Confused

Mara J.

Hi all,

Just new here! I discovered this forum trying to figure out my body type, but I'm really confused about it. I hope you can help me out. Also looking forward to other styling advice on here!

So about the body types: I'm 180 cm tall with broad shoulders, small boobs, and wide hips. According to online calculators that still makes a hourglass shape, but I don't tick any of the boxes (not curvy etc. etc.).

The wider parts of my body are mostly a result of doing loads of sports. I used to be rectangle for sure (no curves, flat chest).

Now, my measurements are:
shoulders: 98 cm
Bust: 91 cm (small boobs, but relatively wide circumference because muscles)
Waist: 71 cm (>25% smaller than both shoulders and hips, but not bust).
Hips: 101 cm

Can anyone help figure out what type that would make and what I would need to look into for styling? Thank you!

Edit: I don't have exact measurements from the front at hand, but the ratio is similar to the circumferences.

10 months ago

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Latest reply was from April

Jaime

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Hi Mara - I don't really go by body shapes or know that much about them, but you are tall and strong and I would guess look stunning in anything you like that fits well and accommodates your strength and stature. I hope someone else can be more helpful!

10 months ago

Sal

Veteran

Hi and welcome to the forum, to me you sound like a tall lean hourglass with some curve mostly due to muscle.

I tend to think more in the Kibbe body types now and you could be a flamboyant natural - if you are tall, lean with some bluntness in your bones. Or maybe one of the dramatics.

10 months ago

harmonica

Veteran

Welcome to ylf, Mara J! I’m not so good at body types either, but I think Sals “tall, lean hourglass” is on to something. Your description sounds a bit like me, besides I’m petite and my shoulders are slightly sloping. I think of myself as more of a rectangle with hourglass as my secondary body type. But when I gain weight I turn into an apple. Let’s see what others have to say

10 months ago

Mara J.

Member

Hi everyone! Thanks for your replies!

It's been very inspiring to hear other people's takes on it!

I really need to look better into the Kibbe body types, great idea! I will update here when I have a better idea about that.

@Jaime Thanks for the supersweet reply! The "anything that fits well" is a pretty hard one though! trying to find a button-up shirt that fits both shoulders and waist properly is mission impossible haha. I could have the waist taken in, but when the shoulders are wide enough, the arm holes usually get too big and I have funny fabric underneath my armpits, which is a bit harder to tailor away.

10 months ago

April

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MJ - here to chime in with my usual comment: curviness is not how shape is determined. It's the straight-across contours you want, not the circumference.

Picture a flat piece of black paper outlining the silhouette. No curves whatever but you'd know what shape you were looking at. Hope that's helpful.

PS - I do not wear fitted buttondowns for exactly the reason you describe.

10 months ago

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