG

    Measure from the top of your inside leg at the crotch vertically to the floor. To know your trouser inseam size, stop at your ankle.

  • 13 BACK SHOULDER WIDTH

    Measure in a slightly curved line from one edge of your shoulder point (your shoulder bone point or where a fitted sleeve seam would be) through the base of your back neck to  the other shoulder point.

  • 14 BACK WIDTH

    Measure parallel to the floor across the back from one arm (armhole) to the other arm (armhole). Find the armhole guideline (red dotted line) by tracing a line from armpit to shoulder point

  • 15 BACK LENGTH

    Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist and measure from your back neck base (the prominent point of your 7th vertebrae ) vertically to your natural waist line.

  • 16 NAPE TO WRIST

    Bend your arm slightly. Start at the back of your neck base (nape) and place the tape horizontally measuring to the outer shoulder point, then carry on over the elbow and stop at the wrist bone.

  • 17 RISE DEPTH

    Tie a cord or a ribbon around your natural waist and sit straight in right 90 degree angle on a flat sturdy chair or a table. Now measure vertically from your natural waist to the chair (table) surface.

  • 18 HALF GIRTH

    The half girth measurement (dashed line) is following the crotch seam: tighten a ribbon at your natural waist. Measure vertically from you front natural waist, passing through crotch and ending at the back natural waist.

  • 19 FULL GIRTH

    ​The full girth measurement (full line) is useful for jumpsuits and other garments alike. To measure, start at the front shoulder neck point, going down in slight angle through crotch and up at the back to meet at the shoulder neck point on the same side as you started.