Body type C: Description

Dress for Your Body Type: Body Type C by Caroline Grant. If you are a Body Type C, your shoulders and torso are broader than your waist is not very clearly defined.

Specifically:

• Average to broad shoulders.
• Slim legs.
• Almost no definition at the waist.
• Very often, a flat bottom.
• Often, short-waisted. 

The advantage they all share is that they can wear any kind of trousers, whatever is on trend, and also lots of skirts. When Body Type Cs put on weight, it usually starts on their belly and torso, and then it is the last place they lose it. This is the main challenge when dressing, especially if they have a full middle.

Body type A

Dress for Your Body Type: Body Type A by Caroline Grant.

Definition

Body type As have shoulders and torso that are narrower than her hips.

More specifically:

• A small to medium frame (slim torso and narrow rib cage), and small to medium bust.
• Narrow or sloped shoulders.
• A small waist.
• Fuller lower hips and bottom.
• Full legs.

The advantage Body type As share is that tons of skirts look great on them (trousers are more tricky, I'm afraid, but then again they are for all but the slimmest, and Body type Cs). They can also wear most of the bells and whistles of any season on their tops.
When Body type As put on weight, it usually starts on their hips and thighs, and it is usually the last place where they lose it.

What's the ideal we will try to create?

To subtly widen the appearance of her upper body to balance it with her lower body.

How to achieve it?

Bottoms:

• Solid colours or subtle patterns that flatter her silhouette (the size will depend of her height and weight).
• Creating a straight line or an A-line.
• Made of fabrics that are fluid, not stiff.

Tops:

• Details that make them visually interesting.
• Creating the widest posible line for her shoulders, either through cut or pattern.

I am using in my blog Kendall Farr's Body Types A, B, C, D, E, F. She's a genius.
Other names for Body type As are: inverted triangle, pear shape, or A shape. I don't approve of these names, sorry: no one is a fruit or a thing.

Body type B

Dress for Your Body Type: Body Type B by Caroline Grant. If you are a Body Type B, your shoulders and torso are roughly the same width as your hips, and your waist is very clearly defined.

Specifically, she has:

• The line of their shoulders is in balance with their hips.
• Good legs and bust.
• Defined waist.

The advantage Body type Bs enjoy is that they are well-proportioned, and most cultures consider theirs the ideal female body, although the bombshell potential in them makes it necessary to keep it in check for work. When Body type Bs put on weight, they do it all round, but especially around the hips and bust. The last place to put on weight is usually their waist. When they lose weight, they also notice it all round, but especially around the hips.

I am using in my blog Kendall Farr's Body Types. She's a genius.
Other names for Body type Bs are "hourglass" or even "bombshell".