https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:22:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353757 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:38:16 +0000 April 2353757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MJ - here to chime in with my usual comment: curviness is not how shape is determined. It's the straight-across contours you want, not the circumference.</p> <p>Picture a flat piece of black paper outlining the silhouette. No curves whatever but you'd know what shape you were looking at. Hope that's helpful.</p> <p>PS - I do not wear fitted buttondowns for exactly the reason you describe.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353715 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:28:45 +0000 Mara J. 2353715@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi everyone! Thanks for your replies! <br /><div>It's been very inspiring to hear other people's takes on it! <br /></div><div>I really need to look better into the Kibbe body types, great idea! I will update here when I have a better idea about that. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>@Jaime Thanks for the supersweet reply! The "anything that fits well"&nbsp; is a pretty hard one though! trying to find a button-up shirt that fits both shoulders and waist properly is mission impossible haha. I could have the waist taken in, but when the shoulders are wide enough, the arm holes usually get too big and I have funny fabric underneath my armpits, which is a bit harder to tailor away. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353695 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 12:33:49 +0000 harmonica 2353695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome to ylf, Mara J! I’m not so good at body types either, but I think Sals “tall, lean hourglass” is on to something. Your description sounds a bit like me, besides I’m petite and my shoulders are slightly sloping. I think of myself as more of a rectangle with hourglass as my secondary body type. But when I gain weight I turn into an apple. Let’s see what others have to say </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353677 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 01:30:07 +0000 Sal 2353677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi and welcome to the forum, to me you sound like a tall lean hourglass with some curve mostly due to muscle.</p> <p>I tend to think more in the Kibbe body types now and you could be a flamboyant natural - if you are tall, lean with some bluntness in your bones. Or maybe one of the dramatics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353672 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 01:19:50 +0000 Jaime 2353672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Mara - I don't really go by body shapes or know that much about them, but you are tall and strong and I would guess look stunning in anything you like that fits well and accommodates your strength and stature. I hope someone else can be more helpful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-2#post-2353660 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:35:31 +0000 Mara J. 2353660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Just new here! I discovered this forum trying to figure out my body type, but I'm really confused about it. I hope you can help me out. Also looking forward to other styling advice on here!</p> <p>So about the body types: I'm 180 cm tall with broad shoulders, small boobs, and wide hips. According to online calculators that still makes a hourglass shape, but I don't tick any of the boxes (not curvy etc. etc.).</p> <p>The wider parts of my body are mostly a result of doing loads of sports. I used to be rectangle for sure (no curves, flat chest).&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, my measurements are:<br />shoulders: 98 cm<br />Bust: 91 cm&nbsp; (small boobs, but relatively wide circumference because muscles)<br />Waist: 71 cm (&gt;25% smaller than both shoulders and hips, but not bust).<br />Hips: 101 cm</p> <p>Can anyone help figure out what type that would make and what I would need to look into for styling? Thank you!</p> <p>Edit: I don't have exact measurements from the front at hand, but the ratio is similar to the circumferences.</p>