“ How to Measure the Body
1. Every client must be measured in exactly the same manner
and at the same places on the body. You must realize, then, that to
know the Spirella system is to simplify your work.
Measurements taken with the client standing in normal poise
2. ”

“ Measurements are taken as follows:
Waist (indicated by line W-W on diagram R.)
Place buckle-end tape line in a straight line
around the waist, making sure that it does not
curve up in the back or dip down in front; then
fasten it snugly. Tuck the loose end in the top
of the corset, so that the tape line around the
waist will not be disturbed in any way as you
proceed. ”