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 Knowing your body shape can unleash a huge amount of wardrobe potential, but how do you do it?
We have made it easy for you to figure out what body shape you are, and what rules will guide you to wardrobe success!
The Shapes
I think that all body shape rules can be covered by the five basic body shapes of pear, apple, hourglass, petite and athletic/slim. The reason I believe you don’t need 12 or 20 shapes instead is because if you break each of those body shapes up into upper half and lower half rules, you have every base covered.
Take a photo
You need form fitting clothes, a white wall and a camera (digital is best). Get changed into an outfit that’s head to toe one colour (dark grey and black work best) and then stand against a white wall, with natural posture and legs together arms out from your sides slightly. Get a trusty friend to take a photo of you and then print it out.
Take your photo and cut around your silhouette and then turn it over, that is your body shape. From here you can compare it to the nzgirl shape silhouettes for each body type. Simple!
Get measured For this you need tape measure and a piece of paper and a mirror. This will involve you taking measurements of 5 areas: - Across the bust
- Across the underbust
- Across the waist
- Across the hips
- Across the mid thigh.
The nzgirl team with what they think their body shapes are...
Pear Your hips and thighs will be the largest measurements, then usually your bust followed by your waist. Apple Your measurements will be similar across the bust and hips, with not much difference between your under bust and your waist. Hourglass Your bust and hip measurement will be your largest, and your waist measurement will be quite small. Petite You could be any of the other measurement combinations; you will be shorter and tend to have broader shoulders. For you it’s more about creating the illusion of height and proportion so mix and match your rules with the other body shapes rules to find the perfect rule set for you. Slim Athletic Your measurements will be fairly regular across your hips, waist, bust and under bust. You will also have fairly regular measurements across your mid thigh as well.  The nzgirl team with their correct body shapes after using Anya's technique!Compare and Question All you need is a mirror and some descriptions of body shapes and then you're ready to go. Questions If you were to draw a shape around your body what would it resemble most, an hourglass, a pear, an apple a ruler (slim athletic) or Kylie Minogue (petite - she is the best example)? Where do you carry the most weight? Hips and bust but never waist – hourglass tendencies Tummy and bust – apple tendencies Naturally balanced – slim athletic tendencies Naturally balanced but also not much – petite tendencies Hips and thighs – pear tendencies Using these two questions you can whittle it down to which body type you will most likely fit into, and use the descriptions in the body shape guide to finalise your assumptions! Anya Merryfield
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