I am blessed enough that when I was a pear shaped teenager crying in the changing rooms, my mother hugged me and told me that the clothes were the problem, not me.
A friend of mine went suit shopping with her aunt for a new job. None of them fit her well, and she was getting sad and frustrated, but her aunt said to her "No, there is nothing wrong with you. When men's suits don't fit, they take it to a tailor. Society only expects women to tailor their bodies to fit the clothes". This was quite some time ago, I think there is much more pressure now on men to look a certain way with the proliferation of super hero movies and "health" influencers, but I still think this holds true today. Not to mention the fact that traditionally male clothing tends to be looser, more easy fit, with less style lines and tight points/design details that need to line up with body parts (for example, bust darts are the bane of my existence, they're ALWAYS in the wrong place for me. waistlines that need to fall on the natural waist can also be a problem, as are jeans with knee details for a lot of people. The sheer cosmic horror of finding a jumpsuit or romper that fits is a NIGHTMARE.) All this to say, what a marvelous concept and a worthy use of time and effort.
I hate buying clothes. Nothing looks right. Apple-shaped middle. Protruding tummy & my waist in front is lower than back, not parallel to floor. Also, "plus sized." Your body positivity is very appreciated. ❤
@@batya7 as someone who got super into corsetry for a while, I can tell you that skeletally speaking everyone's waist tips forward like this, but it's MUCH harder to pattern for and uses more fabric, so fashion companies just even it out for simplicities sake. Which of course means our clothing simply does not fit. It's more obvious on plus sized bodies, but it's true of everyone. You're being gaslit by the fashion industry. (For real, if you look at fitted waistbands from garments through history they are often curvy as heck, or narrow enough that it doesn't matter, in which case the extra fabric is moved into the skirt panels or yoke.)
I’m a very deep hourglass shape, my waist is 30cm smaller than my hips and 23cm smaller than my chest. I also have very noticeable hipdips. Buying pants is a nightmare, and I pretty much don’t even wear them anymore. I went to university for fashion design and have been making most of my own clothes ever since bc it’s so frustrating to try and buy ready to wear stuff
@@andieamfm we think the penny is finally dropping that readymade clothing isn’t fit for purpose. Same as ready patterns. Those who want clothes to fit are taking up pattern drafting.
I’m in my 60s and I’m learning to sew because nothing off the store rack fits. Back in highschool I learned to sew but didn’t appreciate the skill, gave it up, forgot how. Recently I signed up for a continuing education sewing class in my community, which starts in Nov. Meantime I’m teaching myself to sew. ❤ love your channel (new) subscriber, “weird bodies”unite! ❤ 🇨🇦
I love this so much! As a fellow pear shape, I feel this. Clothes never fit me quite right. Even when I was super skinny with ribs showing on my top half, I still had full on hips and massive bum on the bottom. Recently, I started loving the look of relaxed and understated dresses (smock type ones) But everything I ordered just looked awful on my pear body as it was made for rectangles. I tried making my own from patterns but the skirts always looked frumpy. I discovered that the tops could work fine with mild tweaks as they were oversized dolman types so very forgiving, but I swapped the skirt pattern for trapezoid or circles that I drafted and it made such a difference. Super comfy, relaxed fitting dress that emphasised my smaller waist and flowed over my large hips and bum. Flattering and finally I could dress the way I wanted! I have made so many dresses like this now. I am going to ask hubby for your course for Christmas to be able to draft tops that fit. I got scared off of making form fitting tops as the measurements in patterns never worked properly and I do so hate wasting fabric! I want a pattern that truly works for me. I want to learn to make my own blocks so I can sew a Victorian bodice for the museum I work in. I am super inspired by this and thank you for making me feel a bit more positive about my weird and wonky body!
@@Holly_hamigakiko thank you for your kind words. You are so right about fit & flare for pear shapes. Works a treat! We look forward to seeing you as a student x
I’m a plus sized rectangle, thick waist 10 sizes bigger than my hips. Men’s jeans actually fit me better than styles for curvy women. I love making my own clothes because it’s like a puzzle I can put together. I’ve learned how to grade a pattern but my favorite is self drafting, Japanese sewing recipes and comfortable clothing. I’m done trying to fit into someone else’s box.
I have found my club! ☺️ In addition to the hippiness versus waistliless and chestliless of some fellow members, I also have very muscular calves. If anything would ever fit my hips and waist, it wouldn’t fit my calves. I did feel a bit off from time to time, no jeggings for me! I finally decided to tackle pants and shorts fitting … and I get closer with each make. I want to stop depending on stretch factor to allow my clothes to fit. 😂
I love your channel! I have short, athletic legs and long skinny torso and starting to sew my clothes was the best thing ever. Finally high waisted trousers are sitting on my waist, not hips. By making my own patterns I learned what is good and comfy for my body.
Back in the early 90’s I took some weekend courses in sewing and pattern alterations. The teacher had been sewing for years and teaching almost 30 years. High school as well as college students plus the weekends. In all that time she only had one high school student that was a measurement perfectly size! They measured her 5 times to verify!!! I never have nor will have the the weird standards to fit ready made. I also made my children weirdly too. Hence the weekend courses to fit them!
Do you make cotton bras. They are no where to be found. I would love to make my own bras. I live in Arizona where temperatures are extremely hot and it’s from May to August and wearing polyester is so uncomfortable. Can you help?
I am a member of the "Weird Body Club"! I'm pretty normal shaped until you get to my waist which is RIGHT above my prominent high hips. So, my smallest part is directly above my widest part.
Do you have any patterns or advice for trousers for a strongly pear-shaped figure? Trousers are hard enough without the complex adjustments I need just to get in the ballpark of a good fit.
I am in the weird body club for more reasons. I have a pear shaped body (or so I believe) but I also have scoliosis and sensory issues. I need more help with thinking things through, because the scoliosis makes my bodice weird shaped in my own way. :-/ I haven't found anyone to talk about this. It saddens me so much.
I am a major note taker. I mark down what fabrics I like, what sleeve lengths appeal, what feels good and what feels bad. A book I’ve really enjoyed flipping through is Carla Mason Mathis’ “The Triumph of Individual Style: A Guide to Dressing Your Body, Your Beauty, Your Self.” It is an older title, but approaches fashion from an art perspective. Exaggerate vs minimize a feature, color palettes, proportions, etc. You have 3 intertwining niches converging in one amazing person, @HoneySummers, and finding an exact twin may be difficult. But you can certainly find a tribe of each individually, and start pulling the best info from those groups! Bernadette Banner (TH-cam) has scoliosis and makes clothes for herself. If I remember correctly, the recommendations I’ve read suggest creating both right and left bodice blocks. So, your measurements will be made in quarters (front right, front left, back right, back left). A lot of us that fit into “natural/athletic/boho/sporty” style types are pretty aware of clothing feel, and we won’t wear something that isn’t comfortable. If the shoes pinch or the tag irritates or the sleeve keeps us from free movement, it doesn’t get worn. Finally, I get a ton of info from insideoutstyle.com by Imogen Lamport. She approaches fashion from a very scientific POV, and her website is a feast. Enjoy the learning process.
According to clothing manufacturers, I have the body of a man or maybe a large child. I certainly don't look that way though. But every button up shirt I've ever tried has arms way too skinny compared to the body, every women's t-shirt adds so much fabric at the hips I look like I'm wearing a plastic bag and the neckline is so wide it makes me look like a giraffe with neck gains, and for several years I couldn't find any pants that fit because from the butt upwards, they were so big they would fall off without a belt. I just buy men's shirts now, they actually fit and are better quality anyways.
Love this video! Pattern questions about abdominal ‘apron’. After loosin weight my loose skin and layer of fat hangs below my crotch also all commercial panties have leg openings way too big for me. Help or ideas please, at 74 y/o I am determined to have panties that fit
I have a weird body shape because I have a stoma and a large hernia, so I'm very lopsided, by about 10 cm difference from hip to centre line, 😢. I'm only about size 10 uk.❤
I am blessed enough that when I was a pear shaped teenager crying in the changing rooms, my mother hugged me and told me that the clothes were the problem, not me.
A very wise woman
A friend of mine went suit shopping with her aunt for a new job. None of them fit her well, and she was getting sad and frustrated, but her aunt said to her "No, there is nothing wrong with you. When men's suits don't fit, they take it to a tailor. Society only expects women to tailor their bodies to fit the clothes". This was quite some time ago, I think there is much more pressure now on men to look a certain way with the proliferation of super hero movies and "health" influencers, but I still think this holds true today.
Not to mention the fact that traditionally male clothing tends to be looser, more easy fit, with less style lines and tight points/design details that need to line up with body parts (for example, bust darts are the bane of my existence, they're ALWAYS in the wrong place for me. waistlines that need to fall on the natural waist can also be a problem, as are jeans with knee details for a lot of people. The sheer cosmic horror of finding a jumpsuit or romper that fits is a NIGHTMARE.)
All this to say, what a marvelous concept and a worthy use of time and effort.
I hate buying clothes. Nothing looks right. Apple-shaped middle. Protruding tummy & my waist in front is lower than back, not parallel to floor. Also, "plus sized." Your body positivity is very appreciated. ❤
@@batya7 as someone who got super into corsetry for a while, I can tell you that skeletally speaking everyone's waist tips forward like this, but it's MUCH harder to pattern for and uses more fabric, so fashion companies just even it out for simplicities sake. Which of course means our clothing simply does not fit. It's more obvious on plus sized bodies, but it's true of everyone. You're being gaslit by the fashion industry. (For real, if you look at fitted waistbands from garments through history they are often curvy as heck, or narrow enough that it doesn't matter, in which case the extra fabric is moved into the skirt panels or yoke.)
I’m a very deep hourglass shape, my waist is 30cm smaller than my hips and 23cm smaller than my chest. I also have very noticeable hipdips. Buying pants is a nightmare, and I pretty much don’t even wear them anymore. I went to university for fashion design and have been making most of my own clothes ever since bc it’s so frustrating to try and buy ready to wear stuff
@@andieamfm we think the penny is finally dropping that readymade clothing isn’t fit for purpose. Same as ready patterns. Those who want clothes to fit are taking up pattern drafting.
I’m in my 60s and I’m learning to sew because nothing off the store rack fits. Back in highschool I learned to sew but didn’t appreciate the skill, gave it up, forgot how. Recently I signed up for a continuing education sewing class in my community, which starts in Nov. Meantime I’m teaching myself to sew. ❤ love your channel (new) subscriber, “weird bodies”unite! ❤ 🇨🇦
@@LibAlcock welcome! We have really just started on TH-cam so please spread the word x
I love this so much! As a fellow pear shape, I feel this. Clothes never fit me quite right. Even when I was super skinny with ribs showing on my top half, I still had full on hips and massive bum on the bottom.
Recently, I started loving the look of relaxed and understated dresses (smock type ones) But everything I ordered just looked awful on my pear body as it was made for rectangles.
I tried making my own from patterns but the skirts always looked frumpy. I discovered that the tops could work fine with mild tweaks as they were oversized dolman types so very forgiving, but I swapped the skirt pattern for trapezoid or circles that I drafted and it made such a difference. Super comfy, relaxed fitting dress that emphasised my smaller waist and flowed over my large hips and bum. Flattering and finally I could dress the way I wanted! I have made so many dresses like this now.
I am going to ask hubby for your course for Christmas to be able to draft tops that fit. I got scared off of making form fitting tops as the measurements in patterns never worked properly and I do so hate wasting fabric! I want a pattern that truly works for me.
I want to learn to make my own blocks so I can sew a Victorian bodice for the museum I work in.
I am super inspired by this and thank you for making me feel a bit more positive about my weird and wonky body!
@@Holly_hamigakiko thank you for your kind words. You are so right about fit & flare for pear shapes. Works a treat! We look forward to seeing you as a student x
I’m a plus sized rectangle, thick waist 10 sizes bigger than my hips. Men’s jeans actually fit me better than styles for curvy women. I love making my own clothes because it’s like a puzzle I can put together. I’ve learned how to grade a pattern but my favorite is self drafting, Japanese sewing recipes and comfortable clothing. I’m done trying to fit into someone else’s box.
I have found my club! ☺️ In addition to the hippiness versus waistliless and chestliless of some fellow members, I also have very muscular calves. If anything would ever fit my hips and waist, it wouldn’t fit my calves. I did feel a bit off from time to time, no jeggings for me!
I finally decided to tackle pants and shorts fitting … and I get closer with each make. I want to stop depending on stretch factor to allow my clothes to fit. 😂
I love your channel! I have short, athletic legs and long skinny torso and starting to sew my clothes was the best thing ever. Finally high waisted trousers are sitting on my waist, not hips. By making my own patterns I learned what is good and comfy for my body.
Back in the early 90’s I took some weekend courses in sewing and pattern alterations. The teacher had been sewing for years and teaching almost 30 years. High school as well as college students plus the weekends. In all that time she only had one high school student that was a measurement perfectly size! They measured her 5 times to verify!!!
I never have nor will have the the weird standards to fit ready made. I also made my children weirdly too. Hence the weekend courses to fit them!
Do you make cotton bras. They are no where to be found. I would love to make my own bras. I live in Arizona where temperatures are extremely hot and it’s from May to August and wearing polyester is so uncomfortable. Can you help?
Sigh. I am a rectangle. Those clothes are not meant to fit me, either. Nothing fits. That's why I started to learn to make patterns and sew.
As we say “clothes should fit you, not the other way around”
I am a member of the "Weird Body Club"! I'm pretty normal shaped until you get to my waist which is RIGHT above my prominent high hips. So, my smallest part is directly above my widest part.
@@frannygrace2191 we are all different but clothing isn’t. It’s the clothes that should fit us, not the other way around!
Oh my! Love this! I need more please! A pant and bodice block?
Do you have any patterns or advice for trousers for a strongly pear-shaped figure? Trousers are hard enough without the complex adjustments I need just to get in the ballpark of a good fit.
@@danicatempleton6745 we are currently working on a trousers course and pears are covered in that. Once you get the fit it’s a game changer
I am in the weird body club for more reasons. I have a pear shaped body (or so I believe) but I also have scoliosis and sensory issues. I need more help with thinking things through, because the scoliosis makes my bodice weird shaped in my own way. :-/ I haven't found anyone to talk about this. It saddens me so much.
I am a major note taker. I mark down what fabrics I like, what sleeve lengths appeal, what feels good and what feels bad.
A book I’ve really enjoyed flipping through is Carla Mason Mathis’ “The Triumph of Individual Style: A Guide to Dressing Your Body, Your Beauty, Your Self.” It is an older title, but approaches fashion from an art perspective.
Exaggerate vs minimize a feature, color palettes, proportions, etc.
You have 3 intertwining niches converging in one amazing person, @HoneySummers, and finding an exact twin may be difficult. But you can certainly find a tribe of each individually, and start pulling the best info from those groups!
Bernadette Banner (TH-cam) has scoliosis and makes clothes for herself. If I remember correctly, the recommendations I’ve read suggest creating both right and left bodice blocks. So, your measurements will be made in quarters (front right, front left, back right, back left).
A lot of us that fit into “natural/athletic/boho/sporty” style types are pretty aware of clothing feel, and we won’t wear something that isn’t comfortable. If the shoes pinch or the tag irritates or the sleeve keeps us from free movement, it doesn’t get worn.
Finally, I get a ton of info from insideoutstyle.com by Imogen Lamport. She approaches fashion from a very scientific POV, and her website is a feast.
Enjoy the learning process.
According to clothing manufacturers, I have the body of a man or maybe a large child. I certainly don't look that way though. But every button up shirt I've ever tried has arms way too skinny compared to the body, every women's t-shirt adds so much fabric at the hips I look like I'm wearing a plastic bag and the neckline is so wide it makes me look like a giraffe with neck gains, and for several years I couldn't find any pants that fit because from the butt upwards, they were so big they would fall off without a belt. I just buy men's shirts now, they actually fit and are better quality anyways.
❤️
Love this video! Pattern questions about abdominal ‘apron’. After loosin weight my loose skin and layer of fat hangs below my crotch also all commercial panties have leg openings way too big for me. Help or ideas please, at 74 y/o I am determined to have panties that fit
I had that problem, too. I wear my panties backwards! It fixed the problem for me, and nobody checks the tag on my unders, so nobody knows!
I have a weird body shape because I have a stoma and a large hernia, so I'm very lopsided, by about 10 cm difference from hip to centre line, 😢. I'm only about size 10 uk.❤
I can so relate to small boobs and very large hip by 12 yrs old. Thank you!
Love your channel!
Thanks!