https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:06:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600895 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:53:53 +0000 shaz 1600895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah I have also looked at Apple shape advise when it comes to tops and try to find some middle ground of what works for both but I don't get a chance to shop in person and try things on and so much harder to get right but I find mid waist jeans and pants help with the stomach as long as they are the right size helps avoid muffin rolls and if I improved my posture that could proberly help to sitting comfortably adds pounds on me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600887 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:42:41 +0000 Scarlet 1600887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just chiming in to say that even though I don't consider myself an apple (yet, because I feel my body is still recovering from childbirth), apple guidelines are very helpful when dealing with postpartum mid-section. Maybe it would help you to think in terms of body areas and what you want to show/hide as opposed to a single body type? That's probably more or less what works for me at the moment, as the body is ever-changing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600875 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:31:12 +0000 shaz 1600875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All error with me so far, who knew getting dressed could be such a headache then there's trying to balance the to long legs with the to short body the big feet the pancake butt no bust the short stringy neck and now I have to hide the bingo wings lol the joys it would nearly make you give up </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600870 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:07:01 +0000 Helena 1600870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's so true Shaz, from my personal experience I am trying to get these classifications more or less right, just for the sense of direction, and then trying to just learn by doing as to what works for me individually. No matter how obsessed and granular I've gotten with trying to figure these things out, there is always an element of trial and error, at least IMHO and experience! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600820 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:39:59 +0000 shaz 1600820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok thanks to everyone for the input these things can get confusing </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600816 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:26:49 +0000 Helena 1600816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shaz, I am a rectangle with shoulders slightly wider than my hips (so a tiny bit of inverted triangle tendency) - what I find is that as long as I don't wear something that dramatically emphasizes my shoulder, I'm fine. You may be the same? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600800 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:31:07 +0000 Summer 1600800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shaz, I've just seen the photos on your other post, and your shoulders don't look that wide to me. &nbsp;I &nbsp;agree that you are probably more of a rectangle. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600789 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:13:20 +0000 Summer 1600789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Try measuring your shoulders straight across rather than around, then do the same with your hips. &nbsp;An easy way to do this is to stand with your back to a wall, and make pencil marks where your shoulder and hip bones end.<br />If the shoulder marks are significantly wider than the hips, your primary body shape would be IT. &nbsp;Your other measurements suggest rectangle, so you may be mix of both. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/confused-on-body-shape#post-1600777 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:39:03 +0000 shaz 1600777@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought I was rectangle shape as that's what comes up in the body shape calculater measurements are 36 30 36 but my shoulders are broader then my hips at 40 inches does that make a difference? I don't have tight fitting bottoms to do the photo. I have loads of areas to disguise after having two babies in two years it's taken a toll on both body and face not to mention the hair loss I don't have a defined waist I am short waisted but long in the leg no curves apart from bit of a after baby saggy belly </p>