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Kyle

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I'm looking for a versatile jacket to pop on with jeans or skirts and graphic tees.

Can a rectangle get away with something like this...or is it too boxy?
http://www1.bloomingdales.com/.....oductImage

What about this one? Is it too shapeless for someone who lacks a defined waist?
http://www1.bloomingdales.com/.....24*-1*-1*1

17 years ago

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Latest reply was from anne

yublocka

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I'm no expert, but I think the first one would work better as it has a more defined shape.

17 years ago

Maya

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I like the first one more too. I actually think rectangles wear "shapeless" styles like trapeze dresses and jackets the best.

I'm a fan of the boyfriend blazer but something about that particular one doesn't appeal to me. I can't place what it is.

17 years ago

Angie

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Spot on, Maya. Rectangles do wear shapeless garments best – I can personally vouch for it. (Sometimes I think I’m more of a rectangle than a straight hour glass. Sort of slap bang in between). I’m rambling. Back to Kyle.

I think you’ll wear both items well my dear Kyle, especially with your height. It’s amazing how Kyle’s statuesque body type has changed over the last 6 months. She has gone from rectangle with pear tendencies to 100% rectangle after eating MORE food and losing weight. People who say that your body type will never change need to come check out what’s physically happening on this site!

17 years ago

anne

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Angie - interesting that you wonder about your body type too! (You do look more rectangly in the shapeless tops I think)

17 years ago

hanna

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go with the first one! gorgeous.

17 years ago

Angie

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I wouldn’t say that “I wonder” Anne :0). I’m slap bang inbetween two of my own body type categories and probably an “I” in Imogen’s book. I have been like this forever. The semantics of it really doesn’t matter though, because through lots of trial and error, I know which silhouettes Iook best and that’s the crux.

17 years ago

Christie

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I think its great, Angie, that you are right between two of your own categories. It shows how body typing is just a place to start.

17 years ago

Angie

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Bobs your Uncle, Cricket. (It seems I say that to you quite frequently!)

17 years ago

anne

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Point taken Angie. It was just that you said "sometimes I think" which sounds to me like wondering.
I wanted to say on the other thread (but won't, because I don't want to bump it when you have closed it) that one of the things I appreciate on your blog is how many more things you have told me I can wear then I thought before. I think I can "get away" with a lot more than I previously thought. (Just sometimes I have moments of self doubt and think I am just being a fraud)

I love how you can look at a style and see if it is likely to suit someone before they put it on (not always, I know, but often) I am trying to learn this from you.

17 years ago

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