https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:29:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-4624 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:15:23 +0000 shiny 4624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I should add that, for pants, a petite is often scaled perfectly everywhere.... except the rise. I often find the pants fit perfectly but the rise is way too short and gives me camel toe!!! I can buy regular pants that fit in the rise and maybe the waist, but then would require major alteration along the side seams not just the hem. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-4622 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:13:13 +0000 shiny 4622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am<br /> I'm 60" tall<br /> Bust 33B"<br /> Natural Waist 26"<br /> At the belly button 29-30<br /> Hips 33"<br /> Torso (under the crotch diagonally over my shoulder) 58.5"<br /> Inseam 28"</p> <p>By jcrew standards i should fit in a regular swim suit. Never tried theirs on, but I do have luck whenever I can find a size 6 and sometimes a size 4 bathing suit that's a one piece (the usual assortment is bikinis only in that size range, and I'm long past the stage where I'd be caught dead in one). </p> <p>Fitting in Jcrew or any regular tops, is hit or miss for me. It may fit width wise, but since I am short from shoulder to bra band, often regular tops will dip way too low and armholes too low. A petite fits *Much* better... except sometimes the sleeves will be too short. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2413 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:25:19 +0000 Angie 2413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sorry Denise! I cannot determine whether you are short waisted from measurements. I would need to fit clothes on your body. It’s possible that you’re not though. Are you regular height but fit into petite clothes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2410 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:37:45 +0000 deniserohauspenntwporg 2410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie. . . . you all left me hanging!!! I think I'm short waisted, but not sure, so I'm really interested in how to determine it. Thanks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2256 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:26:57 +0000 mayapple 2256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm confused--how would measuring from your shoulder to your waist give you your waist measurement? Am I missing something? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2233 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:42:17 +0000 Nicole 2233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok well let's not get carried way... More like low and droopy. Thank goodness for bras...which reminds me...I think my body has changed since my last bra overhaul and I'm in need of a new bra style. I am dreading the process but I know it must be done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2229 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:26:12 +0000 Angie 2229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! Sorry about the confusion Nicole. Sometimes a natural waist measurement is form your shoulder point to your waist point, and not actually AROUND your middle. I believe that your bustline is high and pert! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2226 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:50:29 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, I laughed out loud at that last post. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2224 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:43:43 +0000 Nicole 2224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't understand the question.</p> <p>I thought we were talking about measuring my waist--not my bust. I'm not trying to be cheeky--I know my bust is low...but not THAT low! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2219 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:39:57 +0000 Angie 2219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are you going over your bust or alongside your bust? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2218 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:16:28 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nicole, that's where I measure my natural waist as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2216 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:01:05 +0000 Nicole 2216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I stand infront of a mirror, there is a definate area where I indent. This is also the exact spot I would put my hands on if you told me to put my hands on my waist, and it's also the exact spot that creases if I were to bend to the side. I use that indentation and just use a fabric tape measure. I'm not squeezing the tape tight, but it's not loose either. </p> <p>If this is not my natural waist, then I have no idea how to determine what my natural waist would be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2214 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:38:09 +0000 Angie 2214@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How are you measuring your natural waist Nicole? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2204 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:14:38 +0000 Nicole 2204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't beleive I'm going to post these numbers publically. But no wonder clothes never fit me right!!! Ok here goes.</p> <p>I'm 64" tall<br /> Bust 42"<br /> Natural Waist 34"<br /> Hips 38"<br /> Torso (under the crotch diagonally over my shoulder) 61.5"<br /> Inseam 29"</p> <p>My Natural Waist seems VERY high to me...I would NEVER wear my pants there, but that is where I put my hands when I place them on my sides, and that is where I naturally bend when I bend over sideways. It's about 4" above my belly button.</p> <p>I tried to meausre my shoulders, but that wasn't working out so well. The tape measure kept falling off me. So I measured only the front half, and that was 21". So if you were to double that, 42" and maybe an inch either way for error.</p> <p>Oy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2155 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:07:45 +0000 mayapple 2155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I honestly thought you were quite tall...at least 5'5, but probably morel ike 5'8 or so. You definitely succeeded in giving yourself a long, lean frame. The dress was definitely a big contributor to that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2154 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:28:53 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2154@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Maya, that makes me so happy! My short legs have been the bane of my existence (well, not really, but I do struggle to find pants). It goes to show what correct dress/pants length can do! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2153 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:39:19 +0000 mayapple 2153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Ana, you look so much taller in your pictures! I'm very envious. I'm 62" and I would have never guessed you're only a bit taller than I am. But this definitely illustrates a point: you're an inch and a half taller than me, but your inseam is 2 inches shorter than mine.</p> <p>The J Crew thing is pretty accurate from what I can tell. According to them, a woman my size should have a 58.5" torso. Mine is only 55.5". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2152 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:25:31 +0000 AnaElizabeth 2152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>J. Crew has a measurement for bathing suits here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.jcrew.com/help.sniplets/sizing.jhtml#swim" rel="nofollow">http://www.jcrew.com/help.snip.....jhtml#swim</a></p> <p>Click: "Find if you have a long torso" and it will tell you how to measure. It's probably only for their brand, but it might give you a starting point. </p> <p>I think having a long/short torso has a lot to do with how proportional it is to the rest of your body. For example, I am 63.5 inches tall, and my inseam is 29. I always have to wear short length pants (and they're still too long), when some girls who are my height have a longer inseam, because their legs are longer. I think I probably have an "average" length torso, but in proportion to my legs, it seems much longer than it probably really is. </p> <p>It's good that you ask this, because it's important to find out, and dress so that your body looks more in proportion. I wonder if there is some "golden ratio" that is considered ideal, like, "Your legs should account for 1/2 your body, torso should be 3/4 the length of your legs, etc." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2150 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:38:38 +0000 mayapple 2150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's not an exact science. I'm short waisted, but most pants are short on me cause of my bum, so anything that indicates a short waist could also potentially indicate something else. </p> <p>Really, I could just tell. There is no indentation indicating where my waist is, even though I don't carry my weight in the middle. Tops tend to be long on me. My inseam is very long for a petite gal and makes up 1/2 of my total height. Cinch belts ride up on me because there isn't a place on my torso where they can sit comfortably. If I could just push my hips south by an inch or two and give my torso a little more room, I would feel more proportionate. Right now my body is set up in a way that my shoulders basically go straight into my chest and then flare out into my hips. There is no breathing space in between, where most women have a waist. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2149 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:19:16 +0000 Anonymous 2149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I consider myself long waisted and I think one way to know is that one piece swim suits are always to short and creep up in a most uncomfortable way.<br /> I don't know about the numbers you are asking about but it seems that visually you can see if normal pants seem to ride high on your waist if you are short waisted, or low on the waist of a long waisted person. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wasted-waisted#post-2133 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:11:45 +0000 Nicole 2133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How does one figure out if she is short, long, or regular waisted? Everything I have read, refers to some undisclosed average number in which to compare my measurements to. Since they don't tell me what that magic average number is, it's really not very helpful! </p>