So my SL SO likes a woman shorter and with a lot more curve than my “normal” shape. I don’t care much if that’s his preference, so what the heck. But my clothes look totally different now and I’m not necessarily happy with the way they fit, running into similar body type issues that I have in RL, where I’m average height at 5’7” and very curvy and top heavy. Long lines are nearly impossible to achieve with an hourglass figure. I won’t use the term he used to describe why long lines are what is fashionable; suffice it to say that the suggestion he makes is an interesting one and goes to the focus being on drape and flow in a fabric rather than what would actually look best on a “real” woman.
Anyway I got curious and looked it up. Several different sources suggest the average woman in America is a B cup. A few others claim that’s changed in the last 10 years or so to a C cup, for varying reasons which are not relevant to this discussion. I would guess my “normal” SL shape has a C cup, and my new curvier shape is much much much larger in the bosom area. Again, makes things looks completely different.
What’s been really interesting though as I’ve made the switch to a meatier shape is discovering that the same outfit looks completely different on me now. Below is a great example.
My new shape, the shape on the left, is curvy, and this outfit really accentuates the hourglass look. The focus here is on the body, rather than on the clothes. This is really apparent when you look at the shape on the right in the same outfit. Notice how the longer leaner shape really shows off the clothes well, and they become the focus rather than the woman who is wearing them. I found that interesting and began to wonder…could he be right? I decided to try another.
Wow what a difference. In think this outfit is great on both shapes actually, but it really highlights the extreme differences in the two. And I suppose this is the point of my post. In SL, we don’t have to be stuck with it, we don’t need surgery to change it, and it’s a simple slider adjustment to make our cheekbones a little higher or our hips a little wider or our legs a little longer. And sometimes we might benefit from playing around a little with a slider or two to achieve exactly the right fit we want in the clothing we buy, rather than fighting a prim. Try it, you’ll be surprised how some small adjustments can make a very big difference.
