https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:19:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337495 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 22:31:29 +0000 Barbara Diane 2337495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my goodness I must have forgotten to hit submit when I thanked you all.<br /> Thanks Dee, unfrumed, Angie, Star, Jules, Val, Suz, and April.<br /> It helps to have a label and the information you shared. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337335 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:44:35 +0000 April 2337335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm like Suz, only probably even more extreme.&nbsp; My "waist' is about an inch below my last rib, and "ultra high rise" jeans on me are often just about right.&nbsp; Dis-proportion makes shopping MUCH harder, no doubt.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337325 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:13:38 +0000 Suz 2337325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm the opposite -- short waisted but long in the rise!&nbsp;</p> <p>What Jules says is probably relevant also -- so many variables!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337319 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 17:19:05 +0000 Val MN 2337319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I’d call that being long-waisted. It means a longer than average distance from shoulders to waist. As a short-waisted person, dress waistlines (and belt loops) tend to fall too low on my body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337307 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:14:28 +0000 Jules 2337307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they can sometimes end up a little high on a larger busted body (because some of the torso length is taken up by the bust). I’m actually short waisted and they are rarely low on me…. Very generally speaking I think a well-designed garment probably avoids such loops so that the wearer can figure out the best (or no) belt placement. Some are just there to keep the belt in place before sale and are meant to be cut off, something I learned late in life ;)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337294 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:17:57 +0000 Star (Lise) 2337294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also find that dress belt loops are significantly higher than my waist and I never imagined I was long waisted...&nbsp; I learn something on YLF everyday :).&nbsp; I remove the belt loops and either wear the dress beltless or with one of my other belts that I prefer and let it fall where I want it to. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337285 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:13:33 +0000 Angie 2337285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like others have suggested, it sounds like you are long in the waist, <b>Barbara Diane</b>. <br /><b><br />Tanya </b>who is regular height at 5 ft 6, is long in the waist too. She sometimes buys TALL dresses to get a better fit.&nbsp;</p> <p>YES! You can be short in the rise and long in the waist, AND vice versa :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337278 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:19:34 +0000 unfrumped 2337278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Dee somewhat, and I also find almost every dress too shirt in the waist if they have one. But I think there’s more to it, as I believe from looking at how dresses are modeled and seen on the street there’s a skew toward setting the waist higher than “ natural “ waist. </p> <p>Whether it’s us fashion, or changing waistlines ( “ waist” being defined as narrowest part), or production geared to avoid too- long waist at all costs, because that’s harder to work around, I don’t know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337273 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:36:09 +0000 Dee 2337273@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm... perhaps you might be described as long waisted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-proportion-question-1#post-2337262 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:29:01 +0000 Barbara Diane 2337262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi. I know that I have a shorter than average rise, but at least in the stores I shop at the most, the belt loops on dresses are significantly higher than my waist. I was wondering how that is described, as it might help me understand my body better. Thanks. </p>