Body Shape

Body Shapes is a a very complex phenomenon defining a persons body silhouette. Knowing ones Body Shape, will indeed help know oneself better and  know ones flaws and things to flaunt, and hence dress oneself the appropriate way. Looking good will not only get you compliments but will help one attain self confidence and eventually be comfortable with one's one body type.

Body Shapes are in general classified as Hourglass, Apple, Pear/ Triangle, Inverted Triangle, Daimond, Banana/Rectangle Shaped etc.

How do you know which shape r u!! Simply Read the description below, and check your measurements, making it simpler, just look at your body in front of mirror and see which are your  prominent features

 
The Hourglass is a awesomest shape that most women long to have –  A super curvaceous figure with appropriate bust, curvy waist and wide hips. Often termed as 36-26-36 or 34-24-34. only 8 per cent of women have a true hourglass figure. Famous Celeb's with hour glass figure include Marilyn Monroe, Kelly Brook, Sophia Loren, NIgella Lawson, Malliaka Arora Khan, Deepika padukone,Shilpa shetty

Nicole Kidman: Rectangle Body Shape

 
The Apple shape  is for women who are Heavy on Top but have small hips and thighs. Usually a typical apple-shaped  tend to store fat in their mid-section and usually have long and thin legs and arms. The assets that most women with apple shapes should enhance are their calves, ankles and cleavage. Look in the mirror and check out where most of your fat hangs out. If it’s by your tummy mostly versus your thighs and hips, you are probably an apple! Around 14% of women have apple shaped body. Celebs like Catherine Zeta Jones, Melanie Griffith and Drew Barrymore have apple-shaped  figures, Kate winslet,Elizabeth hurley, Sushmita sen,Jacqueline fernandez


Rectangle shapes are women who have an athletic figure and have an equally distributed weight throughout their body with lesser curves. Because of the straight lines, the rectangle body shape is also called banana or ruler shape.This shape lack curves (chest, waist, hips and bottom)  which may make them look less feminine. Celebs with such bodies include Cara Delevingne and Keira Knightley.,Karisma kapoor ,Preity zinta, Nicole kidman, Natalie portman,
         
Pear Shaped  or Triangle are women who are bottom-heavy with plump thighs and petite breasts, they have narrow shoulders with wide hips.
About 20% of women have a pear-shaped figure. Think of Beyonce and Rihanna with normal upper bodies but with most weight on their bottoms and thighs enhancing that area the most. Vidya balan,Rani mukherji are also part of this body shape

Rani Mukherjee: Pear Shaped Body Type

Inverted Triangle, The bearer of large breasts, a generous tummy and a broad back to support your ample front. You’re an inverted triangle. Balance your figure and draw attention to your gorgeous pins with a pair of sexy stilettos. Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Pamela Anderson, Audrina Patridge are celeb's with this body shape.

Daimond Shape, your hips are broader than your bust and shoulders and you have a full midsection. You have a tendency to gain weight on stomach, back, hips and buttocks. Your waist is undefined and the widest part of your frame. You carry some weight in your upper legs, but your lower legs are shapely and one of your most attractive features. You also have proportionately slender, shapely arms. Celeb's with Daimond shaped body are  Oprah, Liz Hurley, Rosie O'Donnell, Jennifer Hudson.

Petite shapes are women who are short and have small frames.Amrita Rao, Eva Longoria, Queen Latifah or Anne Hathaway all belong to this body shape.
The “H” body shape When the bust, shoulders and hips are similarly sized with no waist line it is an ‘H’ shaped body.
The “V” shaped body The bust and the shoulders are larger as compared to the hips in this body type.

Smaller torso and wider bottom If you have a smaller torso and a wider bottom with average sized breasts, a willowy waist and narrow shoulders you fall into the category of the smaller torso and wider bottom body type. Also the thighs and the hips tend to be fuller as compared to the breasts of such body typed women.
Larger torso and smaller bottom You fall in this category when you have a larger torso and a comparatively smaller bottom.

You need not get Panicked knowing about your true body shape, cause our next blog deals with Do's n Don'ts of each Body Shape.