Hello Lovelies, I have been MIA trying out natural ingredients for the whole body system so we can have first hand review on what worked, allergies and best results. Before then we go to church on Friday here in Dubai and when I work up to find what to wear I was amused to how much time I took to find what I felt was suitable for my body and the occasion. It then hit me to talk about Body shape and how to find what's perfect. We often want to shop and wear what's in vogue now minding the fact if it fits or nay. I love to wear what fits me all the time because I believe it boots my confidence and appearance...follow me and discover your body shape.
Although there basic guidelines on how to dress after 40, I feel that it’s even more important that you dress for your body shape. I feel that you can ignore some of the guidelines mentioned there, so long as you know your strengths and dress according to your body type. This is the first in a series of articles on how to dress for your body shape. First of all you need to determine what your body shape is.
So let’s have a look at 5 basic female body shapes.
There are several ways to define your body shape. The most basic way to do it is to determine if you are either a- Hourglass
- Inverted triangle
- Pear (also called triangle or spoon)
- Rectangle (also called ruler or banana)
- Apple (also called cone or downwards triangle)
How do you find out which one you are?
Characteristics of the hourglass:- Well defined (narrow) waist
- Hip and bust tend to be almost the same and quite big
- Shoulders are wider than the hip
- Bust tends to be proportionally large
- Hips are small
- No defined waist
- The hips tend to have a similar width as the shoulders
- You do not have a lot of curves
- Your bust tends to be small or average
- The hips are wider than the shoulder
- Fat tends to accumulated on the hips and buttocks
- No defined waist
- Weight tends to form on the stomach
- Average bust size
Determining your body shape with measurements
If you know the measurements of your bust, waist and hips you can also use this online calculator which will give you a general idea. Please note that we are all diferrent and the 5 mentioned shapes above are just the 5 basic shapes. For example when I changed my bust size with just 1 cm, I got different results. But we are all leaning towards one of these basic shapes and only few of us will be exactly one of these.In my case I’m lingering between a pear and a rectangle. My hips are wider than my bust and my waist is not so defined. But if I add 1 cm to my bust in the calculator above, I’m defined as a rectangle, because my bust and hip size are quite similar. All this may well change in the future as many women over 40 get a completely different body shape once they go through (peri)menopause, so in that case the style of clothes you chose may have to change as well.
I hope that you got a clearer idea what body type you are? In upcoming articles I will go into more details and look at the styles that work for your body type.....Stay with me
