Off the peg
Off the peg is the old British tailoring term for ready-to-wear. Shops hung ready-made clothes on pegs along the wall, and you took one down and wore it home, which made it the plain opposite of bespoke. Offpeg is one short rail at a time, in sizes XS to XL.
Care key
The symbols always come in the same order: wash, bleach, dry, iron, professional care. A cross through any of them means don’t.
Washtub
Machine wash, 30 °C at most. The number in the tub is always the ceiling, in Celsius. A bar underneath would mean a gentler cycle; a hand means hand wash.
Triangle
The triangle is bleach. Empty means any bleach is fine, two stripes means oxygen bleach only, and crossed out, as here, means none at all.
Square
The square is drying. A circle inside it means tumble dry; lines mean air dry. One horizontal line means lay it flat, so the knit keeps its shape.
Iron
Dots are heat: one for 110 °C, two for 150 °C, three for 200 °C. One dot, so keep it cool and keep it moving.
Circle
The circle is professional care. A letter inside tells the cleaner the process: P or F for solvents, W for wet cleaning. Crossed out means no dry cleaning.
Size chart
| Measurement | XS | S | M | L | XL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesthalf, pit to pit | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 64 |
| Body lengthshoulder seam to hem | 66 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 74 |
| Sleevefrom the shoulder | 60 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 68 |
| Waisthalf, for jeans | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 48 |
| Inseamcrotch seam to hem | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 |
To pick a size, lay a piece you already own flat, measure it the same way and compare. Half measurements run straight across, so double them for the whole way round.