Greetings All,

I know I told you there were 8 different body shapes but for fitting purposes they distill down to 4 in various different weights. These 4 are from Bradley Bayou’s system which I feel is the most useful. In reality his system has 48 body shapes. For fitting purposes, this is much more true to live than 8. What you need to remember in this process is that everybody’s body is different.

The 4 body shapes are inverted triangle, rectangle, triangle and hourglass. Here are their definitions .

Inverted Triangle

Inverted Triangle

The Inverted Triangle shape is when your shoulders or bust are larger than your hips. Your shoulder or bust measurements are more than 5% bigger than your hip measurements.

The Rectangle

The rectangle shape is when your shoulders, bust and hips are around the same size, with no defined waistline. Your shoulder, bust and hips measurements are within 5% of each other. Your waist is less than 25% smaller than your shoulders or bust measurements.

Rectangle

The Triangle

The triangle is when your hips are wider than your shoulders. Your hip measurement is more than 5% bigger than your shoulder or bust measurements.

Triangle

The Hourglass

The hourglass is when your shoulders and hips are around the same size, with a very defined waistline. Your shoulder and hip measurements are within 5% of each other. Your waist is at least 25% smaller than your shoulder, hip and bust measurements.

Hourglass

Those are the 4 shapes. Tomorrow I’m going to show you how to take your measurements so that you can determine which of the basic 4 shapes you are. Then we’ll add you height and weight and pick out the exact one of the 48 you are!

This information is super valuable to you when you are trying to find a beach wedding dress style that is going to make you look dynamite. You will be able to shop online with much more ease and confidence after I’ve discussed all the slimming secrets for each shape. You’ll be shopping for your beach wedding dress very differently once we’ve gone over all this.

Until tomorrow..be radiant,

Jasmine

Jasmine Sky of Studio Jasmine Sky

Greetings All,

Today I’m going to start talking about how to choose the style for your beach wedding dress and how to make sure it fits. This is a huge subject and one that, I believe, will bring you much consolation. It will help you choose the best beach wedding dress style for your body shape and personality – the style that will make you look your sexy-best.

Your Body Shape + Your Personality = Your Beach Wedding Dress Style.

Your wedding day is not only the most special and meaningful day of your life for you but it is also the day when all eyes will turn to you. It is your red carpet moment. And you are naturally wanting to look your most beautiful. Every bride’s body shape and personality are different but what every bride has in common is wanting to look and feel her most beautiful, gorgeous and desirable. For each bride this is expressed differently according to her body shape and personality.  In order to find the right dress for you you’ll need to determine what body shape you are and what aspect of your personality you want to express with your beach wedding dress.

My job is to help you look your best.

Not all styles are going to look good on your body shape but the good news is that there are certain styles that really work for you. It’s my job to help you determine what body  shape you are and then what will look best on your shape to conceal your flaws and reveal your assets. A good fit of the style that is best for your shape is also a very critical factor in looking your best. So for the next couple of weeks I’m going to go into all the details of these factors and how they can work together to have you looking your most beautiful, gorgeous and desirable! We’ll start with the science of anthropometry.

The Science of Anthropometry

Anthropometry is the measure of the human form. It involves gathering statistics on the variations in body dimensions across the population. Obviously this plays a huge role in clothing design. Recently a company called SizeUSA conducted a study of 10,000 Americans using a scanning machine called a TC2. It can scan the body in less that 6 seconds, measuring 200,000 data points on the body to create a 3-D true-to-scale image of each human body. From this data was distilled 8 basic body shapes. Add weight differences amongst these 8 shapes and you get even more different sizes and shapes. This is very valuable information for all us women who want to look more beautiful!

Getting the Right Fit

I am talking about anthropometry with you because the sizing convention of our entire clothing industry is based on a 1930s military model. As we all know, Americans today don’t look at all like what they used to look like in the ’30s and ’40s. This fact alone has us in a bind when we are trying to find the right fit on a garment. But add to it the fact that the garment industry is designing clothes for one type of shape – the fashion model that is 5′10″ tall, 115 pounds and a size 4 at the most – and you’ve really got a problem! Because each shape needs different treatments to create balance/beauty we need to focus on 3 things

1. what is our shape
2. what style of garment will create balance/beauty for our shape
3. the right fit of that style

Tomorrow I’m going to talk about how the design of my styles fit into all this information that I’ve just shared with you. And, yes, I will be going over all the body shapes one at a time and how to determine which you are – but that will come a little later. Stay tuned! It’s all very exciting information that will help you look your most beautiful on your wedding day and everyday!

Until tomorrow…be radiant!

Jasmine