Size Guide
Measure your bust, find it on the chart below, and that is your size. Take it around the fullest part, over a well-fitting bra. The room to move is already built into the garment, so there is nothing to add on.
If you are between two sizes, size down for a neater shape.
| UK | Bust cm / in |
Waist cm / in |
Hips cm / in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 84 / 33 | 67 / 26½ | 92 / 36¼ |
| 10 | 89 / 35 | 72 / 28¼ | 97 / 38¼ |
| 12 | 94 / 37 | 77 / 30¼ | 102 / 40¼ |
| 14 | 99 / 39 | 82 / 32¼ | 107 / 42¼ |
| 16 | 104 / 41 | 87 / 34¼ | 112 / 44 |
| 18 | 109 / 43 | 92 / 36¼ | 117 / 46 |
These are your body measurements, not the garment's. Bust decides your size - waist and hips are there to check against.
Small, Medium and Large
Our less fitted styles - the Luna, the Clara, the tie tops - are made across two sizes rather than one.
| Size | Bust cm |
Waist cm |
Hips cm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small UK 8-10 |
84-89 | 67-72 | 92-97 |
| Medium UK 12-14 |
94-99 | 77-82 | 102-107 |
| Large UK 16-18 |
104-109 | 87-92 | 112-117 |
How to measure
- Bust - around the fullest part, whilst wearing a good fitting bra.
- Waist - around the natural waistline. Bend to one side to find the natural crease.
- Hips - feet together, around the fullest part.
The garment measurements
Every product page carries the finished measurements of that style under Fit & Sizing, if you like to check before you buy.
- Dress and skirt lengths are given as a worn length, measured from the top of the collarbone to the hem or the longest point.
- Inside leg is measured from the top of the inside leg at the crotch to the ankle bone.
On our dresses, the waist seam sits roughly 6cm above the natural waist, so the waist measurement there will read smaller than your own - and is meant to.
Each piece is individually made, so measurements may vary by a centimetre or two. If you are unsure between two sizes on a particular piece, email emma@thewellworn.co.uk - we would rather help you get it right first time.
Reworked vintage denim
Throw everything you know about sizing out of the window for vintage denim. Marked sizes on old jeans do not measure true, so go roughly two sizes up from your contemporary size - if you are a 27 today, you are a 29-30 in vintage Levi's. Every pair has its own measurements on the product page, taken from the garment itself.
Not in these sizes?
We cut from a UK 8 to an 18. If you sit outside that, email emma@thewellworn.co.uk - we are a small studio in Winchester and we can usually work something out.
We also make to measure. Made for You is a piece cut to your own measurements, in a fabric you choose.