What does Ted Baker size 3 or 4 mean?
Fact-checked 2026-09-29 · every claim links to its source below
What Ted Baker publishes
- No server-rendered size chart. tedbaker.com/pages/size-guide renders only a link to a "MEN'S SIZE GUIDE" app page, and that app page returns no table to a non-browser reader; tedbaker.com/uk/size-guide is a 404. That absence is the finding, and the reason every "Ted Baker size chart" online is a third-party copy.3
- The regional Qatar site does publish the ladder, in centimetres: "TED SIZE 1 XS 86cm… 2 S 91.5cm… 3 M 96.5cm… 4 L 101.5cm… 5 XL 106.5cm". Those figures are 34 / 36 / 38 / 40 / 42 inches.2
- One caution on every Ted Baker number: the UK operating company went into administration in 2024 and tedbaker.com relaunched in November 2024 under licence, with the IP owned by Authentic Brands Group. Charts published by third-party stockists may predate the current licensee's product, so treat every Ted Baker size figure as needing a re-verification date.31
What the stockists publish — and where they disagree
- The Nordstrom-hosted Ted Baker London chart gives the numeric ladder in full: 1(xs) 2(s) 3(m) 4(l) 5(xl) 6(xxl) 7(3xl), with chest 34 / 36 / 38 / 40 / 42 / 44 / 46", neck 14.5 / 15 / 15.5 / 16 / 16.5 / 17 / 17.5" and waist 28 / 30 / 32 / 34 / 36 / 38 / 40" — a clean 6-inch drop at every size. The PDF carries no publication date.1
- This is the number that gets Ted Baker suits returned: a buyer who normally wears a 40R sees "size 4" and has no idea what it means. Size 3 is a 38" chest; size 4 is a 40".12
- A second Ted Baker men's chart, hosted by Next, gives an XXS–5XL body chest ladder instead — XXS 76–81.5 cm, XS 84–89, S 91.5–96.5, M 99–104, L 106.5–112 and up to 5XL 145–150 cm — with shirt collars from 34.5 cm (13½") to 53.5 cm (21") and trouser waists 66–117 cm (26–46").4
- The two charts disagree, and the disagreement is the point. The Nordstrom chart puts S at a 36" chest; the Next chart puts S at 91.5–96.5 cm, a 36–38" chest. The alpha ladder and the numeric ladder are not the same system, and stockists mix them — so a Ted Baker alpha size is not a safe translation of a Ted Baker number. This page cites both rather than resolving them.14
- Trousers are hemmed rather than unfinished, in three named inside legs — Short 76 cm (30"), Regular 81 cm (32") and Long 86 cm (34") — plus extended lengths of 89–95 cm.4
- No Ted Baker suit fit-name system (slim, tailored and so on) was retrievable from a brand-controlled page, and none is asserted here.3
- Run small or large: no consensus, and given the 2024 licensee change, older buyer reports should not be used to describe the current product.31
| Ted size | Alpha | Chest | Neck | Waist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XS 1 | 34 1 | 14.5 1 | 28 1 |
| 2 | S 1 | 36 1 | 15 1 | 30 1 |
| 3 | M 1 | 38 1 | 15.5 1 | 32 1 |
| 4 | L 1 | 40 1 | 16 1 | 34 1 |
| 5 | XL 1 | 42 1 | 16.5 1 | 36 1 |
| 6 | XXL 1 | 44 1 | 17 1 | 38 1 |
| 7 | 3XL 1 | 46 1 | 17.5 1 | 40 1 |
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Questions people ask
What is Ted Baker size 4?
A 40" chest, a 16" neck and a 34" waist on the Nordstrom-hosted chart 1, corroborated in centimetres by Ted Baker's Qatar site, which gives size 4 as 101.5 cm 2.
Is Ted Baker size 3 a medium?
On the numeric chart yes — 3 maps to M and a 38" chest 1. But a second published chart maps S to a 36–38" chest 4, so the alpha and numeric ladders do not line up. Buy on the number and the chest, not on the letter.
Does Ted Baker publish its own size chart?
Not one a machine can read: the size-guide page links to a client-side app that returns no table, and the older URL is a 404 3. Every chart you find online is a stockist's copy.
Do Ted Baker trousers come hemmed?
Yes, in three named inside legs — 30", 32" and 34" — plus extended lengths to 95 cm 4.
Sources
What Ted Baker publishes
- Size guide — menswear — Ted Baker Qatar (regional franchise site), 2026-09-29brand-stated
- Size guide — Ted Baker, 2026-09-29brand-stated
What buyers and the press report
- Ted Baker London men's size chart (PDF) — Nordstrom (undated), 2026-09-29third-party
- Ted Baker men's size guide (PDF) — NEXT CDN, 2026-09-29third-party