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Who is your celebrity body shape doppleganger?

Celebrity Body Shapes – Body Shapes Explained

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportApril 4, 200918 Comments

  Many of you have asked me to share with you some celebrities who have similar body shapes to yours (so you can get some style inspiration).  Now in Hollywood ‘very thin’ is common due to the pressures put on celebrities so there is less variety in body shapes.  But here are some celebrities who…

What to Do with Conflicting Figure Flattery Advice

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, Body VariationsBy Imogen LamportNovember 21, 20192 Comments

Body shapes, body proportions, body variations.  These all impact on what your individual figure flattery guidelines will be as each of the body shapes and body proportion guidelines are generic and don’t take into consideration aspects of the other. What Does Body Shape Tell You? Where to put verticals to slim or elongate. Where to…

What Guidelines to Follow When Your Body Shape isn’t “Standard”

Body Shapes, Body Variations, Reader questions, V shapeBy Imogen LamportApril 11, 20184 Comments

How to figure out your body type if you have a significant difference from the usual features. For example, I have very, very broad shoulders, a slight waist, medium hips from the front and a protruding bottom. If I do a body calculator, I come out as a pear or a ruler. I am neither.…

How to create your own body shape guidelines

3 Essentials to Consider When Your Body Doesn’t Fit One of the Standard Body Shapes

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportDecember 19, 20191 Comment

So you’ve read the body shape guidelines and thought to yourself “but my body doesn’t really fit into just one shape … I’m more of a mix of a couple of shapes”. Fortunately, you are not unusual and you don’t have to worry that nothing works for you.  All you have to do is understand…

how to dress your body shape

What Body Shape am I? Body Shapes Explained

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 21, 20084 Comments

People seem to be obsessed with understanding what their body shape is, they feel that if they just knew that then they’d know exactly how to dress, unfortunately, body shape is only 1 element of dressing your body, there are also other considerations, such as body proportions, body variations (ie. big bust, petite, luscious bottom…

How to dress body proportions - balanced with a shorter mid-body

Body Proportions Explained – Balanced with a Short Mid-Body

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportJune 22, 200925 Comments

Body Proportions There are body shapes (X, A, H, I, O, V, 8) which tell us where to add detail and where to use horizontals to balance or draw attention, and where to use verticals to elongate.  Then there are body proportions, which tell us where to end hems of sleeves, tops, jackets, skirts and…

Body Proportions Explained

Body Proportions, Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportApril 10, 200956 Comments

Not only do we have body shapes (which can also be called our Horizontal Body Shape) we also have to take into consideration our Body Proportions (or Vertical Body Shape). Proportions are important as they tell us where to end our clothes, such as hems on skirts, hems on tops and jackets.  Should you end…

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Understanding the Style Puzzle – 9 Keys to Unlocking Your Style

Personal Style, Popular Posts, Where to StartBy Imogen LamportMay 12, 201414 Comments

There is no one route to style. You cannot become instantly stylish just from understanding your body shape (sorry Trinny and Susannah, it’s just not that simple). There is, what I call, the Style Puzzle, a group of elements when they all go together define your personal style. These puzzle pieces are just the start…

How Your Body Shape May Change with Age and Weight gain or loss

How Your Body Shape May Change with Age and Weight Gain or Loss

Body Proportions, Body Shapes, videosBy Imogen LamportDecember 20, 201814 Comments

Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I were asked to discuss how your body shape may change over your lifetime. We’ve discussed in the past how your colouring may change here. Considering transitions such as pregnancy, menopause and even just weight gain and loss. Will you shape stay the same or change?   Body…

body shapes explained defining points

Body Shapes Explained – Defining Points

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportNovember 2, 201041 Comments

I was asked the other day by a reader where are the defining points to figure out body shape. How to Define Your Body Shape Is it bust, waist and hips, shoulders waist and hips and where are the hips defined from – the thigh or up on the buttock area? For me (and I’m sure there…

X Shape - what to wear

Body Shapes Explained – X Shape Hourglass

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportSeptember 22, 200820 Comments

Defining the X (Hourglass) Shape The X shape body has shoulders and hips relatively the same size, and a defined waist. The widest part of the body is the thighs, not the bottom, when viewed from the front.  This is a defining point in distinguishing between the two hourglass body shapes (8 and X) you can…

Body Shapes Explained – I Shape (slim and boyish)

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportMay 13, 201024 Comments

If you’d describe your figure as boyish, with little in the way of curves you are most likely an I body shape. (Not sure of your body shape? Take the Body Shape Calculator Quiz here). I body shapes tend to have similar width shoulders and hips with a fairly undefined waist. They are very lean…

How to dress the longer body with shorter legs proportioned body

Body Proportions Explained – Long Body, Shorter Legs

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportApril 13, 200918 Comments

Discover How to Flatter the Longer Torso Shorter Legs Proportional Body Further, from my general explanation of body proportions, and the other two common body proportions – Long legs, Short Body, and Balanced with a Short Mid-Body,  let’s look specifically at some of the common issues for the longer body, shorter leg.  You can figure out…

8 shape hourglass body shape

Real Life Body Shapes – 8

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportMay 16, 2010148 Comments

Have you got a high “shelf” like hip? I often think of this as the Barbie Doll body shape – it’s what I call the 8 shape and is one of the two hourglass shapes (the X shape is the other hourglass shape). What you notice with an 8 shape is that there is a…

How to dress your shorter body and longer legs

Body Proportions Explained – Short Body, Longer Legs

Body ProportionsBy Imogen LamportApril 15, 200934 Comments

Following on my series on Body Proportions – today we’re looking at the dressing challenges of those with a shorter body and longer legs.  Not sure of your proportions?  Then watch the video here on how to measure them. If you have a shorter body and longer legs, you may often have slimmer legs and…

Your Ultimate Guide to Necklines and Which to Choose to Flatter Your Features

Your Ultimate Guide to 17 Necklines and Which to Choose to Flatter Your Features

Body Shapes, Body Variations, Face, face styles, NecklinesBy Imogen LamportMay 7, 20195 Comments

The neckline of your top is important as it really can frame your face.  When it’s in harmony the outfit will work so much more, than when it’s in discord with your features. So how to choose a neckline and which are the most flattering necklines for your body and face?  Here is my guide…

Do Certain Body Shapes Work Better With Different Clothing Styles?

Body Shapes, Personal Style, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportJuly 2, 201027 Comments

“Do you think certain body types/faces look better in certain styles of clothes – and what I mean here is either casual, classic, sporty, etc.I have an X shape (hourglass) and with it being spring going into summer here in Canada, everyone wears t-shirts and capris/shorts a lot, but I find I look dumpy/matronly in…

What features to look for to flatter your rounded lateral body shape

Flattering Your Rounded Lateral Body Shape

Body Shapes, Reader questionsBy Imogen LamportSeptember 26, 20192 Comments

I would love more on how to work with more rounded body shapes (rather than elliptical). I can’t seem to find a single example of someone with a straighter body type as viewed from the front who is also rather round as viewed from the side, as I am. What is a Rounded Lateral Body…

Best Tops to Balance Your Body – Pears

Body ShapesBy Imogen LamportAugust 31, 2008Leave a comment

An A shape or Pear shape body has narrower shoulders than hips. If you’re not sure if this is your body shape, why not do my body shape calculator quiz here and then download your free Body Shape Bible which is full of tips on how to dress your shape. If you’re an A (otherwise…

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What Does Knowing Your Body Shape Really Tell You?

Body Shapes, Popular PostsBy Imogen LamportApril 10, 201512 Comments

  Given the number of people who contact me asking about identifying their body shape (if you’re not sure what body shape you have, do the Body Shape Quiz to find out!), it’s obviously something that is considered to be an important factor in the whole “finding flattering clothing” issue that many women face. I’m…

Body image and your style - improving your body image

Body Image and Your Style

Beauty, videosBy Imogen LamportJuly 24, 20198 Comments

Body image is something that can be a tricky thing to grapple with.  It affects many of us, the media and photoshopping don’t help us.  And now that even every movie and video clip you see can be digitally edited (bodies changed and slimmed down – I kid you not, I’ve seen a video editor…

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