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Hanger Sizing Help PageUpdated 36 minutes ago

Hanger sizing trips up more people than almost anything else we sell, and that's completely normal. Working from a size chart, a garment measurement, or an existing hanger are all reasonable ways to guess, but none of them are foolproof from a distance, we can't see or feel your specific garment. Below is our full size chart, followed by a few different ways to make the call, plus what to do if you still end up wanting a different size.

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Quick Reference Chart


Shirt & Sweater Hangers

SizeWidthMatches
SmallS15.0"14–14.5" neck, 34–36" chest
MediumM17.0"15–15.5" neck, 38–40" chest
LargeL19.0"16–16.5" neck, 42–44" chest
Extra-LargeXL21.0"17–17.5" neck, 46–48" chest

General industry averages, not ours specifically.

Suit & Jacket Hangers

SizeWidthMatches
SmallS15.5"Up to US 38
MediumM17.0"US 40–42
LargeL18.5"US 44–46
Extra-LargeXL20.0"US 48+

A rough guide only, see Match Your Clothing Size below.

Travel Hangers

SizeWidthMatches
SmallS15.5"Up to US 38
MediumM17.0"US 40–42
LargeL18.5"US 44–46
Extra-LargeXL20.0"US 48+

Same size breakpoints as suit hangers, but a much smaller 0.75" flare, worth a look for narrow shoulders.

▶ Watch: How to Choose the Correct Hanger Size for Your Suits

▶ Watch: Kirby on Suit & Jacket Hanger Sizing

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Ways to Find Your Size


There's more than one valid way to land on the right hanger size. Pick whichever fits how much time and information you have.

Match Your Clothing Size

The fastest approach: use the size chart above and match it to your suit, jacket, or shirt size. For suits and jackets, that means your US jacket size (38, 40, 42, and so on). For shirts and sweaters, match it to the size you'd normally wear (Small, Medium, Large).

The catch: a size 40 jacket from one brand can fit noticeably differently than a size 40 from another, cut, country of origin, and even the decade it was made all affect it. This method gets you in the right neighborhood fast, but it's the least precise of the three if your wardrobe spans a lot of different brands.

▶ Watch: Kirby on Matching Hanger Size to Clothing Size

Measure the Garment Itself

Lay the garment flat, buttoned or zipped, and measure straight across the back from shoulder seam to shoulder seam. This is a good way to sanity-check Method 1, though keep in mind a garment lying flat doesn't always measure the same as it sits on a body or a hanger, so treat it as a strong estimate rather than an exact science.

  • Suits & jackets: match your measurement to the closest size, and size down if you're between two. Our suit and jacket hangers already add a 2.5" shoulder flare beyond the seam for support, sizing up on top of that flare tends to push too far into the sleeve head and distort it. Smaller is the safer direction here.
  • Shirts & sweaters: match the measurement as closely as possible. If you land between two sizes, sizing up slightly is fine, the flare on these hangers is much smaller (1.15") so it's far less likely to overextend into the sleeve.

▶ Watch: Kirby on Measuring Your Garment for Hanger Sizing

Narrow Shoulders?

The 2.5" shoulder flare on our suit and jacket hangers is fixed, we can't reduce it for a given size. If your shoulders run narrow, even the Small suit hanger may push too far into the sleeve.

In that case, our travel hanger (0.75" flare, see the chart above for sizing) or a sweater hanger (1.15" flare) are worth considering instead.

▶ Watch: Travel Hangers Explained

Measure a Hanger You Already Own

If you already have a hanger that fits a similar garment well, this is the simplest way to translate that into our sizing. Measure it tip to tip (the full width across the shoulders), then match that number to the closest size in the chart above.

This works especially well if you're replacing a wire or plastic hanger with one of ours for the same garment, you already know it holds the shoulders correctly.

Still not sure? None of these methods are exact, they're all ways of making an educated guess without seeing the garment in person. If your shoulders run narrow or you're between two sizes, sizing down for suits and jackets is usually the safer call.
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Getting the Size Right


Every method above is a way of making the best possible call without seeing your garment in person, that's a real limitation, not a failure on your part if the size ends up being off. It's common to need a different size once a hanger is actually in hand. If that happens, we're glad to help you exchange for the correct one. See our full return & exchange policy for how that works.

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