tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post4516543596111614442..comments2024-02-24T21:32:24.044-06:00Comments on Sincerely Yours, Kate: Are you a Ruler or an Apple?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03513379876617697615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-55903267751169412562009-06-19T21:05:39.817-05:002009-06-19T21:05:39.817-05:00I am a ruler,I have no hips and small breast. but ...I am a ruler,I have no hips and small breast. but I think I have a nice body, especially my torso it is perfectedly curved.Deidrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17864217724575409570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-40263599142782022702008-07-16T13:27:00.000-05:002008-07-16T13:27:00.000-05:00I'm not going to say one figure type is more to be...I'm not going to say one figure type is more to be <B>desired</B> than another; I think each has its merits and beauties, regardless of how difficult one's own may be to shop or sew for during this current era. <BR/><BR/>However, the Ruler is certainly the most <B>versatile,</B> IMO, in terms of "most able to look like Something Else" - which is important, really, only in terms of <I>wanting</I> to look like Something Else. The Hourglass, as such, is the one that's pretty much stuck; she <I>has</I> to wear garments that are fitted to her figure, or she will look like The Blob, and that is NOT the 50s movie icon most of us hope to emulate.<BR/><BR/>I will say that IF Lauren is a Pear, she is absolutely wearing the right clothes for her Pear-shape - the wrap dress, the widelegged trousers, the strapless dress with the full skirt- are ABSOLUTELY what she (and any other Pears out there) should be wearing. It is possible that she looks so good because she's A Pear Who's Aware - aware and a-wearin' the right clothes for her figure. Those are the very items I would have recommended to her, and the very fact that she looks amazing in them indicates she made the right choices.<BR/><BR/>Is Carmen's waist SMALL, as in: quite tiny compared to her hips and bust (meaning, in turn, that they look LARGE compared to her waist), or is her waist simply very trim, as in, not particularly large, but neither is she? Generally the Ruler doesn't have a significantly indented waist - but it's possible for the V-shaped figure, of course, to have a small waist. Generally, however, even if her waist is <I>trim,</I> it's large compared to the size she needs to fit her hips. The significantly V-shaped woman may find that commercial skirts and trousers, if they fit her hips, tend to be too tight at the waist; if she buys them to fit her waist, they may actually be a size or two too big through the hips, and she may have "fins" of fabric at the sides where her hips do not fill out the material. <B>Sars</B> of <I>Tomato Nation</I> is a classic V-shape; she wears a size 14 top, size 10/12 waist, and size 8 hips; she's listed her sizes a couple of times, and it's clear that whether she's the size 12Bust/8Waist/6Hips she was a few years back, or the 14Bust/10-12Waist/8Hips she is now, she's a V-shape, and she's likely to stay that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-11417694939770292652008-07-11T22:12:00.000-05:002008-07-11T22:12:00.000-05:00Oh what delightful comments. I laughed and laughed...Oh what delightful comments. I laughed and laughed out loud at the description of "nature's bustle." I long for one, but figure I compensate with my ample frontside. :)<BR/><BR/>Knowing both Lauren and Carmen personally, I believe they both have misjudged their own figures. I can't speak to Carla, but La Belladonna you make a ruler sound like the ultimate figure. We should all be jealous. <BR/><BR/>Carmen, I would peg you as a ruler, maybe even a slight inverted triangle. To me, you always seem to have narrow hips, and a petite rear end. You do have a nice slim waist. I think you would look stunning in a pencil skirt, and you pull off the hourglass look well. That dress you wore to your rehearsal dinner is a perfect example!<BR/><BR/>Lauren, I would bet you to be a ruler or an minimal hourglass, if not a barely-there inverted triangle. I think visually your shoulders appear as broad, if not broader, than your hips. Plus, the fact that you look SOOOOOO fabulous in wrap dress, wide legged pants, and that cute brown strapless and full skirted dress you have been wearing all summer is a dead giveaway that you are not a pear at all. Otherwise your bottom would look huge in those style, and it doesn't.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the interactive comments, all of you! It means a lot to me to have this conversation.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513379876617697615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-14035679631183180942008-07-11T17:12:00.000-05:002008-07-11T17:12:00.000-05:00Lauren, you are not really likely to be a Ruler AN...<B>Lauren,</B> you are not really likely to be a Ruler AND a Pear. Have someone take a picture of you from the back; are your shoulders the same width as your hips? They ARE? Okay, you might be a ruler. Is your waist 6 inches or less smaller than your bust and your hips? Sounds like Ruler to me. On the other hand, are your hips wider than your shoulders? Pear. Plain and simple. "But--" Pear. On the OTHER other hand: Shoulders and hips LOOK the same; waist is not very small; but the hip MEASUREMENT is sure wider than my bust measurement i--- WAIT. WHAT'S THAT THING FOLLOWING ME? It's big, and round, and the guys are watching it and - oops. It's Nature's Bustle! If your shoulders and hips appear the same width from side to side (and NO, you DO NOT MEASURE AROUND YOUR SHOULDERS TO SEE "HOW WIDE" THEY ARE!!!! IT'S A HORIZONTAL PERCEPTION!), but your hip measurements measure <B>as if</B> you're hippy - but you're not, you have a nice rounded backside, you are likely to be a Ruler With A Round Rump. Measurements, of course, are always helpful. But one is seldom a Ruler/Pear cross; shoulders and bust smaller than the hips is usually what we call a "Pear" - but it does have to do with the SHOULDER WIDTH more than the bust measurement.<BR/><BR/><B>Carla,</B> I am sorry if it is not what you want for yourself - but there are things you can do physically to modify your build (I'm talking sensible workouts with weights, or dance, depending on what you'd like to pack on in terms of curves). You also have THE EASIEST, BESTEST shape to modify into ANY of the historical shapes. You can rock ANY of the fabulous slinky 20s fashions, you Erte pinup girl, you; you can wear all the others, too: you can create that 30s/40s V-shape, and you can even create the 50s Pear if you want, as well as the Hourglass. You can also wear the clothes of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and Oughts. You are limited only by your imagination. Suck back that sigh, dear. You can be the Mistress of Illusions, if you so choose, because unto your shape alone is all choice given.<BR/><BR/><B>Carmen,</B> Nature doesn't have to be Destiny, unless you want to let it. First, have someone take a photograph <B>from the back</B> to see where you really are in Pear/Hourglass terms. And then decide what you want to do about it. Hips, particularly, CAN be reshaped by exercise; over the past six months, I have personally watched an athletic runner at my gym, who was an Hourglass, slip into an unmistakeable Pear, because she wasn't running the way she used to. I have personally shifted my Upper Hip/Lower Hip distribution with exercise (once I did it so fast I was <I>lopsided;</I> the fat that makes the shape had just kind of ... slipped). And I do think our <B>Kate</B> is a V with, as she says, strong Red Delicious tendencies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-8399286814622967912008-07-02T10:27:00.000-05:002008-07-02T10:27:00.000-05:00Haha Carmen, that is too funny! I sometimes feel l...Haha Carmen, that is too funny! I sometimes feel like my body is preparing for pregnancy by stretching out my stomach into a maternity-like shape... but that could just be the cheesecake I ate last week!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513379876617697615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-44997314214063036672008-07-01T22:59:00.000-05:002008-07-01T22:59:00.000-05:00I think I'm an hourglass that's slowly becoming pe...I think I'm an hourglass that's slowly becoming pearlike. When I mentioned this to my mom she said something about how it's my body preparing for children, but she really wants grandchildren so I think she's just projecting.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548483000325607973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-80820462825711580552008-06-30T16:15:00.000-05:002008-06-30T16:15:00.000-05:00A lifelong ruler here — that is, unless I gain mor...A lifelong ruler here — that is, unless I gain more weight, in which case I will definitely be an apple. My rulerish-ness comes straight from my mother and her mother. Shoulders, bust, waist, hips — they are in almost a straight line. Sigh.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355049728821123373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411781376891158701.post-68827417247345336272008-06-28T20:16:00.000-05:002008-06-28T20:16:00.000-05:00I think I'm a Ruler and a Pear. I don't know! It's...I think I'm a Ruler and a Pear. I don't know! It's like trying to figure out your face shape, you need someone else to tell you.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538295131865197864noreply@blogger.com