Designer Directories
What's Your Type?
If you already know your body type, click on it below to go to your page. If
not, read on!
Pear
Hourglass
Straight
On to body types...use these guidelines to help you identify your body type:
Pear: picture the fruit. you have more
narrow shoulders than hips, a small bust, smaller waist and more substantial
hips/butt/thighs/legs.
Hourglass: shoulders as wide as hips,
larger bust, narrow, defined waist
Straight: narrow shoulders, medium/large
bust, small waist, no hips/butt, thin legs. very few curves.
Note: You can measure your shoulders, hips, waist, butt, thighs, etc. to get
a more accurate idea, but you can probably already tell your basic shape. Of
course there are variations, but these are the basic shapes and you can think
in terms of them when you're trying to find something 'shape' appropriate.
First, though, why should you care about your body type anyway? Good question!
- If you are very much aware of your body and the types of clothes that look best on it, then you don't really need to focus only on what to wear (or what not to wear) for your body type--you already know.
- If you seem to be 'stuck,' or are unhappy with the way the majority of the clothes in your closet look on you, then you might want to start rebuilding your closet based on some guidelines for your body type. The keyword here is guidelines--there are no hard and fast rules for dressing yourself (although sometimes I think there should be...), there are just suggestions.
- The MOST important thing when it comes to dressing is how you feel (not following the rules--you're not trying to find a husband here...), and for me at least, that is directly related to how I look. I don't mean that I only feel good when I'm all dressed up, I just mean that everything I'm wearing fits me well and is pulled together perfectly--no matter if it's jeans or a tweed suit.