DRESS MEASUREMENT

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Getting started with Dress Measurement

Set up Dress Measurement in a few minutes on iPhone, iPad or Android: your first profile, your height and fit, and where your measurements live once setup is done.

Dress Measurement does not ask you to sign up or create an account. Install it from the App Store or Google Play, open it, and the first thing it does is build a profile for the person you are measuring.

How do I set up the app the first time?

Setup is a short sequence of screens, and the app opens on your new profile at the end of it. You need a name, a body type, a skin tone and your units to get past the first screen. Everything after that shapes the size recommendations you are given later, and you can change any of it afterwards.

  1. Type a name in the field under Welcome to DM. Use your own name if you are measuring yourself, or the name of the person you are measuring.
  2. Tap the man outline on the left or the woman outline on the right. The chosen one is highlighted in gold with a tick.
  3. Pick one of the five skin tones. The selected outline takes that tone.
  4. Tap cm or in for the units you measure in, then tap Continue.
  5. Scroll the wheel to your height. Height is what lets the app match your measurements to a brand’s size chart.
  6. On What brings you here, choose Online Shopping, Sewing and Patterns, or Professional Tailoring. You can select more than one.
  7. On Preferred fit, choose Slim, Regular or Relaxed. This adjusts the sizes you are recommended.
  8. On Favorite brands, pick up to three brands you buy from.
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Welcome screen with the name Sarah Mitchell typed into the name field, above a man and a woman body outline, five skin tone circles and a cm or in unit choice.
Welcome screen with the name Sarah Mitchell typed into the name field, above a man and a woman body outline, five skin tone circles, and a cm or in unit choice.
Welcome to DM screen with Sarah Mitchell typed in the name field above a man and a woman body outline, five skin tone circles with the lightest ringed in gold, cm and in buttons, and a grey Continue button.
Welcome to DM screen filling the tablet in portrait, with an empty Enter name field above a man and a woman body outline side by side, five skin tone circles with the lightest ringed in gold, cm and in buttons, and a grey Continue button across the bottom.
Start with a name for your first profile.
Welcome screen with the charcoal skin tone ringed in gold, the selected woman outline filled in that tone beside a greyed man outline, cm ticked, and a gold Continue button at the bottom.
Welcome screen with the charcoal skin tone ringed in gold, the selected woman outline filled in that tone beside a greyed man outline, the cm button ticked, and a gold Continue button across the foot of the screen.
Welcome screen with the woman outline filled charcoal on a gold card and the man outline in grey, the charcoal skin tone ringed in gold, cm ticked in a gold pill, and a gold Continue button at the bottom.
Welcome screen with the woman outline filled in charcoal on a gold panel, the charcoal skin tone circle ringed in gold, a gold cm pill with a tick, and a full-width gold Continue button.
Body type, skin tone and units are all set on this one screen.
Height step showing 170 cm in large type above a scrolling wheel of heights, with a gold Continue button at the foot of the screen.
Height step centred on the page, headed Your Height, showing 170 cm in large type above a scrolling wheel of heights, with a full width gold Continue button at the foot of the screen.
Your Height step showing 170 cm in large type above a picker listing 169, 170 and 171, with a gold Continue button at the bottom.
Your Height step showing 170 cm in large type above a number picker with 169, 170 and 171, the middle value between two divider lines, and a gold Continue button at the bottom of an otherwise empty screen.
Scroll the wheel to your height.
Three full width option rows, each with an icon on the left and a selection circle on the right, reading Online Shopping, Sewing and Patterns, and Professional Tailoring, with Professional Tailoring outlined in gold and ticked.
Three full width option rows centred on the page, each with an icon on the left and a selection circle on the right, reading Online Shopping, Sewing and Patterns, and Professional Tailoring, with Professional Tailoring outlined in gold and ticked.
What brings you here? step with three full-width rows for Online Shopping, Sewing and Patterns, and Professional Tailoring, the last outlined in gold with a gold tick, above a gold Continue button.
What brings you here? step with three full-width rows for Online Shopping, Sewing & Patterns and Professional Tailoring, the Professional Tailoring row outlined in gold with a gold tick.
Tell the app what you will use it for.
Three sketched figures labelled Slim, Regular and Relaxed above a slider running from Fitted to Oversized, with Regular outlined in gold and the slider centred.
Three large sketched figures labelled Slim, Regular and Relaxed above a slider running from Fitted to Oversized, with Regular outlined in gold and the slider knob at its centre.
Preferred fit step with three pencil-sketched women labelled Slim, Regular and Relaxed, Regular outlined in gold and in bold, above a slider from Fitted to Oversized with its gold knob in the middle.
Preferred fit step with three sketched figures labelled Slim, Regular and Relaxed across the width of the tablet, Regular outlined in gold, above a slider running from Fitted to Oversized with its knob in the middle.
Preferred fit changes the sizes you are recommended.

The last screen offers Tailor Shop, the paid plan: start the free trial there, or tap Continue without trial to carry on with the free plan. On Android the buttons read Start your Free Trial or Upgrade to Tailor Shop Yearly, with Continue without trial or Continue on the free plan below them.

Where do my measurements live?

Setup ends on the profile itself, which is a body with a label for each measurement. Tap a label to enter that measurement, and swipe the body sideways to reach the other pages of measurements. The house button at the top left takes you back to the grid of all your profiles; on iPad it is the Home item at the top of the sidebar. On Android this is a back arrow instead of a house icon.

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Profile screen for Sarah Mitchell showing a charcoal full body avatar with labels for head, neck, bust, waist, full hip and ankle, a house button at the top left and a cm button in the top bar.
Sarah Mitchell's new profile in a split view, with Measurements, Body Scan and My Sizes listed down the left and a charcoal front-facing avatar on the right labelled head, neck, bust, waist, full hip and ankle, its values not filled in yet.
Sarah Mitchell profile screen with a charcoal woman avatar labelled Head, Neck, Bust, Waist, Full Hip and Ankle, a cm button and three-dot menu in the top bar, seven page dots, and a bottom bar with Profile, Scan and Sizes.
Profile screen for Sarah Mitchell filling the tablet, with a large charcoal woman avatar labelled head, neck, bust, waist, full hip and ankle, seven page dots below and a Profile, Scan and Sizes bar at the bottom.
Your first profile opens as soon as setup finishes.

Three more controls sit on this screen. The cm or in button in the top bar switches the units on everything shown. The three-dot menu switches between the body and a plain list of every measurement, and holds the profile and app settings. The bar along the bottom moves between the body, the body scan and the sizes that match your measurements; on iPad those three are the sidebar rows.

What should I do next?

Enter a few measurements first, because everything else in the app is built on them. Bust and waist, or chest and waist, are enough to get a size recommendation. Once those are in, the Sizes tab has something to work with and a body scan has a height to scale against.