Understanding The Calvin Klein Underwear Size Chart For Both Men & Women

Summary: Calvin Klein is America's most iconic fashion brand. It is also one of the major players in the underwear market for both men and women. How does Calvin Klein's underwear size chart work, let's explore it here.

Calvin Klein's foray into the underwear segment began in the 1980s. The brand is named after its founder Calvin Klein, who started it in 1968. Calvin Klein launched a line of men's underwear in 1982 and women's underwear in 1984. One of the biggest reasons for the brand's popularity is its provocative and controversial advertising campaigns.

The advertising campaigns catapulted the brand into one of the most popular and major players in the underwear segment. Keeping in tune with the times, the brand continued to innovate in the underwear market throughout the 1980s and 1990s, introducing new fabrics, styles, and cuts. In the early 2000s, the brand launched the CK One line, which is a unisex underwear and loungewear line.

Notable celebrities like Mark Wahlberg, Kate Moss, Brooke Shields, and Christy Turlington have been featured in their early underwear advertising campaigns. These campaigns helped to establish the brand's image as a leader in the underwear market and make the models household names.

Men's Size Chart

Calvin Klein's underwear size chart for men uses a combination of chest, waist, and hip measurements to determine the appropriate size for their underwear. In men, they have standard, tall, and big measurements, making them a size-inclusive brand.

In their men's underwear segment, they have boxer briefs, trunks, briefs, lounge + sleep, t-shirts, boxers, and socks. Calvin Klein has sizes from XS to 5X in their briefs, trunks have XS to XXL, and boxers have S to XL. Though the size availability is varied, one can check their universal size chart that lists it according to measurements.

Underwear tops

	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Chest	36"	38"-40"	42"-44"	46"-48"	50"-52"
Waist	28"-30"	32"-34"	36"-38"	40"-42"	44"-46"

Underwear bottoms

Waist	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Inches	28"-30"	32"-34"	36"-38"	40"-42"	44"-46"

Underwear tall-size range

	L	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL
Chest	42"-44"	46"-48"	50"-52"	54"-56"	58"-60"
Waist	36"-38"	40"-42"	44"-46"	48"-50"	52"-54"
Hip	42"-44"	46"-48"	50"-52"	54"-56"	58"-60"

Underwear big-size range

	XL	2XL	3XL	4XL	5XL
Chest	49"-51"	52"-55"	56"-59"	60"-63"	64"-67"
Waist	43"-45"	46"-49"	50"-53"	54"-57"	58"-61"
Hip	49"-51"	52"-55"	56"-59"	60"-63"	64"-67"

While shopping for Calvin Klein underwear bottoms, like briefs and lounge pants, measuring waist and hip size helps in zeroing in on the appropriate size.

A 34-inch waist can choose a CK brief in size M, but for inclusive sizes (big, tall), hip measurement is also required. Depending on the comfort and requirement, the person can choose the style of underwear. Briefs for support, sport brief for freedom of movement, and boxer for comfort and breathability.

How to Measure for Men

Waist measurement

Take a soft tape and measure snug around the waist; it'll be above the belly button. Breathe naturally, don't hold the stomach in.

Hip measurement

Take the tape and circle it around the widest part of the hips.

Chest measurement

Wrap the tape under the armpits at the widest part of the chest.

Once taken, the waist, hip, and chest measurements should be compared to the Calvin Klein's underwear size chart before making the purchase.

Women's Size Chart

Calvin Klein's women's underwear has multiple ranges of styles and sizes. They have panties, bodysuits, bras, bralettes, loungewear, and sleepwear. They also have a section for plus size. This makes them one of the few brands to include size-inclusive clothing for women.

Calvin Klein's underwear size chart for women is pretty comprehensive. They have included sizes for different types of innerwear in their chart - panties, bras, athletic wear, invisible bralettes, plus-size bras and panties, along with how-to-measure instructions.

To know the size of panties, waist and hip measurement is required. For bras and bralettes, bust size, band size, and cup size matters. There's an elaborate instruction to measure all three areas to arrive at what size works. For women, it is imperative to measure the chest before purchasing a bra since women's bodies undergo changes quite frequently.

The plus size in women goes up to 3x, i.e., waist up to 40-14 inches. The panties have varieties of fittings and styles according to customer preferences.

Calvin Klein's underwear size chart may not be similar to other brands, so for a new purchase, measuring yourself according to the instructions provided by the brand solves the size issue.

It is important to know how to measure yourself before choosing the size. Body size changes frequently, so take fresh measurements every time you make a new purchase, especially underwear. Fashinza has covered the basics of measurement for customers as well as clothing labels. Refer to the measurement here.

For any fashion brand, it is critical to either go with the standard sizes or go with the new inclusive sizes like the brand Fenty. Fashinza helps brands cover the basics like design, size, and manufacturing through its AI- and tech-enabled platform.

To get started on sizes, speak to a Fashinza expert now.

Key Takeaways

• Calvin Klein underwear size chart is now size inclusive to some extent
• Before making the purchase reading measurement instructions will help in picking the appropriate size
• Calvin Klein's sizes are different from other brands; hence, measurement becomes critical. Their size and measurement instructions are to the point, and they have instructional videos as well.