Depending on the Japanese clothing manufacturer, furisode are classified into three groups according to the length of the dangling sleeve (tamoto): those the sleeves of which measures about 114 cm in height are called long; those measures about 100 cm are called middle-length, and those measures about 85 cm are called short furisode.
和裁においては袂はその長さにより「大振袖」（袖丈114cm前後）「中振袖」（袖丈100cm前後）「小振袖」（袖丈85cm前後）に分類される。