https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:26:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2213822 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:49:54 +0000 The Cat 2213822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The original post is 13 years old and has been revived several times by new members.<br /> In short, the answer to the title question is YES, as stated numerous times by veteran members. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2213801 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:27:41 +0000 April 2213801@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chrss_dlcrz - instead of measuring around each segment, just measure across.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>To put it in math terms, circumference is irrelevant; diameter is all that counts.</p> <p>No need to even measure, really, just eyeball it.</p> <p>If your straight-across-the-front hip area is your widest place, your shape is pear.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2213797 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:12:29 +0000 Chrss_dlcrz 2213797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My body measurement is:<br /> Bust - 32 inch.<br /> Waist - 26 inch.<br /> Hips - 36 inch.<br /> In body shape calculator it turns out bottom hourglass / pear so i don't know what my body shape is </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2197886 Wed, 26 May 2021 11:29:45 +0000 April 2197886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The fact that when we hear "hourglass" we picture someone like Jessica Rabbit just means that that's the male fantasy of what hourglass means.</p> <p>I mean, picture an actual real-life hourglass.&nbsp; It COULD have huge luscious curves and often does but that's not what makes it recognizable as an hourglass.&nbsp; What does that is its outline, exactly as Antje said above. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2197881 Wed, 26 May 2021 10:46:28 +0000 Aly 2197881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are not a pear if you have shoulders lined up with ur hips with a smaller waist. A pear is bottom heavy!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-2197879 Wed, 26 May 2021 10:43:10 +0000 Aly 2197879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi shamagal 777.</p> <p>I was wondering the samething. If I were a pear hour glass. My measurements are 88 -73 - 94. I have a small bust with my shoulders in-line with my hips. A pear shaped body as tiny shoulders that do not line up with the hips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-1728972 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:13:17 +0000 shamagal777 1728972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was curious to know if I'm a pear or hourglass. My stats are 48-36-51 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-814022 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:40:22 +0000 Janet 814022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Conversely, I've wondered if a pear can be busty. Despite my thigh measurements, I've always felt that the pear description was not quite right for me because of my fuller bust.</p> <p>Jules, I feel the same way. I have a strong enough shoulder line and am pretty busty considering how narrow my ribcage is (32DDD), which helps balance out my hips and thighs a bit. When I look at pics and in the mirror, I am right on the brink of hourglass and pear. I've come to realize that because of scoliosis, I am actually a pear on one side of my body but not the other. You can imagine how that made me feel like a bit of a freak. </p> <p>What cracks me up is that I can tighten my glutes so that my saddlebags sort of tuck in and disappear, and I'm an instant IT! Too bad I can't hold that all the time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-813957 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:50:26 +0000 anne 813957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jules I can relate to that too. I may be an X style hourglass (ie I have a strong shoulder line), but to me the bits that I worry about are below the waist, so I find the tips for pears pretty useful. Unlike you, I have a very small bust, and find Angies tip's for the top halves of rectangles also helpful.<br /> (Funny to be writing on a thread I also wrote on 3 years ago!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-813885 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:48:41 +0000 Jules 813885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It may be old but the discussion is relevant to me. I always thought I was a pear (and may have been when I was younger) but according to measurements I am definitely hourglass these days. And I am starting to see it that way in the mirror too. However, I have a big qualifier: even though my hips are not bigger than my shoulders, and only an inch bigger than my bustline, my hip and thigh shape, as well as my self-conciousness of that area, mean that I have a pear's concerns sometimes ie/ struggling with pants fit, minimizing the bottom half visually, drawing the eye up. If I look in the mirror and see THIGHS I am not happy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-813825 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:12:09 +0000 rute 813825@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>yes, of course! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-813817 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:24:28 +0000 Sophia 813817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I measured my front width of my shoulders (15.7"), waist (8,1") and hips (13") by standing in front of a wall and marking my body shape on the wall with a pencil. So while my bust is only 32C my shoulder to hip ratio is low (13/15,7=0,825) And that makes me an hourglass. One of the greatest examples is Nina Dobrev. She has small boobs and chest but her large shoulders balances her small torso. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422988 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:40:29 +0000 Mo 422988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, must be more aware next time . . . I hate when that happens! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422984 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:36:45 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 422984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just FYI you guys - this post is 3 YEARS old. Seems a spammer dredged it up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422976 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:31:43 +0000 Kari 422976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes - to add to the comments you've already received on this subject. Your shoulders and hips are typically the widest parts of your body when someone looks at you straight-on, regardless of your bust size. If your shoulders and hips are basically equal width, and you have a defined waist, by my interpretation of Angie's guidelines you would be an hourglass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422970 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:27:28 +0000 Mo 422970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was 'diagnosed' as an hourglass and I have a smaller bust. I assumed all my life I was a pear. 34-26.5-36.5, 32C or 30D bra. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422892 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:11 +0000 Anonymous 422892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie herself is not busty and calls herself a slim hourglass. So, yes, you can be an hourglass. a pear would have narrower shoulders; a rectangle a larger waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-422873 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:26:45 +0000 Anonymous 422873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-87646 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:58:09 +0000 anne 87646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that according to what Angie has said on this forum you can be a small breasted hourglass.</p> <p>From other sources, which soupandasandwich might be thinking of, hourglasses are often seen as inherently busty. Even Angie's early body type posts seem to presume a busty type, but she has nuanced that in forum responses to individuals</p> <p>Malcontent, I think peariness is about the shoulder hip and you can absolutely have a busty pear. I remember meeting someone who I thought was the most quintessential looking pear and she was a D or DD. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-87489 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:05:30 +0000 malcontent 87489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say you are an hourglass because your shoulders and hips are balanced and you have a defined waist. It's true that many hourglasses have a large bust, but your bust is not significantly smaller than your hips, so your proportions are still pretty much hourglass. I think of pears as having a small bust and shoulders narrower than the hips.</p> <p>That said, you may not be flattered by the same type of clothing that would flatter a more typical busty hourglass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-87470 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:09:51 +0000 soupandasandwich 87470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I disagree - I think that inherently makes you a variation of a pear. The classic hourglass is busty as well as hippy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16911 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:15:21 +0000 sannes 16911@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the replies, girls. Good to know that there are others like me out there. Will be sure to check out your posts soon: considering that we have the same body-types, we might be able to learn from eachother, hey? Because I don;t have a digital camera, I can't post any pictures yet. But, seeing the liveliness on this forum surely makes me consider to buy one myself and start blogging about the textiles I squeeze myself into everyday 'Thanks again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16791 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:19:06 +0000 Tanya 16791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another one of these here Sannes!</p> <p>Actually my measurements are very similar to yours, I'm 34(32C)-25-37, with a strongish shoulder line as well. If you can post a photo, than we can tell you for sure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16788 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:44:32 +0000 Becky 16788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Count me in as another hourglass with a small bust but a strong shoulder line. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16780 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:06:16 +0000 Antje 16780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You can absolutely be an hour glass with a small bust (I'm one, too.) I had the same misconception and used to think that small bust meant I wasn't an hour glass but a pear. But then I learned that the criteria for being an hourglass is in the shoulder line, not the bust size. If your shoulders are wider, you have a defined waist and wider hips, you're an hour glass no matter what your bust size is. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16777 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:04:02 +0000 katieck 16777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, you absolutely can be an hourglass w/ a small bust. I haven't posted photos of myself yet, but a few months ago when I asked for body type help, I was told I was an straight hourglass, based on my measurements. I have a small bust (A cup). </p> <p>I'm sure the other ladies can give you much more detailed information. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/can-you-be-an-hourglass-with-small-bust#post-16776 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:23 +0000 sannes 16776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been spying on this forum for quite a while now, only waiting for an occasion to post something myself. Here it goes.</p> <p>My question is whether you think the lable "hour glass" is appropriate when ones top-half is a little bit less well endowed? My first intuition would be that that makes one a 'racy rectangle', however, how about if you do have a waist?</p> <p>Here are the measurements:<br /> Shoulder-circum: 38,6<br /> Bust-circum: 35<br /> Waist: 26,8<br /> Hips: 37,8</p> <p>How would you call such a body-composition? Its all so confusing! Thanks again and please forgive any language-mistakes, English is not my native language (Dutch is). </p>