Your body shape is the relationship between your chest, waist and hip-line, used to identify the clothing styles that will suit you best. It is also important to note that other factors can change some of these recommendations, such as face shape, neck and shoulder size and prominent features.
Dear ladies, please identify your horizontal body shape from the pictures and descriptions below.
Hourglass figure
This is known as the perfect body shape.
- Your full hip-line and your full bust-line are the same width
- You most likely have a balanced body vertical body shape
Style recommendations:
Emphasize your curves, especially your waist, without adding bulk to it.
Do wear:
- Fitted and semi-fitted clothes
- Soft, clingy, flowing fabrics
- Low to medium-low necklines
- Dresses with defined waistlines
- Straight and gently flared pants
- Straight and gently flared shirts
Don't wear:
- Stiff, bulky, fabrics
- Baggy styles
- High necklines (unless you have a small bust)
- Skirts with open pleats
- Very tapered pants
Inverted triangle
This is also a perfect shape for female.
- You have a proportionally large bust, or you have broad shoulders, or both
- You have narrow hips with a well defined waist
- You most likely are a long legged vertical body shape with proportionally slim legs
- You may also have a flat bottom
Style recommendations:
Create the illusion of the perfect hourglass body shape by balancing your lower body to your upper body and to draw attention away from your upper body.
Do wear:
- Flowing fabrics
- Low to medium-low necklines
- Set-in sleeves
- Three-quarter length sleeves
- A good fitting, well adjusted bra
- Tops and dresses that flow through the waist
- A-line skirts
- Flared pants
Don't wear:
- Stiff, bulky, fabrics
- Styles that emphasize your shoulders
- High necklines
- Big collars
- Tapered skirts and pants
Triangle or pear shape
The triangle body type is often also referred to as pear-shaped.
- Your full bust-line is proportionally narrower than your full hip-line and you have a well defined waist
- You have narrow shoulders
- You most likely have a balanced body or short legged vertical body shape
- Your thighs are typically full
- You may also have a full rounded bottom
Style recommendations:
Balance your top half to your bottom half by creating the appearance of a wider upper body.
Do wear:
- Accessories and designs to draw attention to your upper body
- Short-sleeved tops
- Shoulder pads to broaden your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be visible
- Medium to high necklines
- Garments to emphasize your waist
- Skirts and dresses that are straight or slightly flared
- Low rise pants to avoid gaping at the waist
- Boot leg and straight pants
Don't wear:
- Baggy garments
- Stiff fabric
- Garments that add bulk to your hips
- Hems or design lines at hip-line
- Open pleats on skirts or pants
- Tapered skirts or pants
Rectangle
This is a straight, boyish body type.
- Your full bust-line and full hip-line are about the same size and you have undefined waist
- Your legs and arms will typically be proportionally slender
- You have a small to medium bust
- You most likely have a balanced body or long legged vertical body shape
- You may also have a flat bottom
- You may have had an hourglass figure when you were younger or slimmer
- You may look shorter and heavier than you really are
Style recommendation:
Add curves by defining your shoulders and waist
Do wear:
- Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be too large and definitely shouldn't be visible
- Semi-fitted clothes
- If you have firm upper arms, short-sleeves and sleeve-less tops and dresses
- Medium to high necklines
- Dresses that wrap or flow through the waistline
- Straight to gently flared flat-fronted pants
- A-line shirts
Don't wear:
- Clingy fabrics
- Fitted clothes
- Low necklines
- Baggy tops
- Baggy pants
- Narrow skirts
Oval & Diamond
These body shapes are also referred to as an apple shape.
- You have the overall appearance of being round especially around the waist-line
- Your waistline is undefined
- You have a large, low stomach
- Your hips are wide
- Your upper thighs are full
- You may also have a full bottom or a flat bottom
Style recommendations:
Create the illusion of a longer, inverted triangle body shape. And to draw attention upwards towards your shoulders and face.
Do wear:
- Ear-rings, necklaces and other focal points designed to draw an observer's eyes up towards your shoulders and face
- Shoulder pads to emphasize your shoulders. This may sound very 80s advice, but they really do work. However, they should not be be visible
- Semi-fitted and loose fitting clothes
- Good fitting, well adjusted bras
- Support underwear
- Tops and bottoms in the same colors
- Low necklines
- Untucked tops
- Tops and dresses that flow through the waistline
- Straight flat-fronted pants in soft, flowing fabric
- Straight and slightly flared skirts
Don't wear:
- Clingy fabrics
- Fitted clothes
- Fabric with large patterns
- High necklines
- Large lapels
- Belts
- Tucked-in tops
- Pleats
- Narrow or tapered skirts
- Narrow or tapered pants
For guys, please refer to the guidelines below:
Trapezoid
This is known as the perfect male body shape.
- Your shoulders and chest are broad
- Your waist and hips are medium-narrow
- Your upper torso is bigger than your lower torso
- You are well-proportioned
Style recommendations:
You body type is one of the easiest to dress, you can choose from the greatest variety of styles
Inverted triangle
- Your shoulders and chest are broad
- Your shoulder, arm and chest muscles are well developed and bulky
- Your waist and hips are narrow
- Your upper body is significantly heavier than your lower body
Style recommendations:
Balance your lower body to match with your upper body by wearing trousers with straight or wide legs. T-shirts and jackets fit well.
Rectangle
- Your chest, hips and waist are about the same size
- Your torso shape is straight
Style recommendations:
Create the illusion of a trapezoid shape by choosing style to emphasize your shoulders.
Triangle
- Your bottom is heavy
- Your chest is narrower than your hips
- Your lower body is heavier than your upper body
- You probably also have a sloping shoulder line
Style recommendations:
Create the appearance of broader, square shoulders.
Oval
- Your overall appearance is round
- You have a large stomach
Style recommendations:
Create the appearance of a longer and slimmer torso.
So these are some of the tips for today. Pick your most suitable outfit and style yourself like no one else can do!!
:: SHIN ::
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