This is fun!

Apparently I’m pretty “symmetrical”.

Height: 174 cm
Arm span: 175 cm

Forearm: 25 cm
Foot: 25 cm

I was a bit surprised that forearm and foot measurements are exactly the same, since I have a rather small shoe size (European 38) for someone my height. Maybe my forearms are short?-) Or do I have wider shoulders than I thought? I’m getting a little confused now;-)))

I’m kinda crowded up on the couch, so I did a quick “Put my foot up to my arm” test. Result was There’s a little bit more forearm than foot. But then again, I have big feet, and long arms.

I would reckon that my arm span would be pretty much equal though. My arms may be strong and I may have broad shoulders, but I’m fairly tall.

Thanks, Inge. Fab results.

I would have guessed that you had smaller feet for your height too, but they match your forearm length. And you seem to have regular length arms and shoulder width. Does that make sense?

Fun!

Height: 70 inches
Arm span: 69.5 inches

Forearm: 10.5
Foot: 11.5

My foot is a whole inch bigger than my forearm, which comes as no surprise because I have really large feet (size 12). Other than that I seem to be pretty symmetrical as well!

I don’t have a tape measure, but I remember reading when the Olympics were on that one of the reasons that Michael Phelps is such a phenomenal swimmer is that his arm span (6ft 7 inches) is so much greater than his height (6ft 4 inches) and this is very unusual, as most people as Angie has demonstrated above have about the same measurements. Apparently, this disproportionality can be a symptom of a condition of Marfan syndrome a disorder of the connective tissue.

Can’t measure at the moment, but it makes me wonder: could we create a new sizing system based on some kind of weird function of a person’s height? Maybe a shirt could be labelled a 70 short for someone 70″ tall with a short waist, kind of like jeans sizes based on waist and inseam. Ooh, and maybe add a bust size variable…

Of course, it would be awesome to be able to type in all your measurements to some big machine and magically get that perfect fit, too. Like one of those programmable embroidery machines, but for made-to-measure clothing… one can dream!

Height: 63″ (5′3″)
Arm Span: 60.5″ (5′1/2″)

I’ve always known that I had short arms (and short legs) in comparison to my height, so this came as no surprise at all. Shirt sleeves are always too long (cuffs usually hang over the heel of my hands).

Forearm: 9.125″
Foot: 9.25″

I am a little surprised that my feet are pretty proportional to my arm length though.

My feet and forearms are exactly the same (9 inches, size 6 in heels and 6.5 in flats).

My arm span was really difficult to measure on my own – the tape measure kept curling. It is either exactly the same, or my arm span is about an inch longer than my height.

Height: 62 3/4″
Arm Span: 64 3/4″

I am a bit surprised at the measurement because I always need petite sizes because of sleeve length, but I am a definite inverted triangle with particularly broad shoulders especially for my size. Perhaps I missed my calling and could have been an olympic swimmer, LOL.

Forearm: 9.5″
Foot: 9.25″

I think my shoe size is pretty proportionate, but interestingly, my mom is 2 inches shorter than me but takes 1 size larger shoe. I’ll have to have her take these measurements to make the comparison to arm length.

Wow. Thanks for the info re Mark Phelps, Londonkiwi. That’s remarkable.

Interesting results. My forearms are as long as Inge’s who stands almost three inches taller than I do.

Shiny, once you have the exact measurements, it would great if you could repost your stats. Your broader shoulders will *probably* come into play with the arm span measurement like it did for Donna – who’s going to take up Olympic swimming.

Perfect sense Angie.

I had noticed the difference in forearm length too. Oh well, nothing to be worried about;-)

height/arm span: 160cm/160cm
forearm/foot: 24.5cm/24cm

Considering my petite height, seems I have both long forearms and large feet.

Height: 68.5″
Arm Span: 67.0″

Forearm: 10.0″
Foot: 10.0″

Fascinating!

My arm span and height are exactly the same (61.75″)

My forearm is 9.5″ and my foot is 9.25″.

No surprises I guess.

Arm span: 170 cm, exactly like the height (I think).
Forearm length: 25.5 cm
Foot length: 25.5 cm

Quite in line with the theory

I just re-did it with the heavy duty tape measure, which stays straight. I re-measured several different times, getting the same result, so I’m confident this is correct: 60.5 inches.

I’ve said it before: my shoulders only appear to be broad; they measure pretty average and I have little trouble finding shirts, coats, jackets that fit in the shoulders. I don’t know why they look so broad, other than the fact they go straight across. Perhaps my shoulders are quite average and proportionate it’s just my hips that are quite narrow in comparison? Which makes my shoulders appear broader…

The difference between wingspan and height (both measured in inches) is called the “ape index” in rock climbing slang. So Michael Phelps has an ape index of 3. The bigger, the better, if you’re a climber. That’s the theory, anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_index

Height — 64.5″ (5′4.5″)
Armspan — 67″

So I guess I have pretty long arms and am a half-inch away from having something in common with Michael Phelps. Unfortunately they’re weak so I won’t be taking up rockclimbing or Olympic swimming any time soon…

Forearm and foot were both 9″.

Height: 63 inches (5′3″)
Arm Span: 65 1/2 inches

Forearm: 9 inches
Foot: 9 inches

That is so weird! I never would have thought…

Wow! I felt I had long arms, but had no idea my arms were THAT long!

Height 164 cm
Arm span 171cm

Forearm 25.5 cm
Foot 25.7 cm

Shh, now I know why my Dad keeps pushing me into swimming (which I dislike).

Height 174cm
Arm span 176cm
Forearm 27cm
Foot 25cm

Problem seems to be with my forearms being elongated, otherwise I’d be fairly symmetrical. Probably due to me carrying heavy shopping bags etc. for too long, ah well the recession has its bonuses, I can’t afford to go shopping now!!

Okay so to throw the cat amongst the pigeons… I’d learnt about the arm/height and feet/forearm thing in school.

But I also remember learning that 2 x your wrists is your neck measurement, and in theory 2 x your neck should be your waist (I’m overweight so I can’t test tht one)

Oh and another one, again not sure about the accuracy of this one – that if you can fit the waistband of a piece of clothing around your elbow and wrist (with your wrist bent) that it should fit your waist. Again as I’ve got a fat tummy it doesn’t work for me but I’d be interested to know if it holds true for someone at their correct weight?

These are well known proportions. I’m about the same arm width to height, and I can also almost fit my foot into the inside of my forearm to wrist, though my toe is about 1/2″ longer than my inner forearm

There are lots of these proportions – like your face is supposed to be 5 eye widths wide, and three noses long, as well as being 8 (though for women more like 7 3/4) head lengths tall.

Humans are fascinating!

Height: 62. 3/4 inches (5′2 3/4″)
Arm Span: 63 inches

Forearm: 9 1/2 inches
Foot: 8 3/4 inches (size 5.5 to 6)

Fairly similar on arm span and small feet. No surprise for me on foot size.

Height = 166 cm = Arm span
Forearm = 25 cm = Foot.

Interesting!

Em,
My wrist measures 5 1/4 inches, while my neck is 12.5 inches and waist, 25 inches. Pretty accurate overall since I have small wrists. I don’t think the jeans measuring method would work for me since I like low rise jeans. It’s how my husband measures for his jeans though

Em, my neck is 12 inches so I should have a 24 inch waist, but I don’t. It’s never been that small – not even in high school. But then I wrapped a tape measure around my elbow to my wrist (with it bent) and it came out 26.5, which is right on the money for my waist size.

Hmm, maybe I measured my neck wrong? How do you measure it? If it’s the way you measure for shirts (keep it low to the base of the neck, and keep it loose) then yes, twice my neck measurement is my waist.

Fascinating!

Wow! How interesting. Thanks for participating, ladies.

Lena, I hope you’ll reconsider Olympic swimming. It might be a destiny

(Tape measure is out again). My neck measurement is just under 12 inches which about twice my waistline at 24 inches. That one worked. But my wrist measures 5 inches which is more than twice my neck measurement. I have VERY dainty wrists and that’s no surprise.

Hah! But the length of my face is exactly 8 times the length of my height. Nice one, Imogen.

This is hysterical. Ironically, my girls and I were just testing this on the weekend as we compared our “wingspan” to a diagram of the wingspan of an eagle. Our wingspans were *much* shorter than the eagle’s, but unlike the eagle, our wingspans were all almost exactly our height. (even the 4 year old).

My feet are shorter than my forearms by an inch.

Height: 63″
Arm span: 65 1/2″ (My husband measured and called me a “knuckle dragger”. I guess I knew I had long arms for my height *and* a strong shoulder line.)

Forarm: 9 1/2″ (24cm)
Foot: 9 3/4″ (24.5cm)

More discussion on the forum:
http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....-structure

My ‘wingspan’ and height are very close, but the rest don’t line up for me – my wrists are 6 1/2″ but my neck is 15″; my forearms are 10 1/2″ but my feet are only 9 1/2″ long.

Ever since I started sewing for myself and working on fitting, I’ve been interested in proportion and learning how mine vary from the “average”. I used to think I was short-waisted, but now I know I’ve got a long torso and a short distance from waist to hip. And for my tall height my legs are actually relatively short.

Rae, there have been computer programs that claim to take your measurements and produce a ‘perfect’ fitting sewing pattern, but few people have had success with them. Even two people with the same exact measurements can have very different shapes – it takes a lot of tweaking to get a custom pattern to fit, and the same would be true, I would imagine, for custom garments. RTW tries to strike a happy medium and fit as many people as possible halfway decently, rather than each of us perfectly. Which means that sometimes we get lucky and sometimes we don’t. :/

height:177
arm span:186

size shoe US13 mens sam as my forearm

well , you have 2 choices
1- you have long legs so your torso is shorter than normal so your arms appear longer
2-your shoulders are small so they dont take length from your arm span
i hope it helps you