https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:57:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1232594 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 20:41:16 +0000 alice 1232594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey ladies, thanks a lot for chiming in, and for your kind words! I guess I don't need to tally any votes, hourglass/pear it is.</p> <p>Milehighstyle, thanks for sharing your list!&nbsp;I remember being curious about the Levi's "curve" fits, without going so far as to try them.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1232205 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:48:35 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1232205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hourglass vote from a fellow hourglass.&nbsp;My waist and hip measurements are the same as yours. &nbsp;I think in the last few years, mainstream retailers have gotten much better at including us in their sizing.&nbsp; I'm having luck buying pants and jeans from Eddie Bauer (curvy fit), LOFT (Julie fit), Levi's (bold curve), Ann Taylor (curvy fit), and Banana Republic (Martin fit).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1231422 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:13:52 +0000 Kristin L 1231422@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another vote for hourglass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1231414 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:08:12 +0000 Anonymous 1231414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look great! I see an hourglass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1231339 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:38:28 +0000 texstyle 1231339@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are spot on in your assessment - and you look great. Welcome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1231316 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:14:11 +0000 hissylizard 1231316@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd echo hourglass with pear tendencies...I totally envy your shape :D:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227890 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:07:20 +0000 alice 1227890@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks leopardluxe for thinking my leg length is jealousy-worthy!&nbsp;<br />Hi Lantana and KMRW, &nbsp;thanks for the welcome and for replying. I also read Imogen's site, and along with Angie's posts on body shape, that's mostly what has helped me get inkling on which "fruit" I likely am. But it's useful to get an outside opinion, so I'm glad to get your impressions.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227871 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:30:16 +0000 KMRW 1227871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am a definite pear and my shoulders are narrower than my hips. I think you are hourglass. Just my opinion, I agree Imogen mentioned above gives a very good summary of body shapes. Angie has also recently written very good articles on body shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227865 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:04:26 +0000 Lantana 1227865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome to the forum alice.<br /> I tend to rely on the back view to judge body shape. Yours shows shoulders the same width as your hips, so that makes you a classic hourglass in my book. Your shoulders look too broad for you to be a pear.<br /> Have you checked out Inside Out style? Imogen is very instructive on body shapes too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227837 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:55:30 +0000 leopardluxe 1227837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a lovely figure you have (she says jealously of your long legs) :-)</p> <p>You definitely look like a pretty pear to me with secondary hourglass shape. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227834 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:47:45 +0000 alice 1227834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you all for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!</p> <p>Suz, yes most of my trousers&nbsp;need to&nbsp;get waist alterations, otherwise they gape. Definitely no&nbsp;boyish-fit for me.</p> <p>Janet, cool, I'm always looking for fit-twins so I can try out&nbsp;their outfit ideas.&nbsp;</p> <p>Kiwichik and Rachylou, thanks for chiming in.</p> <p>I snapped some more shots in stretchy clothes&nbsp;for the sake of getting a cleaner silhouette outline (while standing straight!).&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227802 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:22:07 +0000 rachylou 1227802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see elongated hourglass/pear too (!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227796 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:12:35 +0000 Kiwichik 1227796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chiming in to agree hour glass pear </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227650 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:54:45 +0000 Janet 1227650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you've already figured it out. I also see hourglass/pear.</p> <p>You and I actually have a fairly similar build, if I could stretch out my short waist a few inches and lose about 10lbs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227580 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:31:28 +0000 Suz 1227580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BTW, I know it's annoying for fit reasons to have a big difference between waist and hip, but it's a lovely shape and you can be proud of it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227571 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:16:30 +0000 alice 1227571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for your opinion Suz (and for the welcome!). Yeah, posing is a challenge, I'll see if I can post something where I'm standing straight ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227557 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:06:49 +0000 Suz 1227557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a bit difficult to tell exactly because of the way you are standing, but I would say you have described yourself to perfection! Somewhere between a slim hourglass/ pretty pear. It's tough to say if you're actually long waisted but you do have a lovely willowy shape. Welcome!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-help-please-4#post-1227550 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:02:08 +0000 alice 1227550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm about 94-68-98 cm or 37-27-38,5 in inches and 1,74 m i.e.<span>&nbsp;5 foot 8.5 inches.</p> <p>I figure I'm in the pear / hourglass category, with an annoyingly big difference between hips and waist, and long-waisted.</p> <p>What do you think ?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />(Please excuse the very tight fit, I chose these pix because they show my shape.)</span> </p>