I'm an 8 shape hourglass rather than an X epiphany

ElleH

I'm not sure how it will help me find the perfect jeans. I don't think they exist for 8 shapes but I think I'm an 8 according to the body types on inside out style blog. It means my hip is high & I carry weight on lower abdomen. Jeans are designed more for X shapes who are wider at the top of the thighs. I am widest just below my waist & then stay the same all the way down to thighs.

My tummy isn't always as bad as last pic. It depends what I eat as I bloat easily. I wanted to show it at it's worst though.

Well I hope I can find jeans to fit but maybe not. At least on Imogen's blog there are some recommendations for 8s that may differ from a general hourglass suggestion.

http://www.insideoutstyleblog......pes-8.html

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12 years ago

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MsLuna

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Hi Elle!

I'm not an 8-shaped gal, but I'm a squishy rectangle - which means I have a squishy belly!

That being said, I've been having a rough time looking for jeans as well, though so far I found the Gap mid-rise Always Skinny to work on me. Perhaps give those jeans a shot?

12 years ago

(website)

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I, too, wrestled with this - I think my pic is actually in the comments on her blog. I thought I was a pear for 40 years, then came here to find I was an hourglass, then saw over there that I was likely an 8 hourglass. Jeans that work for me are Miss Me, low rise Levi's, True Religion, and J Brand.

12 years ago

Anonymous

I believe Mo is an 8 shaped hourglass as well. Maybe she will chime in with some brand recommendations. I must be your tummy bloat twin. I have to avoid wheat and yeast. :/

12 years ago

Anonymous

I'm an 8 shape, too, with the same tummy issues! You and I are very similar from the back....with high and low hip visually the same width. It's not an easy shape necessarily, but it is considered an enviable one.

12 years ago

ElleH

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Thanks ladies,

I have tried many of the different Levis & some gap skinny cords with no success. I will try all your other recommendations. I bat team back so sometimes the muffin wont be as bad but the back looks awful:(

12 years ago

Von

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Have you tried the new Levis shape fit jeans? I'm very curvy and they work great on the bottom - no gaps. I think I have the Bold Curve body type jeans. You can pick depending on your waist to hips ratio, and the waistband is tummy-friendly. Another great denim find is Ann Taylor jeans. Not the Loft, but regular AT, The modern fit trouser jeans are so very nice.

12 years ago

rholmes27

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I'm an "8" also. If you are looking for skinny jeans, I recently tried on AG Stilt cigarette jeans. I think they will be my next purchase.
Oh, & I'm petite also; don't know if that will change anything for you.

12 years ago

ramya

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Oh mine is the opposite... I thought I was an 8 and turned out to be X
Thanks to you I just checked that site you mentioned

Oh yes I love the curve id from Levis... I have 2 and they are my absolute favorite and I am going to buy more when I go back to India...

12 years ago

ElleH

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Von thank you I've tried the curve ID:) no luck:( But I will try the AT ones thanks:)

Rholmes I will try the AG ones thanks:)

12 years ago

(website)

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I will add that the J Brand were more forgiving in the waist and less likely to induce muffin top than some of the other brands, so that might be a brand to look into for you

12 years ago

ElleH

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Thanks again MO

12 years ago

vesperholly

Active Member

Realizing that I am almost certainly an 8 with a hip shelf has been nothing less than a revelation for me. Now I know why A-line skirts look terrible on me, and why I despaired of my "hip fat muffin top", which I now realize is my skeleton! It was an actual relief to give away six or seven pretty skirts I could never get to look right because they flared from the high hip and made me look like a roller skating waitress from another planet.

Am I right, though, that Levi's Curve ID has too low a rise for 8 shapes? The Demi through Supreme Curve seem like they narrow at the waist just where we still have hipbone. Wouldn't a waistband more open at the top be better for this shape, unless the rise is high? (Signed, I have a beloved pair of Demi Curves but they cut in in an unflattering way.)

Is a high hip a high rise by default?

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