Its likely that you are a combination. Most women are a combination of two or even three different types. Myself I’m a pear and hourglass combo, but then maybe I’m a cello. Its not important. What is important is finding clothes that work for you. So … experiment and when you find something that works, great, and something that doesn’t, just as great. Work with one and discard the other.

LISA

I have uneven ribcages they are pretty big and are notisable if i lose a few pound and i have a tiny waist and big hips but i have the skinniest legs ever and i have a medium sized butt im a size 5 in jeans and im 5’4 when my rib cage stops which is close to my hips my waist starts to form but is interrupted by my hips.. I have a normal sized bust i am a 34 B

My mother in comparison has really big thighs, my same size of bust and pretty much has little waist and not big hips but she has a flat but and the wight adds up inside her legs and by the sides

When i gain weight i notice my hands get flabby, mybust starts getting bigger and it goes prety much everywhere in my body mostly in my sides…

May i be in a combination of both a pear and hourglass?

That’s helpful. Thanks!

>You could be a skittle because your upper body and hips would lead to that
>but then you have that proportion going on.

It seems to me that I’m a skittle/hourglass hybrid. I don’t have the shoulders to be a cello, I think – my arms and legs are proportional, too, though. If I were as small as Halle Berry (classic skittle), I think I’d look like an hourglass.

>A skittle will have lots of problems with finding pants / skirts that fit and will
>mostly feel their bottom half is standing out.

Skirts usually fit fine, but pants I have trouble with. Sometimes I feel bottom-heavy, but mostly from the side and not the front.

>An hourglass will feel like their waist is always swimming in fabric for
>some reason.

ALL THE TIME.

Hehe. I have to get clothing to fit my boobs and hips, then have it tailored to my waist.

Looks like I should follow a combination of skittle/hourglass tips. Thank you!

You appear from the photo to hold more weight on your lower half than top, which is why the Pear classification; that happens more with pears than others. It’s really hard to say from a photo, or from measurements. Thats why the definitions in the website because the person most qualified to judge is you.

Trinny & Susannah is different; It’s not looking at measurements so much as the visuals of it. Looking visually, your hips and shoulders seem proportionate, you have (again from the photo) smaller breasts, a short waist and wide hips. You could be a skittle because your upper body and hips would lead to that but then you have that proportion going on.

The best way to tell is to think about the clothes you wear. A skittle will have lots of problems with finding pants / skirts that fit and will mostly feel their bottom half is standing out. An hourglass will feel like their waist is always swimming in fabric for some reason. A cello is likely to feel that her body is just odd and hard to find clothes for.

I’m sorry I can’t be clearer, but that’s because literaly we come in such a range of shapes in sizes that it really makes a mockery of even trying to define body shapes.

LISA

When you say I’m a pear in the five-shapes classification, do you mean that by shoulder-hip ratio, I should be a pear? (And can you tell my shoulder circumference just by looking…?)

How, then, am I a proportionate shape like an hourglass/cello and not, say, a bottom-heavy shape like a skittle?

Or perhaps, is the bottom-heaviness subtle enough that with a few pounds weight loss it wouldn’t be noticeable? I’d like to look as proportionate as possible, but I’m not really an unbiased party, and I want to be objective.

Thanks so much!

I would say looking at your photo that you’re a pear shaped. In terms of Trinny and Susannah you’d be an hourglass or possibly a cello. I look at the shoulders and hips rather than the bust and hips.

LISA

http://i.imgur.com/E7sjH.jpg

Ignore the clutter.

If you look at my shoulders and hips, they’re the same size. If you look at bust and hips, my hips are larger.

I have 32DD/DDD (38-39″) bust and 40-41 inch hips. My waist is about 30 inches. My hips are narrowish but I have large thighs and butt.

What am I? In other words, when talking about proportions, do we go by shoulders or bust?

I’m afraid I can’t help you with your shape – you’ve not given me enough information. As to dresses and jeans – it really depends on what problems you’re finding. A maxi-dress is a good option for all but those with large breasts and another good option is a sheath dress. Both classic cuts and readily available. With jeans a good middle of the road is a dark wast mid rise straight leg pair.

I hope that’s helpful.

LISA