https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:27:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1934418 Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:35:50 +0000 star02 1934418@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see an 8 shape </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1929387 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:11:42 +0000 Lumi 1929387@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would say that u are the 8 shape. Because ur widest point is ur high hip, compared to the lower hip </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1214897 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:20:30 +0000 CocoLion 1214897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also see X type. &nbsp;I like Anne's suggestion of emailing Imogen. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1214848 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:12:05 +0000 ironkurtin 1214848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can never figure out what body type I am. I just wear what I like. If that helps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1214816 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:14:56 +0000 Mo 1214816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chrissie, I found an a-line skirt that flares out from the waistband is terrible on me, precicesly because it accentuates that high hip. &nbsp;To make matters worse, it also does not come back in to show where my shape is smaller, so the eye imagines more 'meat' under there than is. &nbsp;<br />Put a tapered tube skirt on me, and it's all better. &nbsp;<br />That's how I knew I skewed to the 8 tendency, even though I am also a mix. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1214783 Sat, 05 Apr 2014 14:18:12 +0000 Chrissie 1214783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for making me realize that! I'll just go try on what is recommended for both types and see what flaters my shape the most! Thanks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1213913 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:05:28 +0000 E 1213913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Beth Ann's advice!</p> <p>I have some hourglass tendencies &amp; they're all towards the X shape (I'm your height too): I have a long rise and low widest hip point like you but I don't have quite as abrupt a transition from waist to hip as you. So I can see why you're confused: you do look like a mix.&nbsp;</p> <p>My suggestion would be to reverse engineer it as it were: for instance, a&nbsp;major difference in suggestions is full skirts for X shapes vs straight/tapered skirts for 8 shapes. So which do you feel better in? If you're not sure, take some photos and ask the forum for input. That might help you decide. Otherwise most of the advice for the two isn't contradictory, so read both and let them influence your decisions. (I'm right on the cusp I think between IT and slender hourglass, but I don't spend a lot of time worrying about which one I am, I just read both of Angie's posts with interest!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1213819 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:23:02 +0000 anne 1213819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, Please take to heart what Beth Ann said. </p> <p>For what it is worth. I instantly thought X. Although you aren't so pronounced an X as I am (see attached picture) where you are widest is around your lower hip/top of thigh area. And if you want it from the source, you can always email Imogen with a pic - it is her system so she can tell you (I did!)</p> <p>But really the recommendations are pretty similar for the two types and the outfit I attach is an example of ignoring them (because the skirt if a slightly tapered one) which I don't think looks too bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1213804 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:36:18 +0000 Beth Ann 1213804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see more of an hourglass, but I wanted to pop on and say that you can feel free to use these figure type guidelines as helpful hints, rather than true categories.&nbsp; They're more of a starting point really, and I make a point to think outside my category on a regular basis.&nbsp; I find there are so many other factors in play -- structure vs. drape, color, contrast, proportion, etc.</p> <p>Have fun with fashion and wear what makes you happy!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1213564 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:28:26 +0000 Chrissie 1213564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With one more vote for X hourglass, I'm still confused. I think I'm just going to follow rules for both but pay more attention to the X's suggestions. Thanks everyone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1213298 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:16:58 +0000 rachylou 1213298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I say X. You're a strong hourglass, but not a sudden one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1212694 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 01:22:46 +0000 Chrissie 1212694@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So I'm still a little confused because 3 of you say x and 4 say mixture. At least with these opinions I can declare that I am not a figure 8 completely. That has confused me for around a month. I'll go and follow the guidelines for both figures, and the hourglass on other sites without the option, and see what looks best on myself by trying it on. Thankyou everyone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1212595 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:51:42 +0000 Aida 1212595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've a similar shape to you (though wider shoulders for me), and I'd say you're more X than 8. On your first link, you can see an image that shows the two side by side; the X has the widest point lower/near the thighs, as you do, versus up near/above the hip. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1212528 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:40:54 +0000 5miling 1212528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I see a very lovely X hourglass. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1212017 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 06:37:01 +0000 Gigi 1212017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that Mo is right—you might be a mix. Some 8's are really obvious, but others less so (I think of Mo's as being less obvious, which is why she went "round and round" before figuring it out!). If I were you, I would probably compare the clothing guidelines for the two and see where they differ, and then I would try the differing guidelines on your own body and see if one or the other suits you better.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211714 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:01:23 +0000 unfrumped 1211714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you are kind of in-between, which means you may have more options than one or the other, as in the links showing more exaggerated extremes. You have enough X that you can wear belts in a variety of widths compared to the extreme hourglass needing a narrow belt, and yet would probably look&nbsp;great in both classic pencil skirts or flirty a-lines. You can see from your links that some of the recommendations were exactly the same. Then, if something in a clothing item or outfit does look a bit "off" to your eye, you may be able to see that it's because the item skews a bit more one way or the other. So, just use it as a jumping-off point and then it's the IRL and mirror tests that count! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211704 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:36:06 +0000 Vildy 1211704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like a definite X to me.&nbsp; I'm more an 8 - I go out fairly quickly from beneath my waist and then it's straight down from there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211688 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 22:07:16 +0000 Mo 1211688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Heh, I went 'round and 'round on this one a few years back! &nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/humor-me-x-or-8-or-just-plain-hourglass">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....-hourglass</a>&nbsp; Now that I'm a couple more years into my 40's I know I'm an 8. &nbsp;That middle aged shift to the middle and all (drats!). &nbsp;I think it's possible to be right between, or a mix of, shapes. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211683 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:58:22 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1211683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would lean more toward X than 8, just because it doesn't seem like you have that high hip 'shelf' that I tend to think of 8's like myself having. But you may well be a fusion between the two - it's not like the types are a hard and fast rule, just a handy way to see patterns. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211682 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:56:52 +0000 Chrissie 1211682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Marmee. I made the mistake of&nbsp;assuming people would know what I'm talking about, I know silly me, but here are some links to see the differences. Hope it helps!<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/05/real-life-body-shapes-x.html">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......pes-x.html</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/2010/05/real-life-body-shapes-8.html">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......pes-8.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211680 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:49:57 +0000 Marmee 1211680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not sure that I understand the difference between the two, but I am curious as to how you would dress the two body types differently. &nbsp;Either way, I think you have a super cute figure, and we should see some outfits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/x-or-8-hourglass#post-1211673 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:42:19 +0000 Chrissie 1211673@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A while ago I asked what my body shape was, and you all said I was a X hourglass. Now that I've looked into Imogen's body shape figure 8, I'm not 100% sure that I have the x&nbsp;body shape. I am short waisted and only 5'3. My waist gradually goes down to my high hip bone, then it goes in a little, than back out again where the fullest part of my thighs are. That is the widest point in my hips, where I can measure across and get the same measurement as when I go from shoulder to shoulder. I'm confused whether or not this is a X or 8. Help ladies?<br />I attached some pictures, sorry for the poor quality, I used my phone and it automatically put a filter on it.&nbsp; </p>