https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:21:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33586 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:42:54 +0000 Cynthia 33586@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie and the rest of you ladies, you're all very helpful! I will make sure to come here to get opinions instead of elsewhere! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33538 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:24:12 +0000 Angie 33538@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Ha, Ana! You crack me up).</p> <p>Thanks for posting, Cynthia. Hourglass gets my vote too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33496 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:11:58 +0000 Cynthia 33496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kyle, you're funny...</p> <p>Thanks, I always knew there was an hourglass somewhere in me but I guess that got shifted to the side while you listen to what others have to say! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33479 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:31:52 +0000 Kyle 33479@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG! You look like a classic hourglass. Just classic. You could be the hourglass poster girl... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33462 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:03:42 +0000 Antje 33462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are most definitely an hourglass, quite a prototypical one, I think, nice and curvy with a clearly defined waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33439 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:41:03 +0000 Oneirix 33439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Frankly your sister is wrong. It's also silly of her to essentially ignore your silhouette and insist that by measurements you're not. Measurements are very misleading!</p> <p>For example, by measurements I'm an hourglass (34-25-35), but if you see my silhouette it's clear that I'm much more an inverted triangle with a defined waist, because I actually have a strong shoulder line and very narrow hips but a round butt, so my hip measurement comes from my butt instead! Does that make sense? </p> <p>And really if you think about it, if you LOOK like an hourglass, what does it matter what the measuring tape says? Aren't you trying to determine how you LOOK, considering that is in fact what you ARE? Besides, there are countless different ways to determine a "true" hourglass; some say the hip-to-waist ratio has to be below 75% some say 50%, some say your waist must be 10" smaller than hips or hips and bust, blah blah blah...they're all just numbers. And believe me, I've read all the different silly ways to figure out what you are mathematically, and nothing has been as helpful as the feedback from a picture on YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33426 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:55:24 +0000 ImogenL 33426@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are a definite hourglass - both by your measurements and your photo - is your sister trained to define body types? If not, ignore her advice - you are definitely not a pear. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33407 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:10:40 +0000 Tanya 33407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, you sound like a perfect hourglass to me. Both your measurements and your photo confirm that. I think that you have no pear tendencies at all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33404 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:04:51 +0000 Cynthia 33404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, the measurement for my shoulder is 36 inches, 25 inch waist, and a very close 36 hip measurement. My breasts aren't BIG, I mean for my small frame they do tend to stand out but it's very well-prportioned to my body. I would say everything is well-proportioned with me, I have a round bum too so "I" think I'm an hourglass but like I've mentioned my sister says I'm a Pear shape. So I've always stuck by the rules of the Pear shape women! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33401 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:58:35 +0000 Ana 33401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've heard/read about basing your body shape on your measurements, and I think that it's rubbish. One source said that your waist needed to be 25% smaller than your hip measurement in order for you to be a "true" hourglass. Well, my measurements don't quite stack up to that, but if you look at my visual profile, I am an hourglass that has a strong shoulder line. But according to those sources, I'm not. So what am I? A blob? </p> <p>This is why we can't tell what your body type is on this forum if you only post your measurements. For me, it completely has to do with what shape your silhouette most closely resembles, and also why there are people who might tend toward a mixture of two. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33393 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:37:42 +0000 Cynthia 33393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL, my sister says my waist isn't tiny enough (what's not tiny about a 25 inch waist compared to a almost 36 inch hips)! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33392 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:34:59 +0000 Dani 33392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Why would your sister insist upon that? Do you wear a larger size on bottom than you do on top? Your photo looks very hourglass to me as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33383 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:07:24 +0000 Cynthia 33383@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Really? My sister "insists" I'm a pear shaped women! AHH! Thanks Tanya! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33382 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:06:21 +0000 Tanya 33382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd say hourglass for sure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/body-type-please#post-33380 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:03:46 +0000 Cynthia 33380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, sounds interesting...</p> <p>What body type am I?</p> <p><a href="http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr56/QB_Lovely/Pic.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i469.photobucket.com/al.....ly/Pic.jpg</a> </p>