Take your style quiz and schedule a Fix. Just sit back and relax. Buy what you love, send back the rest. Shipping, exchanges and returns are free. Get a Personal Stylist. Ask a Stylist. Now, read on for more tips for styling your shape! Pear Shaped Body Type aka a triangle shape. You may be this body type if… Your waist is wider than your bust You consider yourself to have fuller hips You have narrower shoulders in comparison to your hips You have a fuller rear Learn how to dress your pear shape.
Hourglass Shaped Body Type aka a curvy shape. The Lean Column. The Rectangle. The Apple. The Pear. The Neat Hourglass. The Full Hourglass. Knowing your basic body shape and understanding the types of clothes that will accentuate your good features and minimise your less than perfect bits! The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress. When choosing clothes, your aim is to create the illusion of having a balanced body.
The neat hourglass is considered to be the most perfect and balanced body shape with:. This one is bottom-heavy or triangle with about 20 percent of women having hips significantly larger than bust. Shoulders are narrower, sloping, and not as broad.
About 46 percent of women are this shape where the waist is about the same as hips and bust. Unlike the prior two body types; the best way to determine for a rectangular type is to measure. Standing straight up, you should not notice any significant curves around the waist area. Your rib cage will define most of your shape, as there will be no waist definition to add curves.
Despite being rectangular, you may still have a curvy bottom similar to a pear bottom , or a wide chest with a little bit of extra weight around the midriff. Look at whether you have an hourglass body.
This is the least common with only 8 percent of women. The hip and bust measurements are usually equal, with a narrow waist. The defining characteristic of hourglass figure is a significantly defined waist with more or less proportional top and bottom. Hourglass shapes tend to be "curvy" both on top and on the bottom. You can still have an hourglass body even when: slightly fleshy upper arms, wider looking shoulders, or a slightly fuller bottom. Know that body shape is largely pre-determined, but can be modified somewhat by diet and exercise.
Your genetics do determine how body fat is carried on the body, and cannot be altered. However, if you are not carrying around excessive weight, your body type will not be quite as exaggerated or obvious.
Slender women look more similar to each other than obese women. You cannot "Spot Reduce". Toning a certain body part is possible--you can do core exercises to help flatten abdominal muscles. But your body will not do it in just one place. On women, the change is most dramatic around your chest, hips, and posterior, whether you want it to be or not.
You cannot "Spot Increase". Muscle tone can be increased, and can cosmetically make a difference. Doing chest exercises or using skin creams will not make your bust larger. While chest exercises firm and tone up the bust line, this will not actually increase breast tissue. Certain body types have a predisposition to gain or lose weight in certain areas. For example, a woman with an hourglass figure will tend to gain or lose weight in the bust and hips, and not the waist.
But a woman with an apple shape will tend to gain in the hips, and not so much in the bust--even if it is the same amount of body weight.
Cardio and resistance training are most commonly used to alter body types. By knowing if you retain fat more or lose it quicker, you can create an exercise plan to cater to your bodily needs.
Even a model with an "ideal" body type will not look good in everything. When a designer is putting together a photoshoot or runway show, they pick the model that best shows off the clothes What is the ideal body type changes through history.
In America during the Victorian period, the "Hourglass" was perfection, and required women to don corsets to get that look. In the s, the ideal woman's body was the boyish "Rectangular" type requiring women to wear girdles and flattening larger chests.
An African-American woman in America may be praised for a shapely, round posterior. However, the same quality in a woman in Japan may not be. Look at your genetics. Family genes play a large role in your body type. Look at other women in your family to see a common trend. If the women in your family tend to have a certain body type, chances are good you do as well. Remember, it is not just your mother's family, but your father's as well! Part 2. Dress for the apple body type. To dress successfully for the apple body, you need to direct attention away from your midriff and wear clothes to accentuate other parts.
Follow your bodyline and keep details on the top and lower third of your body. With this body type, it is easy to wear shirts, blouses or dresses with slight V-necks without looking too fancy or over the top. Wear bottoms just below your hipbone to draw attention away from your midriff.
Avoid dresses and belts that pinch at your waist. This will most likely accentuate curves that you may not wish to show off. Wear tops that drape over any curves if you wish. Enhancing a feature that is further away or you can cover it with dark colors. Dress for a pear body type. The trick to dressing this body type is to wear anything that adds to your shoulder and bust area.
Keep attention to your upper body, by minimizing the lower half. Balance your top with your bottom. Try to wear tops that accentuate your shoulders a bit more. Avoid pants or tights that narrow your legs. Wearing a bra that adds to or enhances your bust should be considered. Wear straight-leg or slightly flared pants with heels. Skinny pants that hug your ankles can make your lower body take on the appearance of an upside-down triangle. Flared pants can make your legs look very thick, perhaps bowl-legged, in comparison to your upper body.
Dress for a straight or rectangular body type. With this body type, you may have a long, thin body that tends to lack curves. It is sometimes referred to as a "boyish" profile. Your aim is to wear clothes that flatter your thin profile, break up, your silhouette, and create curves that move up and down from the waist area. If you have this body type, you can "pinch" in your waist to exaggerate curves.
For example, add a belt to your dress. Go for ruffles and frills to add texture, volume, and femininity to your figure. For instance, a dress with a lot of embellishment at the bust will often give some "weight" there that makes that area look a bit bigger. Steer clear of menswear clothing. For example, dressing in baggy jeans and track clothes will make you look like "one of the boys", but not a potential girlfriend.
Instead, opt for the skinny jeans that are made for your body type, and wear track clothing made for women at your workout session. Stock up on miniskirts and bright tights to make the most of your great legs. They will also add more shape to a straight body. Use shapewear. A rectangular body type benefits from shaping undergarments.
For example, a bra that adds a cup size will balance out your angular features without much effort at all. Dress an hourglass body. Avoid anything that makes you look "boxy"! You have admirable curves, so embrace them. Use your waist as the focal point when dressing. This means to wear snug clothes and accessories around the thinnest part of your waist. Directing attention here will make your curves stand out even more. Tailored clothing is usually more flattering. Shapeless or drape-y clothing tends to over-focus on the bust and make hourglass shapes look heavy or pregnant.
Balance your top and bottom while accentuating your waist. Draw attention to your waist with belts and dresses that pinch at the midsection.
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