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Fig. 13.7 Developed scheme of body measurements to design and label male shaping
underwear: (A) primary; (B) additional. (WL, natural waist line/level as narrowest girth part;
WF, WB, waist front and back points; HL, hip line/level as largest girth part, HB, hip back peak
point; GL, genitals line/level across bulge peak point; GF, genital peak point; CrL, crotch line/
level; Cr, crotch point; TL, thigh line/level).
(A) Primary measurements horizontally:
W G , Natural waist girth (narrowest waist girth)
H G , Hip girth (largest girth)
T G , Thigh girth (largest girth)
WB D , Distance from concave waist back to back vertical guideline
HB D , Distance from hip peak to back vertical guideline
GF D , Distance from genitals bulge peak to back vertical guideline
Abd. D , Distance from front abdomen to back vertical guideline
Primary measurements vertically:
Δ(W H H H ), Natural waist to hip level (vertical distance).
H H , Hip height
W H , Natural waist height
Primary measurements in arc length:

CL, Full crotch length (from WF through Cr to WB, close to body)
WL, Length of natural waist to waistband (front, side and back, close to body)
H SL , Side length of natural waist to hip level (close to body)
T SL , Side length of natural waist to thigh level (close to body)
(B) Additional measurements horizontally:
ΔGW, Difference between natural waist front and genitals bulge, GF D Abd. D
ΔWH, Difference between hip peak and natural waist back, WB D HB D
Δ(H G W G ), Difference between hip and natural waist girth, H G W G .
NW G , New waist girth as waistband located below natural waist level
NT G , New thigh girth as underwear bottom in horizontal and slope directions
Additional measurements vertically:

BR, Distance from natural waist to crotch level, W H Cr H
Nav. H , Navel level height
GF H , Height of genitals peak (follow the wearing habits)
Cr H , Crotch level height
h G , Distance between genitals peak point and crotch level, GF H Cr H
h T , Distance between crotch and new thigh (underwear bottom) level, Cr H T H
h H , Distance between hip and crotch level, H H Cr H
h W , Distance between natural waist to waistband level, W H NW H
Additional measurements in arc length:
CL F , Front crotch length, from WF front to Cr across genitals peak
CL B , Back crotch length, from Cr to WB through hip middle groove
ΔF, Value describing genital bulge, CL F BR
ΔB, Value describing hip bulge, CL B BR
Cr SL , Side length from natural waist to crotch level, leg inside minus outside length