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hm, sorri i can't help much, i'm nearly 13 and i'm like, flat. but how do u kno whether ur an hourglass or not? i'm confuzzled...

tis cat~

I'm a 34 C/D (it changes with different bras but if we gonna go by true measurements then I'm a 34D). I have large hips as well (38"). But I have like no middle. XD I'm like big boobs, box, big hips. I have to tailor my shirts so that I can look like I have a nice waist. D: So I like to wear corsets (or just a cute plain Wal-Mart brand waist cincher). I have small shoulders though. But I'm not ever sure if that's good or bad. D:
Japnese brand loli clothing is usually going to be small. They are almost always made in one size only so you really have to be careful.
But I'm a proud of my boobs and try to show them off as much as possible even though in Japan a lolita with large breasts is undesirable (it takes away from the doll look). That's why a lot of American lolita clothing isn't really lolita (showing too much skin and wearing too short of skirts falls into this as well).
But the loli dresses that I do own, I have not latered but left them alone for however they make me look, and one of 'em actually makes me look almost flat. XD
I want an hour glass figure. D:

In case I confused anyone:
Bust: 36"
Waist: 29"
Hips: 38"

Oi. I've no idea why I didn't post here earlier. This post is pretty pointless by now, but oh well. :

I like the corset + nice shirt combo the most, though.

Pretty much every suggestion I had has already been given, but heck. I feel like complaining too. biggrin

I look like a squat middle aged woman, or so the casual clothes that "fit" give the illusion of.. aksjfaslkjf. Even though over the past year or so I've lost some weight- the overall SHAPE of my body makes clothes impossible as opposed to the size. Most clothes make me look like I don't have a waist, and that I'm just a giant shapeless blob. (I'd love a smaller waist, but what's the point if everything I wear looks like I don't have one to begin with? gonk )

I'm nearly an hourglass figure, with a bust of 42 inches, a waist of 32, and hips at 41. (I find it funny that I'm top heavy. Usually if you're almost an hourglass aren't your hips usually the slightly bigger part? D: )

To accompany my bust I have man shoulders, which also make appearing feminine difficult. To attempt to take away attention from that, I like the assistance of vests, much like the ones that someone already mentioned- the ones that usually end up cutting off right below the bust, at least. So instead of "Wow, she's huge, and has shoulders like a linebacker", one is more likely to notice that I actually have a waist. heart

If it weren't for that kind of vest, corsets over shirts, or shirts that pretty much come with a built-in hourglass shape, I'd appear to be much more of a blob than I sometimes seem to be. biggrin

I know how you feel!
I'm 42 29 42, an hourglass shape which doesn't exactly work with my preferance of Ama and Classic Lolita xp

I know your pain about looking shapless.
sometimes I swear the way clothes look on me make me feel like i have a mans body!!!

But corsets really work, I have a rather big chest for a 15 year old female. and its hard to find anything that makes me look decent.
whenever I wear lolita i look like a blob of monster thats going to consume the school and i when i wear a little bit of baggier clothes I look like I'm a man.

ouch...

But you know being a A75-AA75 is also not that fun, becouse most dresses in western countries (here at least) are made for people with more bust.

Tying breasts down is painfull even for small ones, i do it often

I have the same condition as Scruthy too, with my back that is. Its very painfull too.

For me its hard finding a dress that fits becouse of my small size.

Im only 161cm tall and weigh 45kg, and alot of the skirts i want either are too big on the chest or leave an annoying bad somewhere on my back. Its terrible. I guess it really must be that skirts are made badly if not bought from Japan (ok.. they are here)