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
  • 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 three-dot menu and choose Add New Page.
  2. On Choose an Avatar, pick Front View, Back View or Side View. The new 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. 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 save button stays grey until both have something in them.
  7. Write the instructions you want whoever takes this measurement to read.
  8. Tap the confirm button at the top right to save.

On Android, 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.

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A Choose an Avatar sheet with 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 in the middle of the screen, each a line drawing of a female figure, labelled Front View, Back View and Side View, with Cancel at the top right.
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.
A body with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front to the knee, above a Save Measurement button.
The figure with a blue dotted line running from the base of the neck straight down the front of the body to a point above the knee, an anchor and an undo button at the top right and a yellow Save 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 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 Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, a paragraph of measuring instructions, and an optional Image Guide row.
A Measurement Settings page with Short Name COLLAR, Full Name Collar to hem, a paragraph of measuring instructions and an 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.
The Measurement Settings page with a small photo thumbnail now sitting at the left of the Image Guide row.
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.
A profile page showing the body with a blue dotted line down the front and a dark label pill reading COLLAR beside the knee.
The client page showing the figure with a blue dotted line down the front and a dark label pill reading COLLAR beside the knee, with the last of eight page dots filled.
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 green information button, and the number pad below. On Android this button is navy instead of green. The value goes into the profile and the list view alongside everything else.

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An entry screen titled Collar to hem showing the reference photo, the value 0 cm and the number pad.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem beside the profile sidebar, showing the photo chosen as the image guide, the value 0 cm and the number pad.
An entry screen titled Collar to hem showing the photo the tailor chose, 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 clipboard button in the top bar: 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 three-dot menu on that page and choose Custom Measurements. Every custom line on the page shows its endpoints. Tap one, tap Continue, redraw the line, then commit it with Save Changes followed by Confirm Changes.

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. 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 the short name COLLAR, the full name Collar to hem, the instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete row at the bottom.
An Edit Custom Measurement page with the short name COLLAR, the full name Collar to hem, the instructions, an image guide thumbnail and a red Delete row beneath them.
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 confirmation reading are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement, this action cannot be undone, with Cancel and Delete.
A Delete Measurement alert reading are you sure you want to delete this custom measurement, this action cannot be undone, with Cancel and a red Delete.
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.