Hermès Clothing Sizes: The House's Own FR 34–46 Ladder

What the house's ladder actually contains

The ready-to-wear guide sets out seven columns across sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46. Three are body measurements: the chest runs 78 cm to 102 cm, the natural waist 61 cm to 85 cm, and the hips 85 cm to 109 cm. Four are finished-garment measurements that move much less: sleeve length from 57.3 cm to 60.3 cm, front rise from 31.6 cm to 36.4 cm, back rise from 35.5 cm to 40.9 cm, and the trouser outseam from 106 cm to 109 cm. The small spread in those four figures is the point — those parts of a garment change far less between sizes than the circumference around the body does.

How Hermès tells you to measure

The guide's own definitions decide which number you compare, so they are worth following exactly. Chest is measured with the tape placed horizontally under the armpits and around the fullest part of the chest, kept straight at the back. Waist is taken around the natural waistline rather than the top of a trouser. Hips are measured at the widest point, about 20 cm below the waist. The tape sits directly on the body and is not pulled tight, and the closing instruction is the one to remember: if you fall between two sizes, choose the larger.

The four garment columns, and why they exist

Sleeve length is defined as the distance between the shoulder seam and the sleeve cuff. The front and back rises are the distance from the waist hem to the crotch seam, measured at the front and at the back. The outseam is the distance from the top of the waistband to the hem, down the outside of the leg. These are garment measurements rather than body measurements, which makes them directly comparable with something you already own: lay the garment flat, take the same figures, and the ladder tells you which published size is closest. It also shows where a size change will and will not be visible — two steps up the ladder is about 8 cm at the chest, and about 1 cm at the outseam.

The men's pages state the size the figure belongs to

Men's garment dimensions are published one at a time, with the size they were taken from named: a back length of 64 cm given for a size 48, noting that the dimensions correspond to that size and may vary by about a centimetre between sizes. The same pages carry the fit line for the piece — this one is a slim fit, and the advice is to size up for a looser result — together with the model reference, naming the model's height and the size worn. Read as a set, those three things answer the question a number on its own cannot: what the garment is meant to look like on a body.

Hermès clothes questions buyers ask

Does Hermès publish a size chart for clothing?

Yes. The ready-to-wear guide gives a ladder from FR 34 to FR 46 with chest, waist and hip figures alongside finished-garment measurements for sleeve length, front rise, back rise and trouser outseam. The figures are described as a guide that can vary by model, so the specific piece remains the final word.

What should I do if I fall between two Hermès sizes?

The house's own instruction is to select the larger size. The published step between sizes is about 4 cm at the chest and 4 cm at the hip, so moving up one size adds roughly 4 cm of circumference rather than a full size of slack.

How do the men's Hermès measurements work?

Men's pages publish a garment dimension and name the size it belongs to — a 64 cm back length given for a size 48, with a tolerance of about a centimetre between sizes — and add a fit line for the piece, such as a slim fit to be sized up for a looser result. A men's figure only means something with its reference size.

Reference sources for this page

Measurements and fit notes on this page were cross-checked against published sources: Hermès's own ready-to-wear size guide — the FR 34 to 46 ladder with chest, waist, hip, sleeve length, front rise, back rise and pants outseam, the measuring definitions (chest under the armpits around the fullest part, waist at the natural waistline, hips 20 cm below the waist at the widest point) and the instruction to choose the larger of two sizes (assets.hermes.com/is/content/hermesedito/Legal/Size_guide_D EN.pdf); Hermès product pages — the menswear convention of publishing a garment dimension against its reference size (a 64 cm back length given for a size 48, with a tolerance of about 1 cm between sizes) on the buttoned jacket H656100H801, and the per-piece fit line with the model reference ("This piece is slim fit, size up for a looser fit", model at 1m80 wearing a size 38) on the mixed knit jacket H6E0118DB5H; Hermès FAQ, Products — Size guide — the measuring guidance Hermès repeats to customers, including the belt rule of measuring from the base of the tongue to the hole you use most (hermes.com/us/en/faq/products/size-guide/). Where a figure varies between sources, the range is shown rather than a single number, and the specific piece should be confirmed before deciding.

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