FIND THE RIGHT SIZE

The right cut and size are crucial for your clothes to fit properly. When buying online, you will come across many international brands with different clothing sizes. This is because there is no uniform international standard. Even German manufacturers base their measurements on specific target groups. The basis for determining your correct size is therefore your body measurements. We offer you simple measuring instructions on this page. Using these instructions, you can use your body measurements to determine which clothing size best corresponds to these measurements and ensure that your newly purchased item of clothing fits perfectly.

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Clothing sizes explained

While around 100 years ago most items of clothing were made to measure by a tailor to fit everyone, today we mostly use ready-made clothing sizes that are based on a standard size but can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. Thanks to this standard, it is possible to produce clothing in large quantities and thus more cheaply. A distinction is made between a US and European size system, as well as between women's and men's clothing. Some items of clothing, such as shoes, shirts and hats, have their own system. We mainly use European ready-made clothing sizes.

The following formula is used as a guide for the European standard: clothing size = chest circumference / 2 for men and clothing size = chest circumference / 2 – 6 for women.

• Example calculation for men: 100 cm chest circumference / 2 = 50 clothing size
• Example calculations for women: 88 cm chest circumference / 2 – 6 = 38 clothing size

Men
The basis for European clothing sizes for men is the chest circumference. A distinction is made between normal sizes, short sizes (or stocky sizes) and long sizes (or slim sizes).

What does stocky height mean?
Stocky men often have the problem that clothes that fit the torso are significantly too long. This stature tends to require different proportions than those of a normal size. Stocky sizes are suitable for men with a small belly or for men who are rather short. The length of the sleeves and back is usually shorter, while the width is significantly larger.

What does slim size mean?
Tall and slim men face the opposite problem: the sleeve and back length are often too short and the man looks as if he has outgrown them. For this reason, tall sizes are proportionally longer in the back and arms, while they are cut slimmer in the torso.

Ladies
European women's clothing sizes assume a height between 164 cm and 170 cm, but there are also short and long sizes for women. The Wellington of Bilmore women's collection is only available in normal sizes, but we are happy to produce up to size 52. Even though we do not have a large warehouse here, we are happy to produce larger sizes for you on request.