If you have a long chin to mid-bust point and long knee to sole of the foot proportion, but your thigh is short as is your waist, and if both halves of your body are relatively equal, then you may have a balanced body, but with a short mid-body.
Since you have a long decolletage, play it up, wear great jewellery, or put interesting detail and necklines on to draw attention to it.
As you have longer calves, draw attention to your feet with fabulous shoes. Skirt hems can also be detailed to draw the eye to this longer proportion. Keep skirts and dresses around knee length to make your legs look longer.
Keep your shorter mid-body clear of detail. Avoid wide belts. Use empire waist garments to create the illusion of a longer waist.
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Wow. I don't think I can even imagine this body proportion (though I may well have it!) – for some reason I find these proportion posts challenging to understand (not because of how you describe it, which is very clear). It's just some kind of visual block I guess.
I've never heard my own body described this way, but this is spot on. Very interesting! Thank you!
This is me! (although I try to think of myself as long-legged, rather than short bodied) Imogen your tips are spot on. Princess lines work really well for me, as do knee length skirts and deep necklines.
K.Line – just looking at your pic on your blog you look fairly balanced.
Goodworks – glad to be of assistance!
Jamtart – I like to think of myself as long legged too!
Always accentuate the positive.
thanks! that's helping alot already
thanks! that's helping alot already
This isn't quite my body type since I don't really have super-long legs, but a lot of the rest of it (short waist, long decolletage) fits, and your tips are *really* helpful. I do some of these things already like wear empire waists with a wide band to balance the disparity between waist and hip, but sometimes I just have a hunch that something works but I'm not sure why. Thanks for helping me understand.
If I’m proportional from chin to mid-bust and from mid-knee to foot, and short in the other measurements, does that still count?
Ashley – yes – this would be the best option to work with as you’re short through the middle.
Great! Thanks.
I am exactly this, so thank you, Imogen.
But I do have a clash in my mind now regarding body shape and body proportions.
I am a figure 8. Most of my fat is concentrated on the hips high up and lower abs. I never liked wearing empire waist garments as I always thought that I look pregnant in them!
Especially this kind really never suited me I felt: https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0mXD647UYL3l9HSmQqoccb7GQtRkjOhly2tH5rFtuvZyiBccR
Also , for figure 8s, you suggest the waist should be emphasised with belts?! For my body proportions I shouldn’t stress my waist though, you say??
Please advise!
Susie – as your waist is balanced you can belt at your waist – 8 shapes look great in belts too.
PS I am neither short nor long waisted (I can fit exactly 2 handwidths under my bust to my waist).