I am a weird shape. Anyone recognise this shape?

[madmomma]

I have such a weird shape and it's a bugger to dress. I was wondering if there's anyone who is a similar shape and if so what do you look best in?

I have the legs of a size 8 person with the hips, waist and torso of a size 14 person. Literally no fat on my legs at all but not a typical apple shape as I do have a waist and really curvy hips- they're just way out of proportion with my legs. If you remember the game 'misfits' it's like the mid-section of my body belongs to a different person! I look like a block on sticks in skinny jeans but am loathe to do anything bootcut or flared. Would really appreciate any advice, thanks.

If Trinny and Susannah were here I'm sure they'd be raving about your assets in terms of trousers/jeans I would think you'd need something to balance out the top half e.g. Wide legged/flared, or pale/bright/patterned colours.

so you're like an hourglass on a stick? You might try focussing on one feature and drawing attention to that e.g. Using a wide elastic belt to show off your great waist.

Seriously though, I 'd check out their books if I were you as I saw their show in Australia the other day and they covered lots of uncommon body shapes i.e. Not just pear, apple, hourglass, etc.

Aw thanks freelance - just been away hence late reply. Yes I'm exactly like an hourglass on sticks. But not a slim hourglass. I have their books, and did look recently at the one with loads of different body shapes in it. Didn't recognise any of them but dd said I was one of them. Will check again. I think you're right about wide-legged trousers. I need some that fall straight down from my hips I think. Will get looking. Thanks.x