What body shape am I?

Anonymous

HI there,
I am looking to buy some dressier-looking clothes for the summer. I always thought I was a pear, but now I'm thinking I might be a rectangle! Here are some pictures of me, along with some measurements. What do you think? The boobless side view with visible posterior says pear to me, as do my sloping shoulders. But the front view says 'rectangle'. Hmmmm.... Maybe I'm 50-50?

Circumference:

shoulder 36.5"

bust 32.5"
waist 28"
hip 36.5"

Width:
shoulder 15.5"
bust 10.5"
waist 10"
hip 14"

https://onedrive.live.com/redi.....=folder%2c

and

https://onedrive.live.com/redi.....038;ithint...

8 years ago

Body Type

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carter

Veteran

I'm terrible at this, but I'm bumping so someone who knows body types can help you.

8 years ago

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

Welcome, smittie. (Thanks, Carter).

It's hard to see, but Rectangle is what comes to mind. Or straight Hourglass - which is what I am, actually.

8 years ago

Anonymous

Ok thanks, guys!

8 years ago

Katie

Active Member

From your circumference measurements you were the same for shoulder and hip (36.5) and roughly 8 " smaller round your middle, which places you pretty much as a leanish hour glass - ten smaller around the waist being a perfect hourglass I think (from reading Angie's description in the advice section). But it is interesting that the width only measurement gives you a shoulder line wider than your hips so visually, at least from the front, you have a lean inverted triangle appearance. So I would say you probably have the hourglasses blessing/curse (a waist - can make pant fitting a pain) and I would say you are secondarily an inverted triangle, and perhaps would skip on puffed sleeves and such that might make your shoulder line disproportionately strong. But if you haven't already looked at it I really recommend Angie's advice on dressing the different body types in the advice section. I was told years ago I had a bit of a big bum and so I assumed I was a pear, until I read Angie's advice and actually measured myself, and I do have a bum, quite a nice one actually but also shoulders, and according to the numbers I am not a pear, but an hourglass.

8 years ago

Anonymous

Wow, thanks Katie!
Did you have a chance to see the pictures of me (front and side views) at the links I posted?

You know, Angie's hourglass write up is the only one I didn't read because I thought for sure that I was not curvy enough. I still have my doubts, but I'll have a look at the post to see if anything applies.

[...] Update. OH, wait a second...I'm a boxy hourglass! My curvy bum is one of my defining features!
The hourglass write up is probably the most accurate, along with the rectangle, and some of the pear.

It's interesting that my shoulders are that wide.They're sloped, and I'm thinking sloped shoulders give the illusion of being smaller. I certainly feel that my top half is smaller than my bottom half, but I think that's an illusion created by the combo of the sloped shoulders on top and short legs on the bottom.

8 years ago

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