https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:51:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2656 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:00:15 +0000 Sarah 2656@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes! Those are quite the outfits. I'm on the lookout for square necks after reading that thread, Maya. I found a cute square neck at Macy's the other day and just might go back and buy it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2612 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:06:42 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some of those outfits are hideous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2605 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:53:47 +0000 Maya 2605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're right about the clothes being frumpy Sarah. I only like clothes by brands I already know like Michael Kors and Sweet Pea, but gosh, look at this: <a href="http://www.symplithebest.com/spring/springpage.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.symplithebest.com/spring/springpage.htm</a></p> <p>OK, the black dress on the first page is cute enough, but the rest is awful. That's one of the brands they sell. </p> <p>Angie recommended square neck tops in another thread for women with broad shoulders. Maybe try those.</p> <p>I have been experimenting with Myshape by putting in different measurements, and it seems even if my shoulders and hips were 32" (which is unbelievably small), and my chest was a 32AA, but the rest remained the same, I would STILL be an M. Uh, no. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2599 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:25:49 +0000 Sarah 2599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to agree with the comments that M is the shape of people Myshape doesn’t know how to classify. Myshape sounded great in theory, but I can't afford 90% of the stuff on there even with free shipping both ways. And a lot of it looks frumpy, which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. If I'm going to spend that much I'd much rather go to BR or someplace like that I try on the clothes in person first.</p> <p>As to my own figure, I'm pretty unclassifiable. I have the broad, square shoulders of an inverted triangle. They are 38" and boney. They would be bigger if I put on a little weight up there. My boobs are actually pretty average in size, but I found out that I have a sunken or concave sternum that makes them look smaller, so I always thought I was small-chested. I measure in at 32" and just discovered I'm a 30C not a 32B. My waist is sort of small at 26" and it's defined. I think my hips are small at 33". In conclusion, I need to follow different rules for various body types for all the different parts of my body. Mainly soften my shoulders (inverted triangle) and give myself more curves (rectangle). I don't think any website is going to take all of that into account, so I have to do it myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2539 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:58:17 +0000 mayapple 2539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is indeed an adorable top Ana. I love lantern sleeves, and red is my favorite color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update/page/2#post-2509 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:54:46 +0000 Angie 2509@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amen Antje and beautiful top Ana! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2499 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:21:54 +0000 AntjeH 2499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't get Myshape, and it seems totally over-hyped to me. As many pointed out on this forum before, their shape typing seems pretty random and odd at times. There are tons of clothes on their site that fit most of the shapes - which just doesn't seem helpful. The clothes themselves aren't nicer or better priced than elsewhere.<br /> I think a far more useful site would be one where women type themselves as shapes and then recommend styles of clothes from a variety of brands/sites to each other. E.g., if I as a short and small-chested hour glass with a slight belly bulge (now you know it all ;-)) find a great A-line dress that is super flattering, then I wanna recommend that to others with similiar body shapes/issues. I don't, however, trust a site that recommends an over-priced and rather boring A-line dress to two thirds of the body shapes out there.<br /> Myshape seems like such a great lure, but I just don't find much behind the promise. Sorry, just had to rant a bit... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2497 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:44:49 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, check out this shirt I just found on bluefly.com:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bluefly.com/pages/products/detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=2081300011&#038;FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=7544779&#038;N=7544779&#038;Nao=72&#038;Ne=500000&#038;Ns=Popularity" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluefly.com/pages/p.....Popularity</a>|0||Product%2bCode|1&#38;Nu=Product+ID</p> <p>I think this color would look awesome on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2492 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:26:30 +0000 mayapple 2492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regarding Myshape, I think I've given up hope. It looks like they just needed an "M" so they made one up. My graphic designer's eye makes me believe they did choose the letterforms based on the shapes. It can't be sheer coincidence that the curviest body type is also the curviest letter, P is for large-chested women, A is for pears, H is for rectangles, etc. It was definitely deliberate, perhaps on the part of the designers they hired if not the company itself.</p> <p>I'm 33-26-35 (with boobs I'm closer to 35-26-35). My shoulders are 37". I feel like I could really be any shape with the exception of the apple. I'm too straight to be an hourglass but too curvy to be a rectangle...but my hips aren't narrow enough to be an inverted triangle...</p> <p>Blah blah blah. </p> <p>Body types just confuse me. I think I"ll just try things on and see if I like them and leave it at that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2491 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:19:23 +0000 mayapple 2491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, the liberal use and abuse of pleats and gathers are beyond my comprehension. At least cap sleeves can look good on a woman with toned arms, but gathers don't look good on ANYONE. A woman who still manages to look good in a gathered top will still look good (even better, I should say) in one without gathers. I had to return this top because the bunching were just too much: <a href="http://www.espritshop.com/Shop/PicDestStyleProduct/ZS0761_352.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.espritshop.com/Shop.....61_352.jpg</a>. I am not a big girl and I looked enormous in that thing. </p> <p>The model looks fine in it, but I bet she would look even better without all that puckering. I just don't understand what the purpose of that is. All they do is turn an ordinary top into maternity wear. I love empire waists, but I can understand how they would be frustrating for someone who is on the bustier side. I think Boden has a lot of nice summer tops. Perhaps it's worth checking there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2490 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:19:15 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, I have been lamenting the same thing! Add to that shapeless balloon camis:</p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2962120/0~2376776~2374327~2378057~2378066?mediumthumbnail=Y&#038;origin=category&#038;searchtype=&#038;pbo=2378066&#038;P=2" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/29.....6&#038;P=2</a></p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2969450?refsid=217715&#038;refcat=0%7e2376776%7e2374327%7e2374333%7e2374362&#038;SourceID=1&#038;SlotID=1&#038;origin=related" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/29.....in=related</a></p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2963294/0~2376776~2374327~2374333~2377660?mediumthumbnail=Y&#038;origin=category&#038;searchtype=&#038;pbo=2377660&#038;P=3" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/29.....0&#038;P=3</a></p> <p>Hey Nicole, how about this? </p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2954500/0~2376776~2374327~2374333~2377660?mediumthumbnail=Y&#038;origin=category&#038;searchtype=&#038;pbo=2377660&#038;P=3" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/29.....0&#038;P=3</a></p> <p>What? You mean you don't want to be swathed in 1000s of extra yards of magenta charmeuse? I can't imagine! :D</p> <p>I'm going shopping in a couple weeks to get some summer tops, I'm really hoping I can find some. If I find some good stuff I'll let everyone know. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2489 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:58:58 +0000 Nicole 2489@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not specific to MYSHAPE, but generally speaking...why are there so many shirts with cap and flutter sleeves when that style is not flattering on most women? Same thing with the excess pleats and gathers? Shouldn't the percentage of a certain style be relative to the percentage of women who would look good in that style? Honestly, who here looks good in cap sleves? Yet who here has found summer tops that don't have cap sleeves? Every summer top I see has gathers, empire seams, puffy sleeves, or a band that is supposed to sit under the bust. I can't wear any of those things. I have not bought one summer top yet because I have yet to find one that does not have any of those features. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2487 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:47:49 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was reading what Maya said earlier, and I agree with you all that M is sort of a "leftover" category. I think if you compared the different types of clothing that are flattering on Maya and I, there would probably be very little overlap. Plus, Myshape recommended several items to me that had a puff and/or cap sleeves, which is definitely not flattering, as I have broad shoulders. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2485 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:23:52 +0000 Nicole 2485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Considering the letters they assign individuals spell out MYSHAPE, I don't think they really care if the letter actually looks like the woman's body shape. After entering in all the information, and looking at their merchandise, I think it's just a gimmick and a potential problem for women who are already struggling with accepting their figures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2484 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:50:51 +0000 Dancingstar 2484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I beleive it's supposed to be a variation of the hourglass.<br /> I've read somewhere that the definition of the hourglass is not consistent, so some places will say it's ( traditional) an equal bust and hip measurement, with much smaller waist ( 12" smaller then hips) and smaller roundish shoulders ( my shape S). Other places will define hourglass as equal shoulder and hip width, which is usually acompanied with the waist that is defined, but with smaller waist/hip difference than S shape, chest smaller than hips, and shoulders straighter (and wider) than those of the S shape, so this is what myshape calls M shape.<br /> I'm 33-25-37 , with wide straight shoulders that are equal width as my hips and they've put me in the S category even tough I beleive I'm more of an M. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2483 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:20:36 +0000 mayapple 2483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just cant figure out what an M corresponds to. S is an hourglass, A is a pear, Y is an inverted triangle, H is a rectangle, P is large chested (top-heavy but not an apple), and E is an apple. Is M another kind of pear? I don't think I'm all that pearesque.</p> <p>I don't think they made up E because they needed to have a shape that corresponded with a larger midsection, but I can't figure out what M is supposed to be. If you also notice, the letterforms also mimic the different shapes..with the exceptions of M and E. </p> <p>I am a rectangle purely based on measurements, but most of my 35" hips are contained in my bum and I have boobs. No wonder myshape got confused. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2482 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:14:40 +0000 Becky 2482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Add me as another who was classified as an M. I have broad shoulders, no bust, a defined waist, and a curvy bum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2480 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:02:35 +0000 Julia 2480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that M is the shape you get when they don't know where to put you.</p> <p>I'm an H or rectangle by standards I see everywhere else, but according to myshape's calculation, if the difference between your hip and waist is more than 6' then you are not an H. Mine is 7' but I'm not qualify for an S yet so I guess that's why I'm an M.</p> <p>I'm not sure if you have noticed that the shapes they have are the letters in their name: M, Y, S, H, A, P and E. My speculation is that to match that up, the created shape M and E but that throws my off completely, I'm more confused...</p> <p>By the way, Angie, I think that I'm a busty rectangle, my measurement is 37(shoulder), 28, 36 and I wear 34C bra. I found that I can't follow the rectangle rules 100% because of my chest. You have addressed this body shape in how to wear a dress a while back. Could you add more suggestions for this body type?</p> <p>I love this blog so much and I check it many times everyday now. Thanks for providing us such a great place to communicate! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2461 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:31:38 +0000 HannahMichelle 2461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This has been an interesting discussion to follow. I was wondering if there was anything to that site or not. I didn't put in my measurements, but a Y describes me right on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2459 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:14:14 +0000 mayapple 2459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Somehow I'm beginning to suspect that an M is the shape you get when they don't know quite where else to put you. You, me, and Ana are all M's but we don't seem to have much of anything in common.</p> <p>But as I said, I am literally within half an inch of being an S, so who knows. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2458 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:10:30 +0000 Sarah 2458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Myshape has you as a shape M, Maya? That's interesting, because it told me I was an M too. Our shapes are completely different. I have broad shoulders and you don't. You have a chest and I don't... Maybe I didn't measure correctly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2407 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:48:17 +0000 Jennell 2407@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Nicole-I was not sure because usually in the "pictures" they are buttoned all the way.<br /> Jennell </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2380 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:20:08 +0000 Nicole 2380@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rarely button jackets and cardigans. Very slimming to keep them open. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2365 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:22:06 +0000 Jennell 2365@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought the yellow sweater jacket is just perfect for Spring and Summer. My question is can you leave the short jackets and or cardi's open or are they supposed to be buttoned up all the time? Quite warm in Fl and with a cami or tank underneath it can get hot. But I certainly don't want to ruin the look.<br /> Thanks,<br /> jennell </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2328 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:41:12 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2328@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Orange is an interesting suggestion. I'll keep an eye out for a nice shade that might go with the cardigan. I'm trying to broaden my horizons on color combinations and time of year. I've been pretty traditional up to this point, but there are some colors I love (like coral) that I would always be sad to put away until Spring/Summer. I'm excited that people have suggested nice ways to wear these year round. Thanks everyone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2323 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:11:04 +0000 Angie 2323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It does indeed. Go for it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2317 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:06:48 +0000 mayapple 2317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm wondering who decides what is and isn't flattering on MyShape and what their background and expertise is. It's hard to tell, but I noticed they recommend a lot of high necklines and flare/wide leg pants for me, both of which are totally wrong for my body type according to just about every legitimate fashion expert I can think of.</p> <p>Ana, I think all the colors that have been mentioned are great. I don't think you can go wrong with that bright blue color. I wonder if the right shade of orange might be pretty for fall, though I have to admit I don't coordinate colors and seasons. I think the only color I can think of which is a flat-out no is brown.</p> <p>Thanks for the vote of confidence, Angie. I am wearing my skinnies right now, but with a mini dress that keeps my thighs safely concealed. The shirt length makes a huge difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2289 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:35:40 +0000 Angie 2289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the interesting myshape update Maya. I am still a little startled at what they recommend is best for different body shapes, but then opinions do vary. </p> <p>Judging from the picture that you posted of yourself a while ago, I'm pretty sure that the sweater jacket looks great on you Ana and I’m thrilled that you are adding citron as a layer. I too LOVE cobalt with black and cream and that’s how I usually wear it (and occasionally add citron). </p> <p>Maya, in my professional opinion, you look fab in skinny jeans. Scrunched bottoms will take the empathis away from your thighs if that makes you feel better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2287 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:21:20 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I have a cream cami and black "skinny" jeans (more like slim straight leg). I might give that a try when it arrives. Thanks for the suggestion! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/myshape-update#post-2284 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:09:44 +0000 Nicole 2284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ana, I think that jcrew blue cardi would look nice with cream and black. It's a great bright color that will cheer everyone up! </p>