Body Types

Do you know your body shape? Do you find that you are a bit of every body description out there??

apparently, the best way to identify your body type is to stand in front of a mirror in jeans or leggings and a form-fitting top and analyze your silhouette from the front.

Check how your hip width compares to your shoulder width (measurements do not play a part at this stage). Check whether you have a defined waistline. Hips. Torso length.

It might not be as easy as you think, so if you get stuck, email a picture of yourself on the forum and we’ll help you out.

Identifying your body type
The body type identification process:
The are five body types that I like that help the way you dress for you.

The racy rectangle(banana), adorable apple, pretty pear, hot hourglass and statuesque inverted triangle. Plus the names are cute 🙂

After years of reading through body type dressing and chatting with many, many different women about our figures…. these rudimentary categories best help define the female form.

However, putting yourself into a body type category is merely a starting point. Once you know your body type, you probably need to do the next layer of analysis.

You might have a secondary body type. If you tend towards more than one body type you need to consider the guidelines of both. For example, you could be an hourglass with a curvier thigh area, in which case you would tend towards a pear shape. Or, if you’re an hourglass with a strong shoulder line, you’d tend towards an inverted triangle.

Body type modifiers add more detail

People with the same body type will still have different bodies. There are many other details that we need to consider when thinking about how best to adorn our bodies. Enter what we the stylists call the body type modifiers, such as bust size, height, shoulder width, neck length, leg length, ankle shape, short waist, long waist, calf circumference, rise size and being extra curvy.

Slender, Hour Glass, Pear, Inverted Triangle, Petite

Body types can change over time

This can happen naturally as we get older, but sometimes weight loss or gain can alter your body type more rapidly. For example, you might tend towards an apple or pear shape instead of being a typical hourglass when you gain weight in the thigh or mid riff area. By the same token when you lose weight, these are the areas that straighten out and you’re back to being an hourglass.