Thank you Suntiger, I can see that everyone has his own preferences

Does anybody know where I can find Angie's recommandations in the archives ? Thanks !

Go to the Blog and then click on the Advice tab. At the top you will find “How to Dress . . .”

Dolores, please enjoy your youthful beauty, you have a fabulous figure.

I see the very mild "dips" and you still look like an hourglass to me, absolutely lovely.

To me, you definitely look like an X (not an 8), as your widest points is at your lower hip / your tights area (not at your upper hip).

Please don't let hip dips confuse you. (By the way, yours look rather small.) As far as I know, hip dips can be seen in several different body types. They are just small body variations--like smile holes. Nothing to worry about. You look great!

Phoebe, thank you you're so kind

The Cat, your reply made me smile Thank you !! I will definitely try to see it that way ! It's silly how we can focus on little details of our bodies and be insecure about silly things when there's a billion things more important in life lol

I never heard of this term until last year. I have “hip dip”, but I don’t put a lot of thought into the term. It seems like a sort mean-girl phrase, like “thigh gap”, that is ultimately used to sell women things to “fix” their problems with the promise of eternal happiness and fulfillment.

See all the “””” I just used? If you find yourself using quotation marks in your mind, question why. Don’t let anyone or anything make you feel like you’re not perfect and lovely already!

That said... there is something useful about realizing I have a high hip - it means I look for the hip measurement of jackets and bottoms when shopping online, and I look for photos to indicate whether there it looks like the garment will accommodate a higher hip line.

I’ve also found that wearing a belt a tiny bit higher on my waist makes a huge visual impact.

Mary Beth, yeah I know.

As women, a lot of emphasis is put on our look and I feel our bodies are scrutinized and criticized when they don't meet the beauty standards

The hip dip thing is silly, deep down I know it

I am very happy you found a way to dress yourself that makes you happy
But I am not sure I understand what is a high hip exactly, is it when the top of the pelvic bone (the iliac crest I think) tends to be higher than average ?
I know I can feel mine just below my belly button by pressing to the side of my belly with my hand

I think a high hip person would be more of an 8 shape, with the top part of the 8 being smaller than the bottom part but widening out from the waist quite quickly. So they might be as wide there as in the upper thighs.

I don't think hip dips matters at all. Fat is a normal, healthy part of the human body. It jiggles and folds and, despite what media likes to portray, this is all normal, healthy, and beautiful.

I'd be more interested to know how your shoulder width appears in comparison with your hip width. X's are broader hourglasses, 8's are narrower. I prefer Kibbe's system although it's fraught and complicated. X's would loosely correspond to Soft Natural, 8's to Romantic.

I am an X with a longer rise (crotch to natural waist point) than most. I especially love shorter tops and high-waist bottoms, or dresses that have a wrap top and higher waist point. That said, I flout these "rules" all the time to achieve a style that I feel good in.

Hi Jenava, I am not familiar with Kibbe types

Well, you talked about my shoulder width and I realize there are no pictures where you can see my upper body
So here are a few more pictures, maybe that can help you get an idea

The dress is tight in the hip area but starts to flare gently just below the hips, and that makes me look more bottom heavy in the pictures

Dolores, to me you still look like an X.

Jenava and others, please be aware that hip dips are not related to fat distribution. Hip dips are part of the skeletal structure, as explained here: https://insideoutstyleblog.com.....-dips.html

The hip dips thing fascinates me. I don’t think there was a word for them, or that anyone even thought of them as a thing, until a few years ago. Wonder what they’ll think of next—a way for elbows to be shaped “wrong”?

Dolores, use the shapes as far as they are helpful, but it seems you have a good idea of what looks good on you. Enjoy your body, take care of it, and have fun.

Hi again Dolores. I still think you are an X hourglass, as it is the top of the thighs that is your widest point to my eye in your new pic 1. I agree that you have small love handles and hip dips also, but I don’t think that makes you an 8 shape because you are not as wide there.