https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:12:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-384437 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:11:31 +0000 Charmian 384437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aww, thanks! I look forward to seeing your posts too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383750 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:09:58 +0000 bran888 383750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Charmian: it seems like we have mirror image body types, both hourglassy but you have slightly stronger shoulders while I have slightly stronger hips. You have a nice defined waist too, so in my personal non-expert opinion, you should flaunt it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383722 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:38:13 +0000 Charmian 383722@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds perfect </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383705 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:38:44 +0000 bran888 383705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks girls! This has been very helpful...I figured that I was some combination of pear and hourglass, but I wasn't sure which was dominant. So it sounds like I should dress like an hourglass with an eye towards keeping the balance between upper and lower body. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383693 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:15:35 +0000 Charmian 383693@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see an hourglass too. I love your defined waist!</p> <p>Angie recently "diagnosed" me as an inverted triangle with strong hourglass tendencies (they must be pretty strong, since a lot of YLFers pegged me as an hourglass with IT tendencies). For me, what I've been doing is trying to find where the IT and hourglass recommendations intersect. Maybe someday, when I'm more confident, I'll experiment outside of that intersection (ie, IT-only or hourglass-only or even none of the above!) ... but I'm a slow learner, so that's a ways off. :)</p> <p>BTW, congratulations on figuring out how to upload to picasaweb </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383644 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:25:20 +0000 Dashrashi 383644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see hourglass with a bit of pear, but balanced by what appears to be a strong shoulder line. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383638 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:15:57 +0000 bran888 383638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Angie! And thanks everyone else for your help :)</p> <p>I'm glad that my love of dresses and skirts works for my body type So does having pear tendencies mean that I should keep both hourglass and pear rules in mind? Or does it mean that I will probably tend toward pear if I were to gain weight? </p> <p>Also, I think I know the answer, but am I long-waisted? </p> <p>Thanks everyone! This seems like a really great forum </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383628 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:03:51 +0000 Angie 383628@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Welcome! </p> <p>No rectangle tendencies at all. You are an hourglass with pear tendencies. Fab bod! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383608 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:35:11 +0000 bran888 383608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Queen Mum! I feel that big pockets right on the hips generally don't work for me, but other than that I usually feel comfortable in a fitted bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383605 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:28:29 +0000 Queen Mum 383605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi there and welcome!<br /> I can't decide if you look more pear or hourglass. But either way you have a beautiful slim figure and I see nothing wrong with wearing fitted bottoms. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383602 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:14:11 +0000 bran888 383602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure if this photo looks very different, but it is taken from a higher angle, and my thighs look more realistic...I didn't realize taking a photo would be this difficult!</p> <p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/109297877230178315788/Jul132011?authkey=Gv1sRgCNu9jLyiud6ZUw#5628823656450006882" rel="nofollow">https://picasaweb.google.com/1.....6450006882</a></p> <p>My measurements again I believe are: </p> <p>shoulders: 36<br /> bust: 33 (32 b)<br /> waist: 25<br /> hips: 36.5</p> <p>Ok so...pear, rectangle or hourglass??</p> <p>&amp; more importantly...should I be sticking with an a-line silouhette? I LOVE dresses and skirts and wear all styles including fitted on the bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383594 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:48:51 +0000 bran888 383594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Puffenstuff: a rectangle even with an 11-12 inch difference between my waist and hips? I suppose some of that difference comes from my behind...I can see that I don't look super curvy in the photos though, but I usually feel that I look pretty curvy.</p> <p>@ airin: I had trouble getting the angle right, but my hips/thighs are not what I would call small (though my thighs aren't huge, and definitely not as large as they look in the first picture) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383555 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:05:24 +0000 Irene 383555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The angle is a bit difficult, because they look as taken from a lower than regular angle, but I'd say a pear. But then again, your thighs appear larger because of the angle, so I don't know for sure :S </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383551 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:41:03 +0000 puffenstuff 383551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm that's a toughie, I would have to say a slight pear with a bit of rectangle? Hopefully Angie will chime in and get it right for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383504 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:12:44 +0000 bran888 383504@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ Mo: I'm always breaking the "pear" rules by wearing fitted skirts and skinny jeans, so it will be good to know if I shouldn't be! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383437 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:52:40 +0000 bran888 383437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, hopefully this works! </p> <p>Somewhat strange angle, but not entirely inaccurate:<br /> <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/109297877230178315788/Jul12201102?authkey=Gv1sRgCL-XnvqDrtTMuAE#5628647464200606114" rel="nofollow">https://picasaweb.google.com/1.....4200606114</a></p> <p>Update:<br /> I'm not sure if this photo looks very different, but it is taken from a higher angle, and my thighs look more realistic...I didn't realize taking a photo would be this difficult!</p> <p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/109297877230178315788/Jul132011?authkey=Gv1sRgCNu9jLyiud6ZUw#5628823656450006882" rel="nofollow">https://picasaweb.google.com/1.....6450006882</a></p> <p>My measurements again I believe are:</p> <p>shoulders: 36<br /> bust: 33 (32 b)<br /> waist: 25<br /> hips: 36.5</p> <p>Ok so...pear, rectangle or hourglass??</p> <p>&amp; more importantly...should I be sticking with an a-line silouhette? I LOVE dresses and skirts and wear all styles including fitted on the bottom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383433 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:46:28 +0000 Mo 383433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have similar measurements - about an inch more all around but I am 5' 4.5" - and I was surprised to find I'm an hourglass. I'd always thought I was a pear due to my not large bust and good sized hips. I'll be curious to see what you find out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383430 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:39:08 +0000 bran888 383430@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oops! sorry...ok will do </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383428 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:38:09 +0000 Charmian 383428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bran, those links are to photos hosted inside your own personal gmail account; as such, we don't have access to them.</p> <p>Since you appear to be a gmail user, have you considered uploading them to <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com" rel="nofollow">http://picasaweb.google.com</a> and sharing them from there? That way, we don't need your gmail password to view the photos.</p> <p>BTW, welcome to YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383425 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:35:06 +0000 bran888 383425@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Carole </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383379 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:26:09 +0000 Carole 383379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds like an hourglass to me. Can you post a picture of your lovely self? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/whats-my-body-type-12#post-383370 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:19:58 +0000 bran888 383370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi girls,</p> <p>I can never quite figure out which body type I am...my measurements are:</p> <p>shoulders: 36<br /> bust: 33 (I usually wear a 32 b)<br /> waist: 25<br /> hips: 36.5</p> <p>So my hips and shoulders are pretty balanced, and my waist looks defined, but my bust is smaller. Am I a pear, hourglass or something in between? I'm also very petite, not even 5'1'' and I weigh about 105 lbs. Any recommendations for the most flattering clothing styles? Thanks for reading! </p>