https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:16:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13841 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:42:16 +0000 Anonymous 13841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Misslady, I'll echo the need for a really good bra fitting. After many years of wearing a 34 or 36 AA I went to Nordstroms because of what I read here and a weight loss. My new bras are a 32 B or C, depending on the style! Never in a million years would I have tried a B or C! Please go get fitted and don't waste all those years of not looking as good as you can in your clothes like I did. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13531 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:21:52 +0000 MissLady 13531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much, Inge! I really appreciate it and will definitely try this brand on while in Italy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13529 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:44:20 +0000 Inge 13529@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, the search url for the USA is:<br /> <a href="http://www.mariejo.com/shops/laventure/NL/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariejo.com/shops/l.....fault.aspx</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13528 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:32 +0000 Inge 13528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was wrong, they are available both in the States and Canada:<br /> <a href="http://www.mariejo.com/shops/laventure/NL/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariejo.com/shops/l.....fault.aspx</a><br /> <a href="http://www.mariejo.com/shops/laventure/NL/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariejo.com/shops/l.....fault.aspx</a></p> <p>Bare in mind that not all shops sell both lingerie lines (this is indicated below the address of each point of sale).</p> <p>They're in the same price range as Chantelle and a good option to combine even more variety with a good fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13527 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:38:04 +0000 Inge 13527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi MissLady, while you're in Italy, maybe you can try out a Marie-Jo bra (Belgian quality brand:<br /> <a href="http://www.mariejo.com/collection/current/laventure/NL/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariejo.com/collect.....fault.aspx</a><br /> I think it might be comparable with Chantelle, correct me if I'm wrong Angie. They have two collections for each season: MarieJo L'Aventure (lingerie with very simple lines, modern and stylish) and MarieJo Haute Lingerie (a more sophisticated look with use of lace etc.). I like the Aventure ones best, they look fabulous on and fit perfectly.</p> <p>They're probably not available in the USA, but I just saw on their website that they do have points of sale (presumably specialty lingerie shops) in Italy. I don't know exactly where you'll be going, but you can look up the Italian points of sales here:<br /> <a href="http://www.mariejo.com/shops/laventure/NL/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariejo.com/shops/l.....fault.aspx</a></p> <p>(in the first box you can enter a city - you have to use the Italian spelling, OR enter a postal code in the second box, then click on 'Zoeken') </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13515 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:07:33 +0000 Anonymous 13515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Band size 36 for you seems way off. Go to Nordstrom's and let them fix you up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13513 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:04:24 +0000 MissLady 13513@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, ladies! Haha, you all put a smile on my face. I will have to get to a Nordstrom as soon as I can, which probably won't be for a while because I am going on a two month internship in Italy. Any Italian specialty lingerie shops you know about? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13493 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:35 +0000 Angie 13493@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’d suspected you’d had a VS experience, Miss Lady. Absolute codswallup. VS is clueless. I cannot be more direct about this. As the ladies have suggested, get yourself off to Nordstrom or a specialty lingerie shop for a professional fitting. It will take about an hour of your time and shall change your life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13491 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:34:06 +0000 Sarah 13491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Tanya and Ana. I too went to VS for a fitting and went to Nordstrom several weeks later for a comparison. VS sized me incorrectly (put me in a "similar" size since they didn't carry what they considered my size to be) and I was less than satisfied with the product itself. Within several weeks the bra stretched out.<br /> At Nordstrom, they put me in a Chantelle (which was a cup bigger and a band size smaller than VS), and I haven't bought anything else since. I wait for them to go on sale. After I bought and wore my first Chantelle, I told my husband "so THAT'S what the right bra feels like!". I strongly recommend going to Nordstrom and after a fitting trying on several high quality bras. It will change your life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13490 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:26:25 +0000 Ana 13490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nordstrom will probably have a wider range of cup and band sizes to choose from. It's a bit more expensive, but so worth it--I LOVE my Chantelle bra, so comfy and it fits perfectly. My clothes look better when I'm wearing it, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13482 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:12:54 +0000 Tanya 13482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, please don't take this wrong, but VS is not the greatest place to be fitted. Try Nordstrom or a specialty place, such as Intimacy, instead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13472 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:36 +0000 MissLady 13472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had multiple bra fittings at Victoria's Secret and Intimissimi (which is owned by VS). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13444 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:06 +0000 Angie 13444@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wear did you have a bra fitting? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13385 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:17:42 +0000 MissLady 13385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, that is a whole other story for me. Even when fitted for bras, the specialists seem confused. I have not gained or lost any weight since last being fitted, and I am the same measurements. My ribcage is 31 + 5 = band size 36. Bust is 33.5. I usually wear a 34A because the cups and band size is the best compromise. Even when I do find AA, they don't seem to fit correctly. </p> <p>But thank you so much for helping with the body type. I see what you both see now, and it will be quite helpful to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13379 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:42:42 +0000 Angie 13379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those sizes sound propionate to me - sizes are not created equally. Perhaps you need to be refitted for a bra? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13377 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:36:30 +0000 MissLady 13377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, I usually wear a smaller size on top. I tend to fit xs and s for tops. Sometimes with structured pieces I have trouble because they will fit my bust, but my waist and shoulders seem too wide. For bottoms, I usually wear s and m or 4/6. As you can tell, I'm pretty flat from the side. Thank god you are all here to help me! I am so confused! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13375 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:58 +0000 Angie 13375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome Miss Lady and thanks for posting pics!</p> <p>Your body type tends three ways:<br /> 1. Your athletic build (you have few curves) allows you to take guidelines from the rectangle.<br /> 2. Your narrow waist allows you to adhere to an hourglass ( a straight-ish one)<br /> 3. Your broader shoulder line makes you an inverted triangle but ever so slightly. </p> <p>Do you wear a bigger size on top than on the bottom? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13369 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:41:15 +0000 Becky 13369@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome, MissLady! You'll find this to be a friendly and supportive group of women. Regarding body type, I'm certainly not the expert, but I'd say you look like an hourglass tending a bit toward an inverted triangle (your shoulders appear wider than your hips). We'll wait for those with more expertise to say for sure, though... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13368 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:40:39 +0000 MissLady 13368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, totally forgot to give you all measurements. I am 5'9" tall. Bust=33.5", Waist, 26.5, Hips, 36.5. Pants inseam for flats is 34" (I have long legs, although they don't look so long in these pics). Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/new-here-help-with-body-type-please#post-13367 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:38:06 +0000 MissLady 13367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, brand new. I am so glad there is a forum to help us girls figure this out. I have such a difficult time deciding what shape I am. I have links to front and side views. Can anyone help me figure out what body type I am, please? Thank you so much!</p> <p><a href="http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn333/MissLady_036/DSCF1415.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i320.photobucket.com/al.....CF1415.jpg</a><br /> <a href="http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn333/MissLady_036/DSCF1416.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i320.photobucket.com/al.....CF1416.jpg</a> </p>