Custom-Made Dresses: Shoulder Measurement

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Part of the video series: Buying a Custom-Made Dress

Summary: Shoulder measurements for a custom-made dress reach from shoulder-to-shoulder across the chest. Learn to take shoulder measurements for a custom-made dress from a professional seamstress in this free video on custom fashion.

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By Sabrina Beck
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Sabrina Beck is the owner of Cinderellas Closet in American Fork, Utah. She has been a professional seamstress for more than 8 years.read more

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"We're going over how to take measurements to have a dress made. A custom dress made. The next measurement that we are going to go over are the shoulder measurements. There are two different measurements for the shoulder. The first one that we're going to go over is from shoulder to shoulder on your front. Basically what you want to do is if you got a shirt that's fitting you pretty well and you like where the sleeves, this seam hits you, you can go directly from the front of the seam over to the other seam. If you don't really have a shirt that fits really well, what you need to do is just watch were the angle of the shoulder hits and where the top of the shoulder starts to angle down. You want to take that measurement directly down below that. Goes directly from shoulder to shoulder. Some people are a little bit broader shouldered than others. Some do have a little bit of a narrower build. This will make sure that the neckline is exactly where it needs to be. It will also help make sure that there's enough fabric for those sleeves in the back, that it's, you'll get a proper fit."