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Body Shapes
It's the clothes that are the wrong shape, not our bodies!!!! Yes, we already knew that, but according to research carried out by North Carolina State University, it's now official.
The four new sizes are:
The rectangle- 'where bust and hips are almost the same circumference and the waist is less than 9in smaller than the bust.'
The spoon-'where the hips are larger than the bust and the waist is less than 9in smaller than the bust.'
The inverted triangle-'where the bust is larger than the hips and the waist is less than 9in smaller than the bust.'
The hourglass-'where the bust and hips are basically the same size with the waist being more than 9in smaller than the bust.'
I am now an inverted triangle and no longer have to make comments about 'swimmer's shoulders'. Which one best represents you?????
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I suppose the rectangle is the nearest I can get,I have the added complication of being vertically challenged!!!!
Not sure I like all this new terminology ,but I suppose that it must have kept someone in a job working it all out! I guess the terminology will become politically correct and used in the fashion trade.
One quote says,
'Women have got larger over the years and this means the hourglass is becoming increasingly irrelevent.'
Sorry, hourglass girls, but it looks like buying clothes could get even more difficult for you.
I'm 6' tall, so I understand the problem of buying clothes that fit well and represent the style I want.
I am a couple of inches shorter than you although was taller but have shrunk !! I am big..not fat..big boned ... I have wide hips,small posterior and a medium bust. I must be a triangle
of some sort !! All I know is I can never get trousers or jeans that fit properly without paying a lot of money for them.The inside leg is never long enough .The bums are too baggy.I have got to the stage where if I find something that fits and I like it I buy several.This is probably why I have about thirty pairs of black trousers in my wardrobe !