Womenswear drafted from four measurable blocks
So this site tells you where the difference is. Every garment here carries its finished measurements, its ease and a ±1 cm tolerance — published, not on request. Fill in three numbers and the drawing below redraws itself.
The four blocks, one coordinate system
1 square = 5 cm
| Measurement | Yours | Standard block | Difference | Points to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bust | — | 88 | — | — |
| Waist | — | 70 | — | — |
| Hip | — | 96 | — | — |
| Hip minus waist | — | 26 | — | — |
| Shoulderoptional | — | 39 | — | — |
| Sleeveoptional | — | 60 | — | — |
Your two sizes
Standard sizes come from one block. Your body probably isn't that block. This site tells you where the difference is.
The names are descriptions of geometry, not of people. A block is a set of numbers a pattern is cut from — the standard one measures 88 at the bust, 70 at the waist and 96 at the hip. Everything below is stated as a difference from those three figures.
Hip-to-waist difference up to 30 cm
Hip and waist sit within 4 cm of the standard block's 26 cm difference.
The side seam runs close to vertical. There is no extra width released at the hip beyond what the standard block already carries.
8 garments on this lineHip-to-waist difference 30–40 cm
10 cm more room at the hip than the standard block, with the waist held.
The waist is suppressed with darts and the width is released again below it. The side seam curves.
8 garments on this lineHip-to-waist difference above 40 cm
18 cm more room at the hip than the standard block, with the waist held.
Two waist darts and a longer hip curve. The width released below the waist is roughly double the Curved Block's.
8 garments on this lineSorted by shoulder width, not by hip-to-waist difference
Shoulder width offered at 36, 39 and 42 cm on the same body.
Shoulder width is usually locked to the size. Here it isn't — the body of the garment stays the same and only the shoulder changes.
8 garments on this lineThe shelf
46 garments. Every one of them carries a full finished-measurement table, its ease, and a tolerance of ±1 cm. None of them is priced by how large it is.
Open the shelf with filtersEase
Ease is the finished measurement minus the body measurement. Most retailers publish body size charts and stop there, which tells you nothing about how the garment will sit. We publish both numbers and the gap between them, for every size of every garment.
Tolerance
Finished measurements are held to ±1 cm. Outside that, the garment does not match what this page says, and that is a fault rather than wear.
Counts as wearNormal shrinkage within the stated range after repeated washing, and pilling.
Counts as a faultA finished measurement outside ±1 cm of the table on its page. Also split seams, failed zips and torn cloth.
Cloth
Two garments cut from identical patterns sit differently if the cloth differs. That is why every product page lists the legal fibre composition by weight, and why anything with elastane carries its stretch percentage — stretch changes the range a single size actually covers.
Stretch is measured relaxed, not held. A garment listed at 12 % stretch is not a garment that fits 12 % more people.
It is the measurement that decides whether an upper garment sits or drags, and almost nobody offers it separately. Block D holds the body of the garment constant and changes only the shoulder: 36, 39 or 42 cm. All three cost the same.
Three bands is not every shoulder. If yours falls outside 36–42 cm, Block Compare says so rather than pointing you at the nearest one.
F-04 · Mixed Set
Most people's don't. Sets are normally locked to one size across both halves, which is convenient for the warehouse and not for anyone else. This one takes the top from Block B and the bottom from Block C, and you pick a size for each.
138 USD
Less than the two garments bought separately.
See both halvesThree of them are enough to start. Take them over light clothing, keep the tape level, and don't pull it tight — a tape pulled tight gives you a number that no garment is cut to.
Bust
Fullest part, tape level all the way round
Waist
Narrowest part, tape not pulled
Hip
Fullest part, feet together
Shoulder
Across the back, point to point
Sleeve
Shoulder point over the elbow to the wrist
Body length
Back neck bone straight down
Inseam
Crotch point to ankle, inside the leg
You can report a fault for three years from delivery. For the first two years, if something is wrong, we have to show it wasn't faulty when you got it. Not the other way round.
Faults and complaintsYou have 14 days from the day after delivery to withdraw from your purchase, without giving a reason. Everything we sell is outerwear, so the sealed-goods exception does not apply here — trying a garment on is never a reason for us to refuse a return.
Right of withdrawalIf we say no to your claim and you disagree, you can take it to Allmänna reklamationsnämnden (ARN). It is free for you, and we will follow their recommendation.
About ARNIf it didn't fitIf it didn't fit, tell us which measurement was off. We'll say which block would have been closer, or that we don't have one. Fit feedback form. This is in addition to your 14-day right of withdrawal, not instead of it.
ShippingStandard shipping is free over 140 USD. Prices are in USD and include 25 % moms. Shipping and returns.
