https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:42:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-449478 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:07:55 +0000 catgirl 449478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IT from the front, apple from the side. I am more narrow from the front view than sideways generally. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-449451 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:54:24 +0000 biscuitsmom 449451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really appreciate all the replies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-449258 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:39:17 +0000 lyn67 449258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am pretty much concerned about my side shape, too. It do matters a lot!<br /> (I always check my clothes from side and rear view too)<br /> As I look a pretty acceptable hourglass (Ithink)from the front but I have a good bossom and unfortunately a small tummy plus almost no bumm from the side made worst sometimes of my shoulder's bad posture(when forgot about myself):-((.<br /> I hate my side view, but that's it:-((unless working much harder for loosing some weight and getting in shape I guess)<br /> But, LOL! This is why I take my picties from the front when post wiw in the forum!:-)) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-449109 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:20:23 +0000 bella 449109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am very wide across but relatively slender from the side. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-449025 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:59:43 +0000 biscuitsmom 449025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! It's really reassuring to know others have the differing shapes too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448939 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:33:24 +0000 Janet 448939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just saw the ETA, so I'll add that I dress to suit my front/back view which is hourglass/pear. I do pay attention to the side view, which is why I generally don't wear ruffly things on my chest that make it appear even bigger, and I do sometimes wear jeans with flaps on the back pockets, which give my little behind a bit more presence. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448936 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:27:30 +0000 HeleenH 448936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pear from the front, S from the side. S-shaped back, enhanced with a tummy and ample bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448934 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:02:41 +0000 D'Ellen 448934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm an IT from the font (and back) and an apple from the side. The apple shape is further complicated by a sway back and something strange about the shape/placement of my bottom. I dress for the apple...and the bottom. I'm very concious of this when trying on clothes, because what looks great from the front can be disaster from the side. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448926 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:18:23 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 448926@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo, I was the same way. We would play hide and seek and I could squeeze between a fence post and house right across from the home base. I think it was only 3" of space. From the front I look wide but when I am not carrying 5-10 extra lbs, I am very shallow from the side. </p> <p>To me that is the easiest way to differentiate between the more traditional hourglass and the longer version Trinny &amp; Susannah call the vase. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448890 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:08:44 +0000 anne 448890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Deann</p> <p>I suppose the main difference is that the side view takes shoulders out of the equation, while adding tummies, bottoms and busts to it. So while I have mild pear leanings from the front because of my shoulders. I definitely look bottom heavy when viewed from the side. And even my frame (eg around my rib cage, where there is not much muscle or fat, just goes back a long way (my underbust measurment is 30 inches).</p> <p>We have discussed this before on the forum. I'll see if I can drag up a link. I think Angie said not to worry too much about the side view! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448768 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:05:05 +0000 DeannDeann 448768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always wondered if you could be different shapes from different angles lol. I have pretty much known I am a pear all my life, but when you look from the side I feel more 'hourglass'! I don't feel like that changes the fact that I have to dress like a pear, though :/. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448758 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:49:09 +0000 Aziraphale 448758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I dress for the rectangle, with an eye to minimizing my pooch. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448754 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:43:07 +0000 banananutmuffin 448754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmmm... I'm not sure. I'd guess hourglass from front, apple with pooch from side. I dress for the apple. I am always trying to disguise the belly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448692 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:58:57 +0000 biscuitsmom 448692@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks all! I also should've asked, which shape do you mainly dress for? Hope Angie will chime in too....oh, it let me add to the original post-yay </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448680 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:33:55 +0000 Janet 448680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my yes. Hourglass/pear from the front/back, but from the side I look quite straight and slim except for the chest. I have a relatively flat tummy and no booty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448669 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:15:41 +0000 Anonymous 448669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>IT or rectangle from head-on. Apple from the side! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448622 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:34:44 +0000 chewyspaghetti 448622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm like Anya! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448612 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:17:52 +0000 Aziraphale 448612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, yes. Slender rectangle from the front, boobs and little tummy from the side! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448513 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:01:04 +0000 Anonymous 448513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hourglass from the front/back a cute tummy from the side. Oh well, such is life! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448508 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:48:17 +0000 krishnidoux 448508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great tips here <a href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2011/07/how-to-pose-for-photographs-my-6-top-html.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......-html.html</a> regarding this very topic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448507 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:46:07 +0000 Mo 448507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, yeah. I am hourglass with slight pear from the front. Much more straight up and down from the side view. As a teen, I could squeeze between the iron bars of the fence at school when I turned sideways. Straight, straight, straight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/are-you-different-shapes-from-different-views#post-448504 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:38:19 +0000 biscuitsmom 448504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks to Anne for the link explaining the 'round/deep and ellipitical' side views....Are you 'way' different looking from the front to side view? To my eyes, I look like a slight hourglass from the front, but a bulging apple shape from the side....also, which shape do you mainly dress for?? </p>