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THE BODY SHAPE INFOGRAPHIC

5 ft 2 inDRESS SIZE

12

5 ft 4 inDRESS SIZE

12

5 ft 8inDRESS SIZE

12

5 ft 11 inDRESS SIZE

12

6 ft 1 inDRESS SIZE

12

WHAT IS YOUR BODY SHAPE?

BODY SHAPE CHANGES WITH AGE

Read more about the seven body shapes at www.joyofclothes.com/style-advice/

BODY SHAPE AND SIZE

BODY SHAPE AND WHAT TO WEAR

CELEBRITY FOLLOWERS BY BODY SHAPE

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Your build is characterised by:

A defined bust

A defined waist

A neat bottom

Neat hips

MOST LIKELY SHAPE

Teens - 20s Neat Hourglass

30s - 40s Full Hourglass

50s - 60s Apple

NOTE: The sample size for this data is from 2,700 people

You need to wear shaped and fitted lines in order to follow your body lines

Follow your body line - that defines your waist, enhances your bust and highlights your hips and bottom

This is the classic feminine shape and is most flexible when it comes to wearing different styles and shapes in clothing

You need to wear shaped and fitted lines in order to follow your body line, but avoid bulk and volume around your feminine curves

Wear a good supporting bra that will lift our bust and give you a more defined waist

Bring attention to your shoulder and neckline, wear designs that bring the eye to the centre by wearing wider and lower necklines

Extend the shoulder past the thickest part of the arms

Follow your bodyline - avoid details around bust, tummy and hips. Keep detail in top and lower thirds.

Keep the clothing line straight to slightly fitted, but fabric soft so you avoid unnecessary bulk around the bosom, waist and tummy

Keep details above the bust line and below the hip line - for everything in between keep it plain and simple

The shoulders need attention so you should balance them from the front and side views

You need to balance your top half with your lower half by wearing clothes that make your shoulders look broader.

Balance the top with your fuller bottom half. Layering on your top half creates visual interest and draws the eye upwards. Wear volume, clutter, pattern, colour on your top half, so hips and thighs will seem narrower

Wear fitted styles around your waist and always accentuate your waistline e.g. empire line, wraps, fitted lines

Make your shoulders look broader with e.g. shoulder pads, puffed sleeves, cap sleeve t-shirts, boleros

You need to create the illusion of curves around hips and bust and of a waist

Use layering to shorten your long top half

Create roundness around your extremities e.g. sleeve, leg line, neckline

Wear high or low waisted styles - broad shoulders; unfitted jackets, which slope to the waist; highlight your hips and bottom using pockets and pleats

You need to create the illusion of a waist

Keep your silhouette uncluttered

Unstructured jackets that gently shape the waist

Hip and bottom details are good - as long they create gentle curves

On your bottom half you need to wear clothes that make your hips look broader.

Keep details, fuss, anything that creates volume to your lower half and keep your top half clean and uncluttered

Straight clothing lines are a natural extension to your body line

Create the illusion of a waist with waist details such as a wider belt

Your build is characterised by:

Bigger thighs

A rounded bottom and hips

A small waist

A full bust

Your build is characterised by:

Rounder shoulder line and flattish bottom

Average to big bust

Fullness around the middle

Good legs

Your build is characterised by:

Full hips or thighs, maybe saddle bags

A defined waist

Shoulders that are narrower than your hips

A small top half as well as small bust

Your build is characterised by:

Your bottom half is smaller than your top

Little definition between waist and hips

Flat hips and bottoms

Straight and squared shoulder line

Your build is characterised by:

Narrow shoulders

Flat chest or small bust

Small and non-defined waist

Narrow hips and flat bottom

Your build is characterised by:

Straight shoulder line and ribcage

Straight hips and bottom

Very little waist definition

Average tummy

8.4

26.0

3.22.4

20.8

32.4

6.8

UK Size 6

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10.4

16.5

7.8

2.9

19.9

29.2

13.3

UK Size 89.3

10.6

12.0

5.4

21.9

26.7

14.0

UK Size 10

12.4

4.9

10.2

8.2

24.3

16.1

23.9

UK Size 12

7.0 1.4

10.9

19.1

15.014.0

32.6

UK Size 148.0

1.1

10.9

27.6

17.5

4.9

29.9

UK Size 165.0 2.0

9.0

35.2

16.1

2.5

30.2

UK Size 185.2 0.8

6.3

51.2

14.3

2.0

20.2

UK Size 20

Although some sizes are more likely to be certain shapes, it is myth that size and shape are the same thing.

As you can see in the piecharts above most shapes were represented in size 6 to 20.

Similarly the women illustrated to the right are all size 12 but have different body shapes.

Body size is not the same as body shape!

25.8%

17.0%

11.3%

16.8%

8.9%

11.7%

8.5%

Victoria Beckham

20.3%

19.6%

15.3%

18.0%

7.9%

9.4%

9.6%

Kate Middleton

19.6%

25.1%

14.8%

17.1%

8.7%

6.8%7.9%

Beyonce

13.5%

23.6%

23.0%

17.0%

7.6%

4.7%

10.5%

Michelle Obama

23.7%

17.7%

11.4%

17.3%

8.1%

11.6%

10.2%

Alexa Chung

18.2%

19.3%

17.3%

17.7%

8.1%

8.6%

10.8%

Jennifer Aniston

20.5%

16.3%

16.3%15.4%

8.4%

9.2%

14.0%

Gwyneth Paltrow

25.3%

15.5%

9.1%17.5%

9.9%

13.4%

9.3%

Miranda Kerr

24.1%

29.9%14.2%

13.2%

6.0%

5.5%7.1%

Dita Von Teese

20.7%

17.7%

11.0%17.8%

9.4%

12.9%

10.4%

Taylor Swift

20.5%

20.1%

13.8%

17.5%

8.3%

8.9%

11.0%

Anne Hathaway

17.2%

27.1%

19.4%

15.0%

7.1%

4.8%9.4%

Kate Winslet

FULL HOURGLASS IS THE MORE COMMON BODY SHAPEMore women have identified themselves as a full hourglass body shape than any other shape

19.3%

20.5%

16.7%

16.6%

8.0%

8.9%

10.0%

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Pear

Neat Hourglass

Full Hourglass

“Your body shape changes as you age, partly as women put on weight in different places. Styles which flattered in your 20's may not work in your 40's and what works in your 40's may not work in your 60's”Michaela Jedinak, Personal Stylist

Wearing the clothes that flatter your body shape will help you look and feel your best everyday. That's the Joy of Clothes.

Women follow celebrities they admire or aspire to and do not seem to be influenced by body shape.

Michaela recognises that everyone is di�erent and designs dresses to �atter the seven most common body shapes. While many designers create dresses for one idealised body shape, she appreciates the diversity in body shapes and designs dresses with you and your body shape in mind. See her dress collections at www.michaelajedinak.com

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