How To Measure Dress Sleeve Length. As an example a shirt marked “15 ½ 32/33” would mean the man wears a 15 ½ inch neck size and a 32 or 33 inch sleeve length. Measure from the point where the yoke meets the sleeve, straight across, to the same point on the other side.
Always slightly bend the elbow when measuring to allow for extra ease. Shirts today are fitted more closely to the body and often the sleeve length could be taken from your arm length; As an example a shirt marked “15 ½ 32/33” would mean the man wears a 15 ½ inch neck size and a 32 or 33 inch sleeve length.
Run the measuring tape along the yoke and down the sleeve to the end of the cuff.
If you do not do this your sleeve length will be short because the natural position of your arm is slightly bent. Measure from the shoulder to the wrist. Place one end of the measuring tape on that point, and run it along the top edge of the sleeve to it end; This is the widest part of your hip, across the hipbone.