If you use the "Bespoke" section when it comes to measuring chinos (meaning you don't use try-ons), here is how you should proceed:
- Select the cut your customer desires. Basically, the cut accounts for the allowance given to the thighs and the seat of the chinos.
- In order to respect your customers' proportions, we suggest that you always keep in mind the overall look of the garments you create when inputting measurements.
As a matter of fact, you can measure a pair of chinos in much the same way as you do for regular trousers, except for a few distinctions:
- Given the fact that cotton doesn't quite drape like wool does, you'll often need to lengthen a chino's outseam by about 0.5", if you're looking to achieve the same result as with a pair of wool trousers.
- Cotton fabrics often retain a mark of where previous seams used to be; for that reason, we recommend you take measurements by keeping in mind that it's much preferable to have to take in rather than let out when it comes to altering a pair of chinos. In other words, when in doubt, go a little larger or longer.
NB: Please note that all the measurement sections that are grey (not black) are NOT mandatory.