How do you define "Curvy?"

riffwalkdale

Wait, so an hourglass wouldn't necessarily be curvy? What about big hips and thighs, but smaller boobs? Would that be curvy? I consider myself curvy, but reading this thread has made me second guess.

lemurcat2

I would assume an hourglass is curvy. I don't get this thread, it's super weird. Who cares how others use the term curvy, including as a euphemism.

VeryKatie

For me, curvy means shapely - ie you have many different curves. Big differences between bust, waist, hips, thighs, knees, calves. You can be curvy at any size. Specific sizes are not the definition of curvy. If you are thin, you can be curvy or not. If you are overweight, you can be curvy or not. Depends on bone structure and where you store your fat.

lankydrummer85

Have you tried Bravissimo? They have sports bras and sports wear for those blessed in the chest area. I love their stuff.

thelastnightingale

lankydrummer85 wrote: »

Have you tried Bravissimo? They have sports bras and sports wear for those blessed in the chest area. I love their stuff.

To me, if you're a Bravissimo girl, you're curvy.

You can be thin and curvy or fat and curvy, but if nothing in Bravissimo fits you, you're probably not curvy.

A lot of people mistake a big cup size for curves - a big cup size and a big band size just means you're big. To qualify for the curvy club, your band size has to be a lot different to your cup size, e.g. a 28D would be curvy, but a 40D would just be fat.

I'm currently around a 34GG, but when at my healthy weight, I'm more like a 30FF. So I put myself in the curvy club as fat and curvy, but when I hit goal, I expect to be thin and curvy.

Wiseandcurious

It's funny to see how many different definitions there are... I think the term is so elusive because it is in fact always an euphemism - either of
- "traditionally feminine" (whatever the speaker thinks that looks like)
- fat (for a woman, as it's always a gendered term, unlike, say, chubby).

To me, when I hear it, it always has a connotation that the speaker thinks they know what is a/the "nice" way to look as a woman, and that always bugs me a little. Although as a pet peeve it is far behind "lady" which always connotes the idea of a "nice" way to be as a woman, which is worse...

yirara

I consider myself to be curvy. I'm normal weight and don't have particularly big breasts. but I have wide pelvis and shoulder bones, and my thighs are where it all happens. So I guess There's lots of curvature there.

janejellyroll

Wiseandcurious wrote: »

It's funny to see how many different definitions there are... I think the term is so elusive because it is in fact always an euphemism - either of
- "traditionally feminine" (whatever the speaker thinks that looks like)
- fat (for a woman, as it's always a gendered term, unlike, say, chubby).

To me, when I hear it, it always has a connotation that the speaker thinks they know what is a/the "nice" way to look as a woman, and that always bugs me a little. Although as a pet peeve it is far behind "lady" which always connotes the idea of a "nice" way to be as a woman, which is worse...

Yes, too many discussions of "curviness" sound like attempts to define what a woman should look like.

chantalnarcisse

curvy to me could be any weight within reason but includes a noticeable small waist and bigger breasts and or hips.

chantalnarcisse

Normally I think of proportionally flatter stomach too.

threewins

There is Jennifer Lopez curvy. And there is overweight curvy. The word curvy has changed over the years, that doesn't bother me.

Dayannahernandez30

I’m curvy

dawnkirkwood18

The seamstress definition is a 10 inch differential or greater between the waist measurement and hip measurement.

PAPYRUS3

Personally, when I think of a 'curvy' person I might think of a Kim Kardashian-type.

However, the word 'curvy' is often meant as the person being over weight.

unforgettable2010

I consider a woman to be curvy if her waist is significantly smaller than thighs and hips. Even if she’s plus size, bbw, or whatever term is PC.... But that’s just me.

steph6556

“Nothing is more disruptive to my workouts than having to stop and pull my pants up every 15”

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parkersmom96

Lobsterboxtops wrote: »

I would really like to take back the ‘curvy’ moniker for the hourglass shape. Even now that I still have some inches to lose in the midsection I still consider myself a curvy figure, I think it has more to do with the hip shape when it comes to pants.

It’s been a nightmare finding jeans to fit in the low and mid rise styles for the last 5-10 years. A curved cut would have a smaller waist in relation to the hips, and would avoid the dreaded gap of doom. We won’t even talk about those of us with a long torso and high natural waist.

LOL: "The dreaded gap of doom"

tnh2o

@Lobsterboxtops I am not curvy. There has to be better word than boxy but that would be me, I have a short torso and low natural waist and still find "The dreaded gap of doom" Yesterday my hiking pants were sliding down even with a zipper, snap, and stretchy draw string. They fit fine in the hips and thighs. I can see where finding pants to fit you is a nightmare.

TNoire

THICC is what I am hearing people call it now

But a perfect example would be Jordynne Grace the wrestler

JessBbody

Just throwing in a clothing suggestion. I just bought a pair of workout leggings at tjmaxx by a brand called Balance Collection. They are gorgeous and comfortable and quite a bit tighter in the waist than in the rest. They even have a seam at the top that grabs the waist at the narrow point.

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B_Plus_Effort

maybe "curvy" was just 90s for "thick"

If I was dating and headed out on a blind date and her friend set me up and described her friend as curvy I would assume she means a bit overweight instead of an hourglass bombshell, not trying to be rude or disrespectful at all, I would take it as a some sort of warning or heads up, as in one of those big boned, or husky, or modern day body proportionate diluted terms that can mean anything to anybody

B_Plus_Effort

LyndaBSS wrote: »

Curvy is in the eye of the beholder.

... or the beer holder!

Theoldguy1

muszyngr wrote: »

LyndaBSS wrote: »

Curvy is in the eye of the beholder.

... or the beer holder!

Beer goggles?

sal10851

I don't know what it means anymore. I've seen obese women call themselves curvy while obese men call themselves "beefy". Thin guys think their fit yet they have a high body fat to muscle ratio. It's just all over the place when what really matters is to be at a healthy body fat percentage.

Theoldguy1

sal10851 wrote: »

I don't know what it means anymore. I've seen obese women call themselves curvy while obese men call themselves "beefy". Thin guys think their fit yet they have a high body fat to muscle ratio. It's just all over the place when what really matters is to be at a healthy body fat percentage.

Goes with the everyone gets a trophy mentality IMO.

True about the healthy BF%.