How To Discover Your Body Shape

This French Woman Shows You How To Discover Your Body Type - 2 Ways

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🇫🇷Bonjour, I am Marie-Anne Lecoeur - born, raised and living in Normandie, France. I am a fully trained personal stylist and member of The Federation of Image Professionals and written two best selling Amazon books on style. I want to help you become the woman you want to be by helping you find your style and boost your confidence.

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[jak]

I'm an hourglass! I've been hidden under the fifty pounds I have lost in the last seven months! My hip bones are wider since having babies but there is definitely some definition there at last! still I have fifty pounds to lose.
So, at 64 I say it's never too late! thank you. Jayne.

[mbd]

A rectangle that had always thought she was a pear, because she'd never measured her shoulders! Merci beaucoup, Marie-Anne. :)

[JenG-ubvm]

Thanks for the helpful videos. I have another easy tip for this. Using method 1, you can get distracted by parts of your body you may or may not like and it can be difficult to discern your shape objectively. With method 2, you might not know how to interpret the numbers. Another easy way is to put on a pair of dark tights or leggings and a dark form fitting tshirt, take a photo of yourself in a full length mirror straight on and holding the phone as horizontal as possible. Then use the markup tool in a bright color to draw lines from outside of each shoulder to waist; and from waist to outside of hips. Draw straight horizontal lines from shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip. Voila! Your shape will be obvious.

[AniaBumba]

I’m an inverted triangle. A nighmare to find well fitting clothes... i know the theory of what should suit me but when i go to most stores in the UK, everything is tailored for pears.

[ShawnelleMartineaux]

What if you have a short waist and wide hips but also a prominent belly? I'm not sure whether I'm an hourglsass, apple or a pear. Maybe I'm a fruit basket Haha.

[sparklie]

Wow, I always thought I was an apple... or maybe an inverted triangle... I just can't believe how off my perceptions were. Turns out my shoulders are almost down the millimetre the same size as my hips.. I have no idea why for years I thought I was "broad shouldered." I also had a completely wrong perception of my waist, which is not apple at all. Huh. I'm glad you asked us to take measurements because I had to re-do them 3x before I could believe what they were saying: I'm a rectangle!

[bibibrin]

I used to be hourglass. Now I'm a rectangle apple. Depends on the time of the month. 😊

[denisearonow]

I'm tall and an hourglass. Not very naturally French but I dress as though I am anyway.

[mooshz]

Thank you, this helped to confirm I am a pear. I thought like Annie who commented below, maybe I am a combination so on a piece of paper I put two dots apart for my shoulders, then below two more dots in slightly for my bust, then two more slightly in more for my waist, then two wider than my first set for my hips. That really showed I'm a pear!

[dinaoreilly]

I think I am an hourglass....shoulders 38, bust 38, waist 28.5 and hips 38....I lose weight from everywhere fairly evenly...just need to tone up a bit now....LOVE French Chic...

[Wise-Lady-La-Aura]

I enjoy your YouTube channel. My great grandmother was from France. So, I have French ancestry. I found out I am an hourglass. On another channel, I also learned that hourglass shapes can turn into apples, if they gain weight in their tummy. Also, I found out that pear shapes always gain weight in their hips, butt, and thighs, that always exceeds any weight gain in their tummies. Their upper chest and shoulders are usually always small, though, but they are bigger on the bottom. I am larger in the shoulders, due to athletics, larger in the chest than I am as I go down. Thought you should know that an hourglass can turn into an apple and an apple who loses and slenderizes their belly, will turn into an hourglass. Interesting, yes? Thank you for what you do. You remind me of one of my sisters and my mother, she passed away in the 1990's, but you remind me of her so much! Great job and thanks again!

[margaretwhitt]

Thank you, Marie-Anne . Including the shoulder measurement and your further description of apple & pear helped me realize that I’m a rectangle. Before I had my daughter at age 42 I was most decidedly an hourglass. Pregnancy combined with early menopause and later weight gain certainly took a toll. I’m hoping with your guidance to find my style once again, even if I am 71!

[MA-vfir]

Thanks for this video. Although I always thought I was an apple, I’m actually a fleshy rectangle approaching hourglass with a belly that never recovered from two back-to-back pregnancies. 39-40/36/32/40. The Kibbe system works very well for me - I am a “soft classic” in that system.

[kimberlyperrotis]

I love your method because it is so simple, yet distinguishing between a rectangle and an hourglass is quantitative. I also think there these five shapes cover all the possibilities. I saw another video yesterday on this topic that said “rectangles are all tall and flat chested”, which has nothing to do with it, as you say it is about the relative proportion of the upper to the lower body. I’m definitely a rectangle; shoulders, bust and hips measurements are identical, waist about 20% smaller; but I’m also fairly short, and full-busted, so much for that theory. I’ve also seen videos about the Kibbe body shape method, which has an incredible 13 different shapes, too many. Even with so many to choose from, I didn’t fit any type! Last year I walked off 30 lbs. and between 2 and 3 dress sizes. This year I plan to lose the last 30 lbs., adding your French stay-slim techniques, and regain my youthful slender hourglass shape. Thanks for all the inspiration you give me!

[sherrynorte]

I thought I might have been a pear shape, but after measuring my body I find I am a rectangle. This is helpful. I use to have a waist line, but after 2 children and a hysterectomy I feel I do not have a waist line anymore. I am also high waisted though I am short 5'3" and I have a hard time figuring out where my waist line is. So many on line bloggers for fashion do not go into the body shapes that much. Thanks for doing this.

[jackieedwards]

So important to know ones body shape and then learn to dress for it. It makes such a difference to your presentation to the world and confidence

[TeresaJeanna]

My biggest issue with these types of "body type" advice is that it is primarily from the front view. I look like one shape from the front and like another shape from the SIDE. As 3D creatures, purely using measurements and front views do not work for all bodies.

[eadler]

Hourglass with large ribcage and a, relatively, small head. Fascinating subject actually. Thank you.

[annamichelle]

I'm definitely a pear, and I'm short. I have to take both of those into consideration. Just today, I saw a recommendation that said, "Every body type looks good in this." They were paperbag shorts. Nope, I don't even have to try them on to know better than that! They would look funny on my body type.

[raisl]

Merci Marie-Anne! I'm a rectangle.