https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591232 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:49:24 +0000 R Dunks 591232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mochi, ManidipaM – Thank you both so much for your kind and encouraging words. I need to work on being kind to myself and calming the negative thoughts that run through my head when I look in the mirror. It's hard! </p> <p>Manidipa, I think you're right that my shoulders are just slightly wider than my hips – I should take my measurements for sure. </p> <p>Thank you all again.. So happy I discovered this community!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591195 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:56:30 +0000 ManidipaM 591195@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>R, you have a beautiful body that does not want to be hidden in sweatshirts day in and day out! </p> <p>Yes, a very slim apple looks the dominant type --- so much so that your appleness disappears in profile. I'm wondering, though, whether you're standing at a slight angle to the mirror or the camera in that last photo --- I think I see a suggestion of shoulders a little broader than your slim hips. Would that be correct, do you think? If yes, that makes the other half of your 'hybrid' an inverted traingle (IT) rather than a rectangle.</p> <p>From another relative newbie and rectangular apple, welcome to YLF! Hope you'll have fun sharing your style journey with us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591186 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:38:46 +0000 Mochi 591186@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I aspire to be a slim apple someday, R Dunks! You have a very nice figure, though like all of us I'm sure you're very conscious of what's difficult in having the body type you have. You will get some great advice on here--it's a tremendous resource so please pop in often! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591181 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:33:07 +0000 R Dunks 591181@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for the warm welcome! And I appreciate your insights... Going to do some research now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591151 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:28:04 +0000 Sarah A 591151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi and welcome! I think thin apple is a good assessment. Also, after about 2 weeks of having a username you will get a submit photos place on your screen... until then linking works great </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591144 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:17:59 +0000 Angie 591144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I echo, Claire! Welcome to the forum, R Dunks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591109 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:10:03 +0000 R Dunks 591109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you!! It's a relief to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't fit exactly into one single body type. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591093 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:57:07 +0000 Anonymous 591093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi and welcome! I'm not an expert at this but you might be a slim apple. I think I see some rectangle tendencies too, so you could check out Angie's recommendations for both. Let's see what everyone else says. Some of us are *hybrids*, lol! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-%e2%80%93-help#post-591069 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:23:34 +0000 R Dunks 591069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey everyone! I discovered this site today and am inspired to make some progress in my own "Style Journey." I just started an awesome new job and I want to start wearing clothes that reflect that (instead of my predictable daily jeans and tshirt – And I usually throw on a sweatshirt the second I get home – Anything to hide my trouble spots!). </p> <p>I've always considered my body to be kind of oddly shaped and would love your advice. I'm thinking apple? My weight gathers in the belly / love handle / upper thigh area and I think I'm kind of short-waisted. But lets be honest, I really don't know.</p> <p>I don't think I ever learned what clothes are right for my body and just resort to tshirts and sweatshirts because nothing really ever feels great, and I get discouraged shopping and usually quit without finding anything! </p> <p>I appreciate your help... You have no idea!</p> <p><a href="http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u448/rdunks/IMAG0110.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i1068.photobucket.com/a.....AG0110.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u448/rdunks/IMAG0109.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i1068.photobucket.com/a.....AG0109.jpg</a></p> <p>(Not sure how to upload photos from here, I just linked to them instead) </p>