Size & fit guide
The Everyday Brief is designed to fit close from waistband to hem: low on the hips, short in the leg, with no fly and no spare fabric at the front.
Key takeaways
- Measure your waist low, where the band will sit across the hips — not at your natural waist and not over trousers.
- Our provisional sizes run from S at a 68–76 cm waist to XXL at 100–108 cm.
- The chart mirrors the labelled ranges of our benchmark garment and has not yet been validated by FEELAFTER fit testing.
- Between sizes, size down for a close fit in a knit with good recovery; size up if the waistband leaves a deep mark.
- The Everyday Brief is cut low on the hips with a short, close leg and no fly.
Draft. Our size chart is provisional. It follows the waist ranges printed on the benchmark garment that inspired us, and will be replaced by FEELAFTER's own measured chart after fit testing.
Find your size without a tape measure
Three ways in. Pick whichever one you can do standing exactly where you are — we’ll tell you how much to trust the answer.
Your size
L
Estimated waist: 32.5–36 in
Rough estimate. Two men of the same height and weight can differ by 10 cm at the waist, which is why we show a range.
You’re near the boundary. L is our call, but M is a legitimate choice — size down for a closer fit, up for more room.
How this estimate is calculated
From height and weight we derive BMI, then apply a fixed adjustment for the build you picked (athletic reduces the estimate most, because BMI reads high for muscle). The result is shown as a ±4.5 cm band. It is arithmetic on two numbers, not a body scan — we publish the method so you can judge it yourself.
This chart is provisional — it mirrors the waist ranges printed on the garment we benchmarked. It will be replaced with FEELAFTER’s own measured chart after fit testing, and anyone who has ordered will hear from us if a size shifts.
Or read it off the chart
| Size | Waist (in) |
|---|---|
| S | 27–30 |
| M | 30–33 |
| L | 33–36 |
| XL | 36–39.5 |
| XXL | 39.5–42.5 |
How to measure: wrap a tape around your waist where the waistband will sit — low, across the hips — keeping it snug but not tight.
Between sizes? For now, size down for a closer fit or up for more room.
How it's meant to fit
- Rise
- Low. The waistband sits on the hips, below the navel.
- Leg
- Short and close, ending high on the thigh.
- Feel
- Close to the body throughout, without a baggy seat or loose front.
- Between sizes
- Provisional advice: size down for a closer fit, up for more room. We’ll refine this after fit testing.
How to measure
- Use a soft tape measure, over bare skin or thin underwear.
- Measure where the waistband will sit: low, across the top of the hips — not at your natural waist or navel.
- Keep the tape level all the way round, snug but not pulling in.
- If you usually buy by trouser waist size, use that as a starting point and check against the chart.
What we still need to confirm
- Measured waist and hip ranges for each FEELAFTER size
- Leg length (inseam) and rise in inches and centimeters
- Whether the fit runs true to size after our sampling rounds
Concept image