DRESS MEASUREMENT

Measurement features

Custom measurements

Draw a measurement your shop actually uses on a page of its own, name it, add instructions and a reference photo, then enter it like any built-in measurement.

Available on

  • iPhone
  • iPhone Duo
  • iPad
  • Android
  • Tailor Shop feature

The built-in measurements cover the usual ones. A custom measurement is for everything else: the collar-to-hem your shop cuts to, a sleeve taken the way your cutter takes it, a garment measurement no chart has a name for. Custom measurements are part of the Tailor Shop subscription, and they live on pages you add yourself rather than on the built-in ones.

How do I create a custom measurement?

You add a page, choose which view of the body to draw on, draw the line the tape follows, then name it. The editor tells you which step you are on: the button at the bottom changes its label each time, from Continue to Save Measurement to Set Label.

  1. Open a profile, tap the options button (three sliders) at the top right and choose Add New Page. The Choose an Avatar sheet opens straight away.
  2. On Choose an Avatar, pick Front View, Back View or Side View. The new, empty page opens in the editor.
  3. Tap the plus button at the top right. A point appears on the body. Drag it to where the measurement starts, then tap Continue.
  4. Drag from the point along the path the tape takes. A dotted line follows your finger, and the title reads Custom line while you draw. The undo button steps back to the point if you want to reposition it rather than start again.
  5. Tap Save Measurement. A label pill appears at the end of the line. Drag it to a clear spot beside the body, then tap Set Label.
  6. Fill in Short Name and Full Name. The checkmark at the top right stays grey until both have something in them.
  7. Write the instructions you want whoever takes this measurement to read.
  8. Tap the navy checkmark at the top right to save. The profile shows the new page with your line and its label.

On Android, open the three-dot menu for Add New Page in step 1. Picking a view in step 2 only adds the empty page rather than opening the editor: open the new page’s three-dot menu and tap Custom Measurements to reach it. The Save Measurement and Set Label buttons in step 5 read Save Custom Measurement and Set Label Position there. On iPad and on iPhone Duo, opened, the Clients list stays beside the profile while you add the page; on iPhone Duo the editor’s buttons sit in a strip on the right, opened or closed.

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A Choose an Avatar sheet with a close button at its top left and three cards side by side, each a line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View.
A Choose an Avatar sheet filling the closed Duo, titled at the top left with a close button in the vertical bar strip on the right, and three cards side by side, each a line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View, above empty space.
A Choose an Avatar sheet with a grabber and a close button at its top left over the dimmed split view in landscape, with three large cards side by side, each a line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View.
A Choose an Avatar sheet with a grabber and a close button rising over the lower part of the dimmed split view of the Clients grid and Sarah Mitchell's page 6, holding three cards side by side, each a line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View.
A Choose an Avatar page with three cards side by side, each a light grey line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View, and Cancel at the top right.
A Choose an Avatar page with three tall cards side by side across the top of the screen, each a light grey line drawing of a female figure labelled Front View, Back View and Side View, Cancel at the top right and the rest of the page empty.
Pick the view the measurement is easiest to draw on.
The Custom line drawing step with Back at the top left and anchor, undo and question mark buttons at the top right: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to the knee, and a yellow Save Measurement button.
The Custom line drawing step on the closed Duo: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to the knee, a yellow Save Measurement button below, and Back plus an anchor, undo and question mark group in the vertical bar strip on the right.
The line drawing step in landscape, still titled Custom Measurements: the charcoal figure on the left with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to the knee, a yellow Save Measurement button on the right, and Back plus an anchor, undo and question mark group in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
The line drawing step on the iPad with Back at the top left and anchor, undo and question mark buttons at the top right: the large charcoal figure with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to the knee, the blue target circle at its end, and a wide yellow Save Measurement button.
The charcoal figure with a gold dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to just above the knee, a black anchor button and an undo button at the right edge, and a yellow Save Custom Measurement button below.
The charcoal figure with a gold dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to the knees, ending in a gold circle, round black anchor and undo buttons at the right edge and a yellow Save Custom Measurement button below.
Drag from the point along the path the tape follows.
A Measurement Settings form with Back at the top left and a navy checkmark at the top right, Short Name Collar, Full Name Collar to hem, a paragraph of measuring instructions, and an empty optional Image Guide row.
A Measurement Settings form filling the closed Duo, with Short Name Collar, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions Measure from the base of the neck straight down the front to the hem line at the knee, and an empty optional Image Guide row; a Back button and a navy checkmark are stacked in the vertical bar strip on the right.
A Measurement Settings form centred on the open Duo in landscape, with Short Name Collar, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions Measure from the base of the neck straight down the front to the hem line at the knee, and an empty optional Image Guide row; a Back button and a navy checkmark sit in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
A Measurement Settings page on the iPad with Back at the top left and a navy checkmark at the top right, its fields in a centred column: Short Name Collar, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions Measure from the base of the collar down to the hem., and an empty optional Image Guide row.
A Measurement Settings page with Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions Measure from the base of the neck straight down the front to the knee in a gold-outlined box, an optional Image Guide row and a solid gold Save button.
A Measurement Settings page with Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions Measure from the base of the neck straight down the front to the knee, an Image Guide row reading Optional and a solid gold full-width Save button, with empty space below.
The short name goes on the label, the full name goes in the list.

Can I add my own photo to the guide?

Yes. The Image Guide row on the Measurement Settings form opens the photo picker, and the photo you choose becomes the illustration on the entry screen, in place of the drawing a built-in measurement gets. It is worth doing for anything your team measures differently from the way a chart would describe it: a reference photo of the garment settles an argument that a paragraph of instructions cannot.

The row is optional. Leave it empty and the measurement still works, with your instructions behind the information button.

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The Measurement Settings form with a small photo thumbnail now filling the Image Guide row, under the names and instructions, and the navy checkmark at the top right.
The Measurement Settings form on the closed Duo with a small photo thumbnail now filling the Image Guide row, under the names and instructions, and the navy checkmark in the vertical bar strip on the right.
The Measurement Settings form in landscape with a small photo thumbnail now filling the Image Guide row, under the names and instructions, and the navy checkmark in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
The Measurement Settings page on the iPad with a small photo thumbnail now sitting at the left of the Image Guide row, under the names Collar and Collar to hem and the instructions, and the navy checkmark at the top right.
The Measurement Settings page with a small square photo thumbnail now at the right end of the Image Guide row, above the gold Save button.
The Measurement Settings page with a small square thumbnail of a woman in lilac activewear at the right end of the Image Guide row, above the gold Save button.
A chosen photo shows as a thumbnail on the row.
The profile on Page 8 of 8: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line down the front from the neck to the knee and a dark label pill reading COLLAR, with the name Sarah Mitchell and the cm and in switch above and the five section buttons below.
Sarah Mitchell's profile on the closed Duo on Page 8 of 8: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line down the front from the neck to the knee and a dark label pill reading COLLAR, the name and cm and in switch above; Back, the more button, the five section buttons and the Clients button sit in the vertical bar strip on the right.
Split view in landscape with the Clients grid on the left and Sarah Mitchell's profile on Page 8 of 8 on the right: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line down the front from the neck to the knee and a dark label pill reading COLLAR, the name and cm and in switch above, and the five section buttons in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
Sarah Mitchell's profile beside the Clients grid in portrait on Page 8 of 8: the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line down the front from the neck to the knee and a dark label pill reading COLLAR beside the knee, with her name and the cm and in switch above and the five section buttons below.
Sarah Mitchell's new page showing the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line from the base of the neck down the front to just above the knee and a dark label pill reading COLLAR beside the knee, with a leader line to the end of the measurement.
The client page showing the charcoal figure with a blue dotted line from the base of the neck down the front to the knees and a dark label pill reading COLLAR to the right of the knee, joined to the end of the line by a leader line.
Saved, the line and its label join the page.

How do I enter a value for it?

Tap its label on the page. The entry screen is the same one every built-in measurement uses, with your photo at the top, your instructions behind the round navy information button, and the number pad below. On Android this button is navy too. The value goes into the profile and the list view alongside everything else.

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An entry screen titled Collar to hem with a close button at the top left and an edit button beside a grey checkmark at the top right, showing a reference photo, the value 0 cm, and the number pad.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem on the closed Duo, showing a reference photo with a round information button, the value 0 cm and the number pad below; the vertical bar strip on the right holds a close button, an edit button and a grey checkmark stacked top to bottom.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem in landscape, showing a reference photo with a round information button on the left and the value 0 cm above the number pad on the right; the vertical bar strip on the right edge holds a close button, an edit button and a grey checkmark.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem filling the iPad in portrait, with sidebar and close buttons at the top left and an edit button beside a grey checkmark at the top right, showing a reference photo with the round information button at its corner, the value 0 cm, and the number pad.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem showing a reference photo, a navy information button, the value 0 cm and the number pad, with an edit button and a checkmark in the top bar.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem with the chosen photo of a woman in lilac sportswear filling the top half, cropped from the shoulders to the knees, a small information button at its bottom right, the value 0 cm and a full-width number pad, with an edit button and a checkmark in the top bar.
A custom measurement is entered exactly like a built-in one.

How do I change one later?

There are two things you might want to change, and they are reached separately. To change the name, the instructions or the photo, open the measurement’s entry screen and tap the edit button (a clipboard with a pencil) beside the checkmark: that opens Edit Custom Measurement with all three fields. On Android this is a document-and-pencil icon rather than a clipboard, in the same place.

To move the line itself, open the options button (three sliders) on that page, or the three-dot menu on Android, and choose Custom Measurements. Every custom line on the page shows its endpoints. Tap one so the line turns gold, then tap Continue, redraw the line, and commit it with Save Changes followed by Confirm Changes and the checkmark on Edit Custom Measurement.

How do I delete one?

Delete sits at the bottom of Edit Custom Measurement, under the image guide row. Tapping it asks you to confirm first, because a deleted custom measurement cannot be brought back. In the Custom Measurements editor, a selected line also has a trash button at the top right, which opens a Delete Measurement screen with the same choice. Built-in measurements cannot be deleted at all: hide the pages you do not use instead.

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An Edit Custom Measurement form with a close button at the top left and a navy checkmark at the top right, the short name, full name, instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete button underneath.
An Edit Custom Measurement form filling the closed Duo, with the short name COLLAR, the full name Collar to hem, the instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete button underneath; a close button and a navy checkmark sit in the vertical bar strip on the right.
An Edit Custom Measurement form in landscape, scrolled so the short name COLLAR sits at the top, then the full name Collar to hem, the instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete button underneath; a close button and a navy checkmark sit in the vertical bar strip on the right edge.
An Edit Custom Measurement page on the iPad with a close button at the top left and a navy checkmark at the top right, its fields in a centred column: Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete button underneath.
An Edit Custom Measurement page with Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions, an Image Guide row with a photo thumbnail, a gold Update button and a white Delete button with red text beneath it.
An Edit Custom Measurement page with Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, the instructions, an Image Guide row with a photo thumbnail, a full-width gold Update button and a white Delete button with red text beneath it.
The edit button reopens the settings for that measurement.
A Delete Measurement alert over the Edit Custom Measurement form reading are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement, this action cannot be undone, with Cancel and a red Delete button.
A Delete Measurement alert over the dimmed Edit Custom Measurement form on the closed Duo, reading are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement, this action cannot be undone, with Cancel and a red Delete button side by side.
A Delete Measurement alert over the dimmed Edit Custom Measurement form in landscape, reading are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement, this action cannot be undone, with Cancel and a red Delete button side by side.
A Delete Measurement alert centred over the dimmed Edit Custom Measurement page on the iPad, reading Are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement? This action cannot be undone., with Cancel and a red Delete button side by side.
A Delete Measurement dialog over the dimmed Edit Custom Measurement page, reading Are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement? This action cannot be undone, with Cancel in gold and Delete in red.
A Delete Measurement dialog centred over the dimmed Edit Custom Measurement page, reading Are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement? This action cannot be undone, with Cancel in gold and Delete in red.
Deleting always asks first.