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Ask Angie: What is my predominate body shape?

Anonymous

Hi Angie,
I am confused as to what body shape I would be considered and I was wondering if you could help me figure it out. I'm mainly puzzled as to whether or not I am mostly curvy or mostly straight ?
In relevance to that, right now I am underweight by 13lbs, but I read that regardless of weight gain or loss your bone structure never changes. My family says I am already and an hourglass and will be even curvier when I gain my weight back, but honestly I don't see that, I see myself as being mostly straight in the ruler category with broad shoulders. To solve this debate, I decided to get an unbiased opinion, so I was wondering if you could let me know whether you agree more with me or my family and just overall which body shape I would mainly fall into. If you could help me I would be very grateful. Thank you

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Anonymous

I am so sorry my photos didn't work. May I please get help on how to upload them? Thank you and once again I apologize

Inge

(website)

No need to apologize at all, Chat Mysterieux.
Perhaps you were trying to upload the photos directly to YLF? This is only possible once you become an active member. Here's a bit more info about that:
http://youlookfab.com/backstag.....ng-photos/

In the meantime, you can of course upload photos by using a third party website like Photobucket or Flickr.

Oh, and a picture of you standing with legs together and arms down (wearing something that shows us your shape) is the most useful to help determine body type (shoulder width, waist and hip width are the main determining factors).

Anonymous

Thanks so much Inge, that really helps a lot plus it also feels good to know what kind of photo to send too!

Best regards

Chat Mysterieux

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

I look forward to seeing the photo to help you determine your body type, Chat. And welcome to our forum.

Anonymous

Thanks Angie!
Here are 5 photos of me in one of the closet fitting outfits I could find and one in a dress. Sorry for 4 of the pics being in the same outfit, I was just not sure which distances, height and lighting were the best to send, so I thought I'll send them all and let you decifer that for yourself. :)Once again thanks Inge for helping me figure out how to upload my photos in the first place;)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/.....otostream/
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Thank you and Best Regards,
Chat Mysterieux

Anonymous

Oh great I am so sorry about the last two uploads, I didn't know that it was the same photo! Alright, here is the 5th one in the dress.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/.....939358270/

Dixie

You're definately curvy. Beautiful proportions

Anonymous

Wow! Thank you so much for the compliment Mimi! The reason why I think that I am not curvy is because I'm skinny. Honestly, when I think curvy I picture Marilyn Monroe, Kim Kardashian, Beyonce and Nigella Lawson in my mind. Yet, thank you once again, I really appreciate it.☺️

Best Regards,

Chat Mysterieux

rute

Veteran

An hourglass! You have a defined waist, lovely!

Anonymous

Thank you very much Rute! I always thought that your bust and hips had to be huge compared to your waist to be an hourglass, like Marliyn Monroe, but again thank you

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

You are a slender yet very curvy hourglass. xo

Anonymous

Thank you for getting back to me Angie,
I guess you learn something new everyday! I really appreciate your help and everybody else who chimed in, thanks

Alana in Canada

(website)

Veteran

Definitely an hourglass. I hope you are able to gain some weight soon. There are all kinds of hourglasses: slender, average and voluptuous--like the movie stars. It is bone structure and not weight that determines it, really. I have the opposite problem, some people think I am an hourglass--but I am overweight and cannot see it.

Welcome to the forum.

Anonymous

Thank you very much Alana,
I really appreciate your help and I'll try to gain my weight back. Though you see, in school and even now, many people said and sometimes still do say I'm scrawny and masculine looking because my breasts and hips are not huge. With that being said, thank you for breaking down the differences for me. As for yourself, I'm sure you look beautiful and those people are most likely seeing the truth. When I read what you said,I thought, "Hmm... Wouldn't Alana just be more busty and/or hippy than she usually would be at her normal weight right now?" Please let me know whether I'm right or wrong to question that, though in the meantime, thank you once again.

Keturah

Veteran

You are a slender, gorgeous hourglass! Such a tiny, nipped in waist.

Hourglass isn't necessarily about how large or voluptuous your bust and hips are. As others have pointed out, it is about your bone structure. Hourglasses may have more or less bust. But it's not really the bust. It's having balanced shoulders and hips (like yours! ) with a defined, nipped-in waist. You may find there is anywhere from 10-14+ inches difference between your waist and hip measurements, as well as having a shoulder (not bust) measurement that is roughly the same as your hip measurement.

Enjoy dressing your beautiful figure! <3

Anonymous

Aww, thank you very much for the compliment and advice Keturah,
I guess I have to really take into consideration what you and everybody else said. Though many people in person said what they said, what really made me self conscious were my shoulders because there quite broad sitting at 40" while my waist is 25" and my hips are 34". With those measurements, I thought for sure that I was a small breasted Ruler/Inverted Triangle, so I deeply appreciate your feedback and support thank you.☺️

Gigi

Veteran

Lovely figure, Chat mysterieux! To be honest, I did not think that your shoulders are overly broad; they looked quite in balance to me.

K. Period.

Veteran

Oh my goodness! What a lovely figure you have! Definitely a slender curvy hourglass. You might have just a tiny smidge of a slightly stronger shoulder line than hip line, but not enough to be even close to IT. You just have the lovely strong shoulders to give you presence and pull off almost anything clothing wise. Wow!

LACeleste

Veteran

You have an amazing shape! Celebrate it!

viva

Veteran

Beautiful hourglass shape. You have a body like my yoga instructor.

Anonymous

Wow! Thank you Gigi, K. Period., LA Celeste and Viva,
I'm deeply grateful, you all are very kind. Thank you very much☺️

Inge

(website)

It was my pleasure CM, and the ladies have got you sorted:-)

Anonymous

Thank you Inge, both you and the ladies are definitely a big help