It is important to know your body type and how to dress it, as it prevents less of a fashion headache in the end. To determine the body shape you have to measure the smallest part of your waist and write that down, then measure the widest part of your hips. Divide the waist number by the hip to get your waist –to –hip ratio.
- If your ratio greater than 0.8, then you have an APPLE shape body
- If your ratio is 0.8 or less then you have a PEAR shape body
- If ratio is 0.8 or less but have a large bust, which is within 10 centimeter of the hip measurement , then you have a HOURGLASS shape body
- RECTANGLE body shapes have the same measurement of waist, bust and hip.
Following are the characteristic of every body type:
- The Apple or as called Tulip or Inverted Triangle, a lady with this body shape is larger on top and thinner in the lower area. When weight is gained, it is gained in the abdomen, breast and face. A person with this body shape has:
o Broad Shoulders
o Full Breast
o Full Undefined Waist
o Narrow Hips
o Flat buttocks
o Shapely legs
- The Pear or as called sometime Triangle, a woman with this body shape has an upper body that is distinctly smaller than the lower body; hip and thigh areas. When weight is gained, it is gained in the hip and thigh areas. A person with this body shape has:
o a long, slim neck with slope shoulders
o small to medium bust size
o a defined waistline
o full thighs
- The Hour Glass is large on top, thin in the middle, and large on bottom, a woman with this body shape has a full bust line, with a thin waist and stomach area, and rounded hips that are equal to her bust area. This person is very curvaceous. When weight is gained in the chest and hip and thigh areas. A person with this body shape has:
o Hips and bust are symmetrical
o Full bust
o Defined waistline
o Extremely curvaceous regions: breast, hips and legs
- The Rectangle or as called straight or Banana shape is evenly proportioned top to bottom. There are no defined curves and weight is distributed equally throughout the body. A person with this body shape has:
o Undefined average sized breast
o Undefined waistline
o Long, slim legs
o wide back
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