Totême size guide: EU to UK and US, and how the cuts fit

Totême sizes its ready-to-wear on the European scale, 32 to 42 on the tailoring and dresses, XXS to XL on the knitwear, jersey and swim, and inch waists on the denim. Luxury Handbags lists the same garments in UK sizes, so this page is the conversion, the brand’s own fit notes and what the fitting room has learned from 1,518 pieces. The house sizing statement on most product pages is simply true to size; where a style is cut oversized the page says so and suggests taking a size down, and that note is carried into every Luxury Handbags listing under Size and Fit.

Key facts

• Numeric ready-to-wear: EU 32 to 42, which is UK 4 to 14 and US 0 to 10 on the brand’s scale ( Luxury Handbags shows UK)
• Letter sizing: XXS to XL, where S is EU 36 / UK 8 and M is EU 38 to 40 / UK 10 to 12
• Denim: waist sizes 23 to 32 inches, sold as a waist number, with a 28 inch inseam, 30 on some full-length cuts
• The house model is 180 cm and wears an EU 36 on the runway pieces (stated on the product pages)
• Most pages state true to size; the oversized coats and knits say to size down for a closer fit
• Shoes are on a separate scale, EU 35 to 42, covered in the shoe size guide

Ready-to-wear conversion

Letter sizing

A few pieces are cut in two sizes only, XS/S and M/L: XS/S covers EU 34 to 36 (UK 6 to 8) and M/L covers EU 38 to 40 (UK 10 to 12). Those are the tops/shirt/" class="cvx-al cvx-al--category">shirts, the swim cover-ups and some knits, and the Luxury Handbags listing shows both letters.

How the cuts fit

The tailoring is cut clean and slightly long: the double-pleat trousers sit at the waist and break on the shoe, the blazers close on a single button with a straight shoulder, and the shirts are roomy through the body. The coats are the pieces most often described as oversized by the brand itself, the scarf coats and the shearlings especially, and those pages say to size down for a closer line. Knitwear runs generous; the cashmere crews and the alpaca knits are meant to be worn with air inside them. The jersey and rib tanks are the exception, cut close and stretchy, and they are true to size. Dresses follow the tailoring: the slouch-waist and fluid styles fall straight, the draped jersey styles cling, and the brand’s fit note on each page is the one to trust.

Denim

Totême sells its jeans by waist inch, 23 to 32, on a 28 inch inseam, 30 on some cuts, and the Luxury Handbags listing keeps those numbers rather than translating them. The classic cut is a high-rise straight leg in rigid organic cotton that softens with wear; the twisted-seam and kick-flare cuts sit lower. Take your usual waist and expect the rigid denim to give half an inch after a few wears. The denim guide goes cut by cut.

Measurements on the product pages

The brand publishes a garment-measurement table on most ready-to-wear pages, in centimetres and per size, and Luxury Handbags carries those numbers into the size guide on the product page where the brand gave them. On the pieces that came without a table, the Luxury Handbags page shows the conversion only. When in doubt between two sizes on a coat, take the smaller; between two on a knit, the larger.

“The Totême woman doesn’t like to swap her style or wardrobe each season, she has a certain uniform that she sticks to. But then everyone wants something unique and new each season, and so does the Totême woman,” Elin Kling told WWD when the house took on Altor as a minority investor in 2021.

Frequently asked questions

Does Totême run true to size?

Yes, on most pieces. The brand states true to size on the majority of its product pages and says to size down on the oversized coats and knits. Luxury Handbags carries that note into the Size and Fit line on each listing.

What size is a Totême 36?

A UK 8 and a US 4, which is an S on the letter scale. A 38 is a UK 10 and US 6, an M.

Is Totême sized in EU sizes?

The brand sells in EU sizes and letters. Luxury Handbags lists the UK equivalent on the fixed ladder, 4 UK to 18 UK, so the size you see on Luxury Handbags is the UK size.

Should I size down in the coats?

On the scarf coats, the cocoon and broad shapes and the shearlings, yes if you want a closer line; the brand says the same. On the tailored single-breasted coats, take your usual size.

How is Totême denim sized?

By waist in inches, 23 to 32, on a 28 inch inseam, 30 on some cuts. The rigid cotton gives about half an inch with wear.

Does the model size help?

The brand states that its model is 180 cm and wears a 36, an S on the letter scale, on most pages. A 36 on a 180 cm model reads long, so the hem lengths given in the measurement table matter more than the photograph.

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Sources and method

Checked on 18 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Luxury Shoes . Product facts, the compositions, care lines, dimensions, heel heights and country of manufacture, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Luxury Shoes ’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the founders’ biography and the house history come from the brand’s own pages and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above; the size scales are the brand’s own. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.

• toteme.com, About: the house’s own description of itself, its founders and the atelier in Stockholm
• toteme.com, Sustainability: the Signatures, the design principles, the Milkywire partnership and the 2024/25 report
• toteme.com, FAQ: shipping countries, duties, payment and returns on the brand’s own store
• toteme.com, Stores: the flagship list by country
• Totême product pages: the description, composition, care, size-guide and country-of-manufacture lines of every style (1,297 pages saved between June and September 2026)
• Elin Kling on Wikipedia
• Karl Lindman on Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4959117
• WWD, With New Investment, Totême Shoots for the Stars (2021): the Altor minority investment, growth and margin figures and the founders’ quotes
• The Telegraph, Lisa Armstrong, 24 February 2025 (via Yahoo Life): revenue, headcount, the Paris show and Elin Kling’s quotes
• Vogue Scandinavia: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden’s favourite Nordic brands
• The Business of Fashion, BoF 500: Elin Kling and Karl Lindman
• Luxury Handbags live catalogue, 18 September 2026: prices, sizes and stock