Your Measurements, Not Our Size Chart

On fit, bodies, and what made-to-measure actually means.

Most lingerie is made for a median body. The sizes on the label — XS, S, M, or a cup/band combination represent a range of bodies that the manufacturer has decided a single pattern can serve adequately.
'Adequately' is the operative word. The piece will fit well enough for most people most of the time. For the bodies that fall outside the standard distribution smaller busts, wider ribcages, longer torsos, broader shoulders, narrow hips 'adequately' becomes 'not quite', and 'not quite' becomes 'not at all'.

Amoreze does not make for a median body. Every piece is made to your measurements.
A size chart is a compromise. Your measurements are the truth.

What Made-to-Measure Means at Amoreze

When you order from Amoreze, you provide your measurements. Not your dress size. Not your cup size. Your actual numbers: underbust circumference, bust circumference, shoulder width, hip circumference where relevant to the piece.
These measurements are used to cut your specific pattern. The leather is cut to your dimensions. The straps are set at the length your body requires. The hardware lands where it should on your specific frame not where a standard pattern places it on an assumed body.
This is not a premium service or a custom surcharge. It is how Amoreze works. Every order is a custom order.

Who This Is For

The honest answer: everyone. But especially

• Small bust
  Standard lingerie sizing is built around a C cup median. Smaller busts — AA, A, small B — are an afterthought in conventional sizing. Pieces scaled down from larger patterns lose their proportional logic. A structured cup designed for a C cup, reduced to an A, no longer does what a cup is meant to do.
  Amoreze works with half-cup construction as a starting point for smaller busts not as a modification of a larger pattern, but as the correct architecture for that body. The cup is cut for your volume. The structure serves your specific shape.
  
• Bodies outside standard sizing
  A 28-inch underbust with a D cup. A 40-inch underbust with an A cup. A long torso that places a standard bralette's band at the wrong point entirely. These combinations exist  they are common and standard sizing consistently fails them.
  At Amoreze, these are not unusual requests. They are measurements. The pattern is cut to them the same way it is cut to any other set of numbers.
  
• Bodies that have changed
  Post-surgery. Post-pregnancy. After weight change in any direction. The body you have now may not match any size you have worn before and it does not need to. Send your current measurements. The piece is made for the body you have.
  
• Bodies that are simply specific
  You are not outside the range. You are your own range. Every body is specific. Amoreze is built on this premise.
  The piece that fits your body is the piece made for your body. There is no other kind of fit worth having.

How to Take Your Measurements

You will need a soft measuring tape. Measure against your skin, not over clothing. Stand naturally — not pulled in, not pushed out.

• Underbust: measure directly under your breasts, at the point where your bra band would sit. Keep the tape level all the way around.
  
• Bust: measure at the fullest point of your bust, usually across the nipple line. Keep the tape parallel to the floor.
  
• Shoulder width: measure across the back, from the bony point of one shoulder to the bony point of the other.
  
• Hip: measure at the widest point of your hips and seat. Relevant for body harnesses and lower-body pieces.
  
• Torso length: for full body harnesses, measure from the top of your shoulder to your natural waist. This determines where the central hardware sits. If you are unsure about any measurement, write to us before ordering. We will guide you.

Custom Requests

Beyond sizing, Amoreze accepts modifications to existing designs and fully custom pieces.
If you want a harness with a different strap configuration, a bralette in a different leather colour, a piece designed for a specific occasion or a specific body situation — write to us. We will tell you honestly whether we can make it, what it will cost, and how long it will take.
Custom work is not exceptional at Amoreze. It is the standard.

A Note on Returns and Fit

Because every Amoreze piece is made to your measurements, we ask that you take them carefully before ordering. A piece made correctly to your measurements is not returnable on the basis of fit — it was made for your body specifically.
If something is wrong — a measurement was recorded incorrectly, the piece doesn't match what was ordered — we will fix it. Write to us. This is part of what atelier service means.