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Again when I see a very thin woman I do not think "curvy", I think "thin skinny girl". Seems like the consensus amongst most people is that curvy is a combination of shape and size. While I'm sure some people would label a skinny woman with a defined WHR as curvy, I'd venture to say that most people don't see skinny woman as "curvy"(by society's definition).
With her arms up like that, it is hard for me to tell if she is an hourglass or a pear, but I think she is curvy/skinny.
One thing that is tricky about being an hourglass, is what counts more, the look or the measurements.
For example, Marilyn Monroe looks like an hourglass, but she has a flat butt. What about a woman with narrow hips and a big butt. Is she an hourglass (presuming she is wide enough up top). I can't think of an example at the moment, because all of my "big butt" people have wider hips (J.Lo, Kim K, Serena Williams, Buffie the Body...)
I think Christina Hendricks is more of the Marilyn Monroe type: large bust, small waist, big hips. She doesn't have a lot of junk in the trunk.
How about Jessica Biel? Is she curvy? Not in my book, but she curvy butt, so I bet her measurements look more hourglass than she appears.
I personally don't put Kate Upton on "team curvy." She is busty, but fairly straight from bust to hips. She does represent model diversity for that industry, and any form of model diversity makes me happy.
True hourglasses are pretty rare, maybe I'd count Salma Heyek, Eva Mendes and Sofia Vegara. In fact I think I be shocked to find many actresses with hourglass shapes, because most trainers seem to focus on creating narrow hips and a flat tummy. Not a narrow waist and round hips.
Can we please stop posting pictures of skeletal women calling them curvy?
I mean people, lets be reasonable. Bone skinny is not what generally comes to mind when you say a woman is curvy. It's just not. And really there isn't even a point to argue on that. One poster said it right when she called the anorexic lady in the black bikini "ANGULAR". Angular is the direct opposite of curvy. Think Jessica Rabbit, not Olivoyl. curvy not curvy
With her arms up like that, it is hard for me to tell if she is an hourglass or a pear, but I think she is curvy/skinny.
One thing that is tricky about being an hourglass, is what counts more, the look or the measurements.
For example, Marilyn Monroe looks like an hourglass, but she has a flat butt. What about a woman with narrow hips and a big butt. Is she an hourglass (presuming she is wide enough up top). I can't think of an example at the moment, because all of my "big butt" people have wider hips (J.Lo, Kim K, Serena Williams, Buffie the Body...)
I think Christina Hendricks is more of the Marilyn Monroe type: large bust, small waist, big hips. She doesn't have a lot of junk in the trunk.
How about Jessica Biel? Is she curvy? Not in my book, but she curvy butt, so I bet her measurements look more hourglass than she appears.
I personally don't put Kate Upton on "team curvy." She is busty, but fairly straight from bust to hips. She does represent model diversity for that industry, and any form of model diversity makes me happy.
True hourglasses are pretty rare, maybe I'd count Salma Heyek, Eva Mendes and Sofia Vegara. In fact I think I be shocked to find many actresses with hourglass shapes, because most trainers seem to focus on creating narrow hips and a flat tummy. Not a narrow waist and round hips.
No, Serena Williams is a perfect example of this. From the side, it's clear she has boobs and no shortage of butt. But straight on? She has next to no hips. Her measurements may suggest an hourglass, but just by looking at her shape you can see that she's actually an inverted triangle with shoulders much wider than her hips. Whether or not that's curvy...I say no. I think the defined waist is an essential part of calling someone curvy (like the waistless yet busty Kate Upton). Like you showed, Marilyn had a flat butt and her breasts weren't terribly large either, but no one questions her curviness because of her WHR. It really seems to be the defining feature of "curvy".
I found a thread on another forum that hashed out the question of how to define shape. The most compelling poster essentially said to throw the measurements out the window because they don't tell you about shape. 38 inch hips could mean wide hips and a flat butt or narrow hips and a bodacious butt. But pair either of those with the same small waist and one would look curvy and the other straight up and down. This poster suggested that it's not the boobs or chest size that have to balance the hips, it's the shoulders. I don't know if I agree with that assessment completely, but I agree that if someone has shoulders significantly more narrow than their hips, it doesn't matter how big their boobs are, they are a pear.
Can we please stop posting pictures of skeletal women calling them curvy?
I mean people, lets be reasonable. Bone skinny is not what generally comes to mind when you say a woman is curvy. It's just not. And really there isn't even a point to argue on that. One poster said it right when she called the anorexic lady in the black bikini "ANGULAR". Angular is the direct opposite of curvy. Think Jessica Rabbit, not Olivoyl.
curvy not curvy
NOT Curvy
So I'd never call the Hilton sisters curvy. But Sarah Jessica Parker? She's skinny and curvy in my book.
Scarlett Johanssen too. She's "skinny curvy."
And of course Serena Williams is strong and curvy:
And then I guess "curvy" and likely an hourglass
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With her arms up like that, it is hard for me to tell if she is an hourglass or a pear, but I think she is curvy/skinny.
One thing that is tricky about being an hourglass, is what counts more, the look or the measurements.
For example, Marilyn Monroe looks like an hourglass, but she has a flat butt. What about a woman with narrow hips and a big butt. Is she an hourglass (presuming she is wide enough up top). I can't think of an example at the moment, because all of my "big butt" people have wider hips (J.Lo, Kim K, Serena Williams, Buffie the Body...)
I think Christina Hendricks is more of the Marilyn Monroe type: large bust, small waist, big hips. She doesn't have a lot of junk in the trunk.
How about Jessica Biel? Is she curvy? Not in my book, but she curvy butt, so I bet her measurements look more hourglass than she appears.
I personally don't put Kate Upton on "team curvy." She is busty, but fairly straight from bust to hips. She does represent model diversity for that industry, and any form of model diversity makes me happy.
True hourglasses are pretty rare, maybe I'd count Salma Heyek, Eva Mendes and Sofia Vegara. In fact I think I be shocked to find many actresses with hourglass shapes, because most trainers seem to focus on creating narrow hips and a flat tummy. Not a narrow waist and round hips.
Miracle workers they are not! That's a rare shape> usually given in genes.
Again when I see a very thin woman I do not think "curvy", I think "thin skinny girl". Seems like the consensus amongst most people is that curvy is a combination of shape and size. While I'm sure some people would label a skinny woman with a defined WHR as curvy, I'd venture to say that most people don't see skinny woman as "curvy"(by society's definition).
I think that has a lot to do with the way the word curvy has been hijacked as a euphemism for fat. I agree, if someone were describing another person as curvy, I'd take that to mean big boobs and wouldn't assume anything else about their shape.
But I think that's wrong, not the actual meaning and it's time to reclaim the word.
This poster suggested that it's not the boobs or chest size that have to balance the hips, it's the shoulders. I don't know if I agree with that assessment completely, but I agree that if someone has shoulders significantly more narrow than their hips, it doesn't matter how big their boobs are, they are a pear.
I know for me, I looked like a pear, until I started lifting weights. No my shoulder balance my hips more than they used to. And I have no shortage of boobs. So I look less pear and more hourglass.
I think inverted triangles can look curvy. But not busty rulers. (i.e. Dolly Parton, her hips are pretty narrow)
I think that has a lot to do with the way the word curvy has been hijacked as a euphemism for fat. I agree, if someone were describing another person as curvy, I'd take that to mean big boobs and wouldn't assume anything else about their shape.
But I think that's wrong, not the actual meaning and it's time to reclaim the word.
I agree! And I am not small. But it really doesn't matter what my clothing size is, I have a difficult shape to fit. Curvy. Aka I have big boobs, a defined waist and thick thighs. Basically the shape that is clothing purgatory. (And the shape I will have if I am a size 4 or a size 16.)
Then maybe we can get some clothes cut for curvy people regardless of size. I recently sent a letter to the editor to one of the mainstream women's mags to stop labeling the plus size women "curvy" and instead just focus on body shape with a not on if plus sizes were available. You can be a small or plus sized apple or pear or or banana or hourglass. Also, I don't believe that "skinny" is a body type either.
Calling someone curvy these days gives you absolutely no idea of what their shape might be!
** and not everyone who is "curvy" aka larger wins the genetic lottery and gets bigger boobs. If that was true there wouldn't be a need for a 40AAA bra.
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Can I make one request?
That's a rare shape> usually given in genes.
So I look less pear and more hourglass.
