Remember to take all measurements standing upright with a straight back. What is my body shape. Triangle aka pear hips wider than bust defined bust but not waist proportionately slim arms and shoulders weight. The 5 main female body types are as follows. Bend sideways to find your waist which is the narrowest part of your torso. To measure your three inflection points as they are known all you need is a tape measure.
Rectangle straight or banana. Generally the dimensions of a persons body are determined based on the circumference of their form at the three key points of the hips waist and bust. For example you are an inverted triangle if your shoulders are 36 inches and your hips are 3425 inches or smaller. If your waist measurements are about the same as your hip or bust and your shoulders. You probably have slim arms. With this shape your shoulders and bust are narrower than your hips.
Measure around the fullest part of your hips. Waist hip ratio whr is defined as the ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference. So what are these different body types. Rectangle a rectangle is a woman whose body shape means having waist measurements that are less than 9 inches smaller. You are an inverted triangle if your shoulder or bust measurement is more than 5 bigger than your hip measurement shoulders or bust hips 105. With your arms relaxed by your sides measure around the fullest part of your bust.