Who else have ever heard this "fit clothes to your shape" biz? Like "Curvy all over", "curvy tummy", "pear", "hourglass", "sticky stick thin" (OK I made that last one up)--LIKE REALLY what if I'm a combination of like 3 of those? Mostly I'm effin pear shaped and I HATE IT. I can lose weight everywhere else EXCEPT my thighs and butt. Those remain HUGE and I'm just sitting there goes "Really? I couldn't have been a banana? I had to be like the worse fruit ever?"--OK, I could be watermelon shaped, but that's besides the point.

Anyone else fed up with their shape? Or even know what theirs is?

I am an hour glass shape with the bottom of the hour glass slightly smaller than the top half. I like it so far, ill see about it as I get smaller and cant find tops to fit my boobs and have to get everything tailored.

I'm somewhere in between pear and hourglass. At my highest weight I lost my small waist but I have it back now . Pants *always* gap badly at the waist unless they're designed specially not to. And I definitely wear a size smaller on the bottom.

I've always thought of myself as having a big butt, but really, what it is is wide - not flat, but more in that direction. And I don't have a huge chest, but not flat either, and my shoulders aren't narrow.

I think the "shapes" are really helpful, but I think so many of us don't truly fit in one of 3 or 4 categories.

I'm mostly happy with my shape, it feels feminine. I think any shape is feminine, just different. It's more about how healthy you are, how you carry yourself, how you present yourself, and self-confidence.

I look like an apple on a stick. I've got long legs and no hips really. Then from the belly up I'm all fat baby. My shoulders are also pretty broad. I'd make a sweet football player. It's horrible. I have the worst body shape ever, I'd much rather be pear shaped!.

Hourglass, with a 12 inch difference of my bust/hips to waist ratio.

It is impossible to buy clothes. My saving grace is that I found a wonderful lady who is the best seamstress in the universe and she tailors and constructs clothing for cheap. Take a picture from any magazine of any outfit you like and she can make a replica in your size. She only speaks like 5 words of english, but she's so awesome. I'm taking her a basket full of holiday goodies when I go to pick up my slacks next week.

"Columnar" is the word that comes to mind if I have to describe a shape for myself. I don't really have a waist (no females in my family have) and some stuff sticking out at the boobs, belly and butt. I can't complain, really.

i'm a pear shape. So far, i dislike my thighs and hip.

I'm sort of a hybrid between a pear and hourglass shape. My waist is distinct from my chest and my hips, but my hips definitely dominate. The horrible thing is it isn't fat on my hips so much as it's my bone structure! I can feel my hip bones even though I have quite a bit of fat on my thighs and butt.

Tops are fine but pants are impossible...I have to be really picky and fit them to my hips, forget my waist. Most of my pants are baggy on my legs too. And FORGET dresses...it's about 2 sizes difference between my top and bottom.

It could be worse, but it'd be nice if my hips were just a little bit more in proportion with the rest of me.

Right on Luvja!!!!!

Me too! An apple with toothpick legs!!!!! Argh, I have the legs of a skinny girl and the belly of Santa Claus.

I am an hour glass. It's okay..but impossible to find jeans...

I'm an hourglass/pear. It feels kind of silly while I'm still big, but I have a feeling it will be nice when I get smaller to still have curves.

Yes yes, same! Thats what we get for being tall. Actually I love being tall, it's sexy. However, the belly ain't!

Because no one fits perfectly into 3-4 shapes... here are a few more from Trinny and Susannah's "Body Shape Bible."









I'm somewhere between a pear and a cello. I actually have nice definition in my calves... but my thighs are... well. No one would call them attractive. I have a flat butt (hot..) and I have a body shape that looks like exaggerated love handles jutting out from my sides. Wheeee.

Me last year... one of the few pictures I allowed that shows my body even in the slightest... my hips start.. really high. I've got a really short trunk..

jelbb -- GREAT post... thank you for sharing this! I LOVE THEM!

Jelbb you are too adorable. I think with all those definitions, I fit closer to a vase than an hourglass.