The vertical measurement is taken from the top of the body figure to its base. Long body short legs.
Horizontal And Vertical Measurements Of The Hyoid Bone
Vertical body measurement. Measurement is taken around the arm. Measure chest horizontally around body over nipples and parallel to the floor. Long waisted your waist is below the halfway mark between your bust line and your hips. The position of a waist or a hemline can still visually change your shape and shorten your legs. Although a balanced vertical body shape when the 2 halves are roughly equal is theoretically ideal you still need to choose carefully. 3 shoulder to shoulder length.
Suggestion use a pencil aligned vertically with back of the ear lobe pointing down to neck base to locate the highest point. Then the horizontal measurements. Neck round measure around the base of the neck slightly loose. Measure from the highest point on base of side neck to bust point nipple position. With all of the possible lengths and combinations body shapes and sizes you get billions of body variations that need to be dressed differently. Vertical proportions are the relation of your body parts to each other and as a whole.
Always with a relaxed chest and arms down at side. Short waisted your waist is above the halfway mark between your bust line and your hips. Short legged your upper torso will be longer than your lower body top of head to hips measurement will be. It is in this order for the vertical measurements i assume 1 body length. The length of your legs compared to your upper body your waistline your head size and neck length all factor into vertical proportion. Donot take this too tight.
Gallery of Vertical Body Measurement
