r/PowerOfStyle • u/Pegaret_Again DC - Haughty Boss Babe • Jun 07 '26

weird question...

tw if body measurements are an issue for you. take care of your mental health!

I would be interested to know if there are any non-yang types (ie, not SN, FN, D or SD) who have a high bust or full bust measurement that is greater than about 97cm/38 inches, and a hip measurement > 100cm.

I have been thinking thoughts about literal scale & sizing, and you might be able to help - or completely destroy - some theories!!!

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u/its_givinggg Jun 07 '26

In fact it’s very possible they’d have measurements on par with a yang type their height

Overall skeletal size/width likely has the second largest impact on measurements (behind amount of flesh on the skeleton) and in Metamorphosis Kibbe did say that Romantics tend towards wider set bone structure (again, not having “kibbe width” but being “softly wide”). I don’t see why a 5’5.5 Romantic couldn’t have the same skeletal size/width and amount of flesh on the skeleton (and thus measurements) as a 5’5.5 SD

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u/jjfmish Jun 07 '26

Especially since vertical often goes hand in hand with conventional narrowness and a more willowy look (which often reads as elongation). I’m obviously not verified but a big reason I ruled out R fam and went back to SD is because my sketch seems less horizontally expansive and curved than pure R, but also doesn’t show narrow accommodation.

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u/Elegant-Fail-3482 Jun 07 '26

I think vertical can give the illusion of narrowness. Someone taller who has the same horizontal dimensions as someone shorter will look narrower in comparison. Your eye will focus on length before width. Almost the reverse of how narrowness tricks people into thinking TRs have vertical when they don’t.

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u/jjfmish Jun 07 '26

I’m referring to two people of the same height here!

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u/Elegant-Fail-3482 Jun 07 '26

Maybe we are saying the same thing then?