Bikini Shape Calculator...

I am an hourglass and I already bought the swimsuit they recommended. Huzzah!

While we are on the bathing suit topic (and we are all getting ready for summer). If anyone knows where I can buy an xxs swim suit, that is actually flattering and made for a very small frame (my rib cage is 26 inches). Please please let me know.

one piece or bikini?

have you tried any Freya/Fantasie bikinis? they only go down to a 28, but the bikini tops are often smaller than bras ( most of my customers usually size up)

Ewa Michalak makes them in 26 bands.

and there are some older styles in footprints that have tie back, so you can adjust as necessary.

Gottex Free (carried mostly by Bravissimo) also makes ones with decent bra cups and tie backs.

Thanks! I usually wear a bikini. And a 28 band works fine for me as well. It's just the 30 and up, where it starts to not fit right.

While we are on the bathing suit topic (and we are all getting ready for summer). If anyone knows where I can buy an xxs swim suit, that is actually flattering and made for a very small frame (my rib cage is 26 inches). Please please let me know.

one piece or bikini?

have you tried any Freya/Fantasie bikinis? they only go down to a 28, but the bikini tops are often smaller than bras ( most of my customers usually size up)

Ewa Michalak makes them in 26 bands.

and there are some older styles in footprints that have tie back, so you can adjust as necessary.

Gottex Free (carried mostly by Bravissimo) also makes ones with decent bra cups and tie backs.

Thanks! I usually wear a bikini. And a 28 band works fine for me as well. It's just the 30 and up, where it starts to not fit right.

I might have a 28D or DD Freya top around somewhere if you want me to measure it and see how big it actually comes up?
otherwise you can always check bratabase, but I can't vouch for the accuracy of their measurements.

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I'm top heavy. I'm always top heavy. I'm like a Weeble that wobbled.

Top Heavy...I could have told you that.

Top Heavy---I definitely do have broad shoulders

Always an hourglass figure.

I'm top heavy. I'm always top heavy. I'm like a Weeble that wobbled.

Yeah, totally quoting myself here, cos I'm rad like that. My measurements are close to hourglass-- I have a 9" difference from my bust to my waist, and then my hips are about 1.5-2" less than my bust. I have enough gooey fluffy chub that maybe when it's all flat and well behaved... maybe... maybe... maybe... I'll still be top heavy, lol.

cool thanks!!

I'm a top heavy hourglass.
Im still an hourglass because I have 16 inches between my boobs and my waist and 14 between my waist and my hips.
but hourglasses are born, not made.
hourglasses gain and lose weight pretty much in proportion, it's one of the definitions of "hourglass"

Yep, I know. In my opinion, when a person is heavier, measurements are a little less exact (especially for the layperson measuring herself). It's easier to hold the tape too tight or too loose, or not in the right place. My measurements are close as it stands, and perhaps with less room for error, they will fall within the guidelines. Or perhaps they will not. I am not terribly concerned either way. I am closer to it than any of the other body shapes. I'm definitely not an apple nor am I a pear. I guess you could say I'm a rectangle, but I have the curvy girl problem of waistbands gaping when they fit my hips. So, it may not be classically perfect, but it is what it is.

As Summer is coming I thought this would be handy; Bikini Shape Calculator! Enjoy!

http://www.swimwear365.co.uk/web/main/inspire_Shape_calculator.asp

Im an hour glass

Rach x

Thanks. :flowerforyou:

No problem

Lighten up peeps it’s just a bit of craic It is on a RETAIL website (and I stress retail; not health advise, fitness and/or nutrition) so of course they want you to buy something. Its just a bit of fun to think about the Summer especially when its snowing outside!



Rach x

I agree and I always support lightening up about non serious topics (that are intended to be fun) also. Still been an interesting conversation, though. :drinker:

this this is BUSTED. said my shape is a rectangle.

And I got hourglass when realistically, I'm a rectangle haha.
I'm roughly 35/27/36--so that already stretches hourglass. But to actually look at me, I'm pretty straight-up-and-down.