What clothes suit my body shape best? – GOOD SHAPE

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Biotype analysis is an important step in Image Consulting. In it, we look at the proportion between the apparent measurement of the shoulders, waist and hips, to identify possible points to be balanced.

We call “apparent measure” the size in plane perspective, not the circumference. Looking at the body from the front, which is wider, hips or shoulders?

Female Biotypes:

Hourglass – aligned shoulders and hips, thinner waist Triangle – shoulders narrower than hips and thighs, thin waist – is the most common type in Brazilian Inverted Triangle – shoulders wider than hips and thighs – in general has a wide back and hips and thinner legs Rectangle – shoulders and hips are in line, no defined waist Oval – shoulders and hips can be proportionate, the waist is wider and the silhouette is rounded

Harmonizing the body type with clothes follows some guidelines, some of them well known, such as: wearing straight pants to balance wide hips, avoiding ruffled blouses to disguise a large chest, betting on light colors and large prints to increase and draw attention to a region of the body.

image intent

But… I’m going back to my first sentence in this article: everything DE-PEN-DE.

There is a sovereign factor to any Image Consultancy “rule”: your objective.

I usually give Kim Kardashian’s controversial style as an example. Kim is clearly a Triangle, with wide hips, a bulging butt and thick thighs. So she should wear clothes that disguise that part of her body, right? Right. And what does she do? The opposite! Kim wears super tight clothes, well defined waist, short skirts and luminous fabrics.

Is she wrong? It is not! If she worked at a formal financial institution and dressed like this, it would be completely inappropriate. But the intention of her image is to be sensual, to convey this sexy and powerful look. And this has everything to do with her profession.

Therefore, knowing your body and identifying your biotype is very important, as it is from it that you build a personal image consistent with your goal.