The shape of things to wear

November 25, 2005

hourglass womanScientists identify how women’s figures have changed in 50 years

The fashion industry is ignoring the changing shapes of women’s bodies, a study claims today. Designers and manufacturers still insist on making clothes that fit the traditional hourglass figure, when women’s shapes are more likely to be top-heavy, rectangular or pear-shaped.

The research found that although only 8 per cent of women now had the sort of hourglass figure flaunted by curvaceous 1950s film stars such as Sophia Loren, designers and manufacturers continued to make clothes to fit a slim-line version of that figure.

[Via The Independent]

As long as they continue making clothes for those 8% I have no problem…

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  1. well , girlz are all good , regardless to what they wear , cuz anything they wear it looks great but when they pick their cloth carefully - and this is what they always do - they r simply GREAT !

    CHEERZ !

    Comment by Dar — November 25, 2005 @ 6:19 PM

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