Figure type

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A distinction is made between five types of figure in women's fashion .

Figure types

The individual figure types are characterized by the following features:

A-type (triangle)

  • The upper body is built much more delicately than the lower body, where the center of gravity of the body is.
  • The shoulders are narrower than the hips.
  • The waist is slim and distinct.
  • The buttocks are rather broad and lush.
  • The legs - thighs, knees, lower legs and pasterns - are strongly built.
  • The legs are rather short.

H-type (rectangle)

  • The shoulders and hips are about the same width.
  • The waist is relatively straight and has almost no or only a gentle curve.
  • The arms and legs are rather long and straight.
  • The body as a whole gives a sporty and androgynous impression and has no explicit focus.

O-type (oval)

  • The body's center of gravity is in the middle, at the chest, stomach, waist and hips.
  • The fat pads are mainly created in the waist, stomach and hip area.
  • The narrowest part of the upper body is not at the waist, but a little higher, directly below the breasts in the underbust area.
  • The forearms and wrists are relatively delicate.
  • The legs - especially the lower legs and ankles - are slim and rather graceful in shape compared to the rest of the body.

X-type (hourglass)

  • The shoulders and hips are about the same width.
  • The body's center of gravity is divided between the chest area and the hip area.
  • The waist is very narrow and strongly curved.
  • Breasts, the chest area as a whole and the upper arms are rather lush or strong.
  • The buttocks, stomach and thighs are round and strong.
  • The calves and forearms have feminine curves.

V or Y type (inverted triangle)

  • The upper body is stronger than the lower body and the focus of the body is on the shoulder and chest area.
  • The shoulders are wider than the hips.
  • The shoulders do not drop gently, but are rather angular and run quite vertically.
  • The waist is almost straight or only slightly curved.
  • large breasts or large chest girth, or both.
  • The hips are very narrow or almost boyish.
  • The legs are very slender, straight and rather long.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Figurberatung , sheego.de, accessed on January 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ The figure types of A bix X , cecil.de, accessed on 7 January 2017th
  3. ↑ Figure consultant , magazin.house-of-gerryweber.com, accessed on January 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ An overview of the five figure types , galeria-kaufhof.de, accessed on January 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ Michelle Hartmann: What type of figure are you? Here's how to find out , Elle , July 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Triangle, hourglass, ...? What type of figure am I? , fem.com, June 8, 2017.