hour glass shaped girls??

Ladies... I thought you measured your shoulders, natural waist, hips. That your shoulders and hips should be within an inch of each other, and your waist 8-15 inches smaller than hips and shoulders. Your bust doesn't have anything to do with it.

I agree with you, because I see plenty of people with big boobies and hips who don't look very curvy or who look pear shaped, and likewise, I see people (including me) with smaller boobies but almost/matching hips to shoulders who look like .. a sillouhette of an hourglass, but some people don't agree.

Oh well.

"Some people" don't agree because you're wrong: http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html

Oh look, I can post links too: http://www.carissarose.com/clothes-for-hour-glass-shapes/
http://www.thechicfashionista.com/determine-your-body-shape.html

wow ok you dont have to talk to us like we're damn idiots. what did we ever do to you?

A study of the shapes of over 6,000 women, carried out by researchers at the North Carolina State University circa 2005, found that 46% were banana (rectangular), just over 20% pear, just under 14% apple, and 8% hourglass.[18] Another study has found "that the average woman's waistline had expanded by six inches since the 1950s" and that today's[when?] women are taller and have bigger busts and hips than those of the 1950s.[18]

"Dimensions"

A woman's "dimensions" are often expressed by the circumference around the three inflection points. For example, "36-29-38" in imperial units would mean a 36″ bust, 29″ waist and 38″ hips.

A woman's bust measure is a combination of her rib cage and breast size. For convenience, a woman's bra measurements are used. For example, though the measurements are not consistently applied, a woman with a bra size of 36B has a rib cage of 36 inches in circumference and a bust measure of 38 inches; a woman with a bra size 34C has a rib cage of 34 inches around, but a smaller bust measure of 37 inches. However, the woman with a 34C breast size will appear "bustier" because of the apparent difference in bust to ribcage ratio.

Height will also affect the appearance of the figure. A woman who is 36-24-36 at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) height will look different from a woman who is 36-24-36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) height. Since the taller woman's figure has greater distance between measuring points, she will likely appear thinner or less curvaceous than her shorter counterpart, again, even though they both have the same BWH ratio. This is because the taller woman is actually thinner as expressed by her lower BMI, or body mass index, used to measure body weight in relation to height.

The use of BWH measurements for anything other than garment fitting is thus misleading. BWH is an indicator of fat distribution, not fat percentage.

The British Association of Model Agents (AMA) says that female models should be around 34-24-34 (86-60-86 cm) and at least 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall.

Ladies... I thought you measured your shoulders, natural waist, hips. That your shoulders and hips should be within an inch of each other, and your waist 8-15 inches smaller than hips and shoulders. Your bust doesn't have anything to do with it.

I agree with you, because I see plenty of people with big boobies and hips who don't look very curvy or who look pear shaped, and likewise, I see people (including me) with smaller boobies but almost/matching hips to shoulders who look like .. a sillouhette of an hourglass, but some people don't agree.

Oh well.

"Some people" don't agree because you're wrong: http://www.calculator.net/body-type-calculator.html

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Sorry your body is not in the 4 shapes we calculate.

*fun happy sidenote - in fashion and in vintage it is the measurements of shoulders/hips - because bust has nothing to do with a face on silhouette.

Somewhere back in this thread, I posted my torso shots and you can see the hourglass silhouette looking at my bust, waist and hips. The rib cage is wider at the bust on someone with my shape than on a pear. Thing is, you won't find many women with the bust/waist/hip measurements of an hourglass who don't have broad shoulders. They kind of go together. So you could measure either and get the hourglass measurements.

I guess, though, someone who is a pear who gets breast implants wouldn't look very hourglassy.

I now weigh 146lbs (13lbs off my "ideal weight for my height"). Pretty sure I'm not going to be able to get down to that weight because of the weight I must carry in my chest. I am thinking that I may have to resort to surgery to reduce my cup size.

Anyone else have the same problem?