https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:45:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545552 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:28:53 +0000 Jeweled 1545552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short waisted.</p> <p>I can fit one hand-width from my underbust to my waist.</p> <p>I can barely fit one finger-width between the bottom of my ribcage and the top of my hipbone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545550 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:23:16 +0000 amiable 1545550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I followed Google's instructions for finding my natural waist, and now I think I'm about 2 1/2 hands between my bust and natural waist. &nbsp;This seems to fit since I'm about 5'9". &nbsp;I think it's proportional. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545543 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:20:01 +0000 amiable 1545543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay - I'm not sure I know where my natural waist is?</p> <p>There's three hands from the bottom of my bust to my belly button. &nbsp;My belly button is one finger less than the top of my hips (so either way, I'm long waisted). But I'm narrowest at the base of my rib cage, which is just over one hand below the bottom of my bust. &nbsp;That's not actually my natural waist, is it?</p> <p>I'm equally confused with measuring. &nbsp;I think I'm equal spaces from my shoulder to where I feel my legs bend in my hip, I'm long waisted (21" versus 17"), but if I use the top of my hip bone, I'm short waisted (16" and 22"). &nbsp;</p> <p>I think I need to figure out what these more specific definitions are - I feel like I'm mostly proportional....</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545508 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:30:37 +0000 Anonymous 1545508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short waisted- 1.5 hand widths. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545504 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:16:47 +0000 mtnsofthemoon 1545504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, I never knew I am short waisted ( exactly one hand width) ...always knew I was long legged (32" inseam). &nbsp;4+ inch difference between the shoulder/hip measurement and the hip/knee measurement! </p> <p>&nbsp;Now I feel all confused as to how to dress. &nbsp;I am hourglass shape and love to highlight my slim waist, esp in pencil skirts and shift dresses. &nbsp;I have always felt most comfortable in mid rise trousers. &nbsp;I hate empire waist dresses and tops. &nbsp;I always feel like it's under my neck! and soooo uncomfortable. &nbsp;I do column of color a lot and 50% tuck in and 50% leave untucked with my pants. &nbsp;Also I hate dropped waist because it's always tight across my bum and hips and is never flattering. &nbsp;Ugh....I feel like I am in kindergarten, trying to learn how to dress ......;-( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545453 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:28:55 +0000 Penny 1545453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regular, but with short legs . . . even though I'm 5'2, regular dresses tend to work and fit at my natural waist, but I often have to hem the length </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545448 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:24:45 +0000 Alassë 1545448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regular (2 hands).</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545431 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:13:27 +0000 Melinda SF 1545431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>short waisted here (1.5 hand widths). &nbsp;big bust though so that exacerbates the problem. &nbsp;Hence my belt fear. &nbsp;but I'm tackling it first with low contrast belts under a topper. &nbsp;</p> <p>I too have a long rise, I need 9 inches just to be right below the navel. so it's not so obvious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545370 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:18:25 +0000 Laurinda 1545370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Team Long-Waisted!<br />Three hands easily. But this is no surprise, I am usually the tallest person sitting down around a table -- men included.</p> <p>(I'm also short-legged, so I wear Tall tops and Petite bottoms). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545311 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:17:56 +0000 lyn67 1545311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess, long, 2 hands between, but have a longer rise, too.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;And, &nbsp;same as cobalt, think: "I'm regular-waisted based on measurements, but longer-waisted based on how most mass-retail clothing fits me -- ie, the "waist" on tailored tops and dresses often hits well above my natural waist". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/4#post-1545281 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:36:23 +0000 cobalt 1545281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm regular-waisted based on measurements, but longer-waisted based on how most mass-retail clothing fits me -- ie, the "waist" on tailored tops and dresses often hits well above my natural waist. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545251 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:06:31 +0000 Angie 1545251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SO MANY SHORT WAISTED PEOPLE. Wow.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545211 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:52:05 +0000 donnat 1545211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>1 hand, short waisted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545202 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:37:28 +0000 Deborah 1545202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn D I can't stop laughing! That is exactly what I wanted to say (because it's what I had to do too) but didn't know how lol </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545201 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:36:55 +0000 sarah 1545201@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short, by both ways of measuring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545189 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:21:05 +0000 MTBGirl 1545189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Long waisted by #1, will do other measuring when can. And I'd like to read these responses, this is very interesting Angie!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545158 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:54:03 +0000 skylurker 1545158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>short-waisted.</p> <p>Greg should make a poll tool that adds up the stats for you, extracting the info from comments is time consuming, no ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545093 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 04:33:40 +0000 Gigi 1545093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short waisted, at 1.5 hand widths. I actually thought that my measurement would be less, so I am pleasantly surprised! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545084 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:55:02 +0000 greycat6 1545084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regular to slightly long waisted (two hands plus a pinkie) with a long rise and short thighs. </p> <p>There is a 4" difference between my shoulder to hip and hip to kneecap measurements, with the latter being longer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545083 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:53:58 +0000 Cerinda 1545083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty precisely two-habd regular waist, but the shortest rise imaginable: that's my fit conundrum.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545082 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:48:05 +0000 Sara L. 1545082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My measurements are wonky. I did them and then had DH do them as well. From shoulder to hipbone is 18" and then from hipbone to bottom of kneecap is 22". But I can get 3 hand widths between bust and natural waist. I usually have long waisted problems like one piece swimsuits are always too short. Maybe I'm short from shoulder to bust though because I frequently need to shorten straps up on tanks and dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545074 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:31:49 +0000 Debbie 1545074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short-waisted! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545045 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:46:39 +0000 Echo 1545045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, one piece swimsuits are terrible to find! Even the ones listed for long torso are often too short for me, and that isn't for lack of sizing up. I can size up until suits bag in the bust and the bum and they are STILL too tight from shoulder to crotch. And given that I have always preferred one piece swimwear, that is a real problem.&nbsp;</p> <p>And should we be measuring to the high crest of the hip bone or the socket or side bend in the hip? Either way, I measure much longer from my shoulder (the bone that sticks out to the side on top) to even high hip than I do from high hip to below the knee. I have terribly short legs. My DH is 6' 8" while I am about 5'3" (on a good day), and we are comfortable conversing while seated, whereas I have to shout up to him in a crowded place while we are standing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545030 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:21:17 +0000 Maneera 1545030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regular. Can just about fit 2 hands and my measurements are almost the same. But I do look short waisted because my big bust visually takes up too much space and looks too close to my natural waist. I use almost all of the tips Angie wrote about yesterday to create the right proportions, except tops/dresses with dropped waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545021 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 02:06:55 +0000 Sveta 1545021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Regular here by both measurements.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545014 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:50:32 +0000 SarahTheWhite 1545014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I read and appreciated your wonderful tips because I have been convinced forever that I am short waisted. Just now I did the measurements to confirm my conviction. I can fit exactly two hands and my measurements are excaclty the same. I was so not expecting that!! Regular it is! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545012 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:49:49 +0000 Anonymous 1545012@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm regular - 2 hands and equal shoulder-hip, hip-knee measurement. Sales associates usually tell me I'm long waisted, so maybe I have a higher rise (how does one know if rise is high?). I think I'm short from shoulder to bust and calf to heel, so that may throw off visual proportions.</p> <p>This is a great conversation, Angie. You mention that these parameters make things easier for the fashion industry: Is there one of these profiles that clothing companies typically design for? Short waisted because that's more typical? Long because it would be hard to add length? Or regular because that falls between the two? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545006 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:44:05 +0000 Bonnie 1545006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short waisted, long arms, long neck - the rest of me is pretty average though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545005 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:43:20 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1545005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Short-waisted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/short-regular-or-long-waisted/page/3#post-1545002 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 01:39:42 +0000 Cheryl L 1545002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So based on the hand measurement I am short waisted with 1 1/2 hands between bust and natural waist. I followed the link for how to dress a short waist and that explains why I have always gravitated to points 2,4,&amp;8.<br /> There really can be an individualized formula for each person. </p>