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Instead, we are going to direct the spotlight to accentuate and highlight specific parts of our bodies. Your hourglass figure is perfect, it’s beautiful, and we don’t want to cover anything up. Most body shape courses and articles focus on hiding or covering parts of your body, which adds to the shame and media lie that we all need to achieve an impossible ideal. One more myth is you can’t be an hourglass if you are petite, but Salma Hayek is both. While you’ll see a lot of hourglass-shaped comic book characters, you won’t see many on the big screen, partly because they are the least common body shape, partly because they get stereotyped in their roles, and partly because they are hard to dress. Figure eight shapes are possibly the most challenging to dress.Ĭhristina Hendricks is a well-known hourglass-shaped actress, and when she was at the peak of her career, nominated for an Emmy, she couldn’t find a designer willing to lend or make a dress for her because it takes a lot more work and fabric to work with curves, and all the sample gowns were too small for her.

The truth is all body shapes are beautiful and desirable including hourglass, and each one has its challenges. The second myth is that it’s the most desirable and easiest to dress body shape. You either are or you aren’t, and following the hourglass recommendations when you are actually another body shape is going to leave you feeling frustrated and wondering what’s wrong with your body because the clothes won’t fit correctly. “I’m almost an hourglass, but my waist is the same as my hips.” Just like you can’t almost be pregnant, you can’t almost be an hourglass or another body shape. A large bust doesn’t make you an hourglass. The most common myth is that any woman who is busty is an hourglass, and there is much more to it. You don’t always enjoy the attention your dramatic shape can garner, and it can be hard to find clothes that fit your curves and your waist. The best asset of an hourglass-shaped woman is all your curves, and it can also be your primary complaint.

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Your biggest shopping challenge is finding pants that fit your curvy bottom without leaving a gap in the waistband.This is such a common problem that I’ve created a FREE Masterclass on how to find pants that fit you right, and you can reserve your spot right now! If you want to dive even deeper into dressing for your body shape, my new 2-part course, Style Your Silhouette has an entire module dedicated to bottoms and so much more! When shopping for clothes you typically wear the same size in both top and bottom, but you struggle to find tops that fit your bust and waist and pants that fit your hips and waist. If you gain weight it shows up evenly in your body, particularly in the bust, hips, seat, and thighs first, but you can also gain in the midsection, especially after childbirth and menopause. And hourglass’s musculature tends to be naturally soft and rounded rather than well-defined. Your bottom is in flatter, though from the front you would expect it to be very full.

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You don’t have to be overflowing to be an hourglass, but you will have a proportionally very full bust.

Your bust is shapely and full but can range in fullness from full to overflowing. You are blessed with curves galore! Your legs tend to be curvy and shapely, but not necessarily naturally muscular and defined.

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