https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:52:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-899805 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:27:38 +0000 Charmian 899805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Lumi, you've got a great start from these ladies already -- just wanted to pop in and say welcome! &nbsp;I can't wait to see how you'll contribute here.<br /><br />( I also vote for pear / hourglass, but it seems to have been decided already ) https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-899471 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:11:25 +0000 Lumi 899471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Yes totally fab Ingunn Looks like you have an interesting blog, must check it out.<br />Thank you, everyone! I'm glad I asked here since I got a bit different answer than I thought! Will now read about dressing ideas for hourglass types and combine it with pear type info. <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898843 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:52:34 +0000 Ingunn 898843@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ We have quite similar shapes! That makes us both pretty fab, don't you think? ;)&nbsp;I'm hourglass, tending towards pear, too. I use guidelines for both shapes, and normally avoid&nbsp;very fitted pencil skirts.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898804 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:03:57 +0000 Janet 898804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Your shape from the front view is similar to mine, and I am right on the brink of hourglass/pear. I don't care for full skirts much either. I prefer a fitted but not tight silhouette. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898796 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:55:06 +0000 Suz 898796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Welcome! <br /><br />You look like an hourglass to me, too. Your hips are about the same width as your shoulders and you have a defined (though not a super-defined) waist.&nbsp;<br /><br />You might still find the guidelines about how to dress a pear shape helpful, however, if you feel self-conscious about your hips and want to minimize them. Not that there is any need to!&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898790 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:49:04 +0000 Lumi 898790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a surprise. Omg, I'm hourglass shape? And beautiful one?! Thank you Elle!<br />I store fat around the middle and have big hips compared to upper body so I was 99% sure I was a pear. <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898768 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:28:28 +0000 ElleH 898768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You are a beautiful hourglass shape. I understand your frustration with finding clothes that fit. I am also an hourglass &amp; we are supposed to be the easiest to dress but the only people that clothing fits properly are people shaped like the fit model for that brand. You seem like more of an X shaped hourglass so maybe some other YLFers with that shape can help you find what suits you.&nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/am-i-a-pear-2#post-898765 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:25:25 +0000 Lumi 898765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hello savvy YLF members, new member here. I've been lurking and looking for advice for a while, and I think my body shape is a "pear", but I'm not sure. I'd like some input through neutral eyes :)<br /><br />I feel so awkward in most things after gaining weight and getting really bumpy hips. What sort of silhouettes do you think would suit me? I've got real trouble finding pants/jeans that fit. Tight skirts and dresses are unflattering and full ones seem to&nbsp; make me look bigger and shorter? Perhaps I'm wearing them wrong.<br />Help!<br /><br /><br />