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| 7 General Body Shapes For Women ....What Body Shape Are You? A study at North Carolina State University’s College of Textiles reveals some stunning facts. As a baby boomer woman, or a lady with a "not average" body you know those facts all too well from your experiences in the dressing rooms. Seeing the facts confirms that it is not you who is the problem in the dressing room with fitting into the clothes. The study reveals that only 8% of women have the hour glass shape—the shape used by designers of ready to wear clothes and sewing patterns. Of the 6,300 women surveyed by [TC]2 in the US in 2003, most women’s figures are either rectangular or pear shaped. THAT MEANS ALMOST 90% OF WOMEN WILL HAVE PROBLEMS FITTING INTO READY TO WEAR CLOTHES AND SEWING PATTERNS. THAT MEANS YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE 40% of the women were rectangular 20+% were spoon or pear shaped A little less than 14% were inverted triangles Which Body Shape Are You? Hour glass____bust and hip measurements are nearly equal, narrow waist Rectangular____bust and hips are generally the same measurement, waist is less than 9 inches smaller Spoon or pear shaped____hip measurement is at least 2 inches larger than the bust Triangle____hip measurement is 3 or more inches larger than the bust measurement Inverted Triangle____bust measurement is 3 or more inches larger than the hip measurement Bottom hour glass____hip measurement is bigger than the bustmeasurement with a narrow waist Top hour glass____bust measurement is larger than the hip measurement with a narrow waist Comments and questions about the article email lillian@mastectomydesigns.com |