Where Do You Fit?
As I sit down in front of the television to relax for the night, I do tend to flick from channel to channel.
Where as once, the likes of cooking, gardening and a variety show would have been considered ‘light entertainment’, I now find my choices a little……..changed.
Do I watch the 13 year old girl take part in her seventh cosmetic procedure, the expert dietitian tell me I’ll be dead before 50 if I’m not size 0 or the fashion model competition where to be honest, all the contestants look drawn and a little more than unhealthy?
Choices, choices!
Yet again, women, men, scientists, Doctors, the media, in fact almost everybody has an ‘expert‘ opinion on a woman’s body shapes and types.
When will the world wake up to realise that we are ALL INDIVIDUALS and what’s best for one, certainly isn’t for the other?
FACT – We all come in different shapes and sizes, varying heights with different skeletal frames. We all need clothes yet the world seems adamant that we’ll never look as good in them until we drop a mass of dress sizes.
I’m sorry but it’s wrong!
We may not all have the perfect ‘clothes hanger‘ body shape, where garments hang in perfection and move in complete synchronicity with our movement.
Does that mean we’re doomed to wear ill fitting clothes and look like we’ve been dragged through a hedge line backwards?
No!
Know your body shape! Learn how to dress it and you can look and more importantly, feel better than ever.
What Body Shape Are You?
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Fashion Sewing Blog has already written articles on this subject previously but since that time, the ‘body shape description‘ has expanded somewhat.
Therefore I want to bring this article to your attention and ask that you take part in the poll below. Together, let’s discover what REAL women are made of.
The 12 Women’s Body Types
Info from Mail Online
So which one represents you and do you know how to dress for the shape?
I’ve supplied you with a link (found below) that will take you to the full article written by Trinny and Susannah.
Take a look by clicking – Trinny and Susannah reveal 12 women’s body types.
I hope the article inspires and promotes a confidence that we, as women of all shapes and sizes should be proud to have.
WE are the experts after all.
Fashion Sewing Blogs Readers Poll
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Please take the time to tell me using the poll below, what your body shape is. Let’s show the world that we, the women of the world, come in every shape and size.
And what’s more, we’re PROUD and BEAUTIFUL.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Please feel free to contact me regarding this article. I’d love to hear your views.
Happy fashion sewing
Colleen G Lea
Hi, I’m a cornet,
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Thank you ever so much for your awesome video tutorials!
I couldn’t have lined my sleeveless princess-line dress without your help. So far I’ve watched most of your tutorials. They’re such an inspiration, and they definitely build my confidence for trying new things.
And above all, I’m having so much fun sewing now!
Thank you Marianne. So happy to hear my tutorial video’s are helping.
Thank you for the very king comment
Happy fashion sewing
Colleen
Great article. I think I may be a cello, but with the weight more of an apple.
Hi Jessica
I’m a brick – charming eh!
Thanks for leaving a comment.
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Thanks,Colleen, Your column is so true.Thanks so much for using real people to explain this.Dara
Hi Dara,
The world is full of ‘real’ people and the media, designers etc should realise this.
Thanks for the comment
Colleen
These are awesome example photos, Colleen! I love that the women are REAL people, not wispy twigs. My body looks like the hourglass lady’s, with my extra pounds fairly evenly distributed all over my frame. But I could never identify with the fashion-model examples of hourglass before, because they didn’t carry the extra weight I do. I’m working (successfully, wahoo!!) on trimming off the extra weight, and it’s really encouraging to be able to see myself as an hourglass shape even before that weight comes off.
Hi Rose-Marie,
I don’t know many women who sport the ‘fashion model shape’.
We, you and I are ‘real’ women and should be proud.
I’m a brick and happy.
All the best
Colleen
I’ve had an “Aha!” moment: I am a vase! Thank you for this!
Hi Burke,
Lucky you! I’m a brick.