Body type analysis
Your body shape, and the cuts that follow from it.
Body type analysis from your answers and two body photos: it names your shape and your line, sharp, medium or soft. Then every cut in the library, 125+ for each gender, gets a verdict, Wear, Depends or Skip, with the reason.
- Wardrobe library
- 125+ cuts
- men and women
Two layers
Your shape names it. Your line decides it.
Two readings, not one: where the width of your frame sits, and whether its edges run sharp or soft. Two people with the same shape and different lines get different cuts.
Both cards show the sample analysis. Shape: Trapezoid. Line: Medium.
Layer 1 · Shape
Trapezoid
Shoulders a little broader than the hips, narrowing gradually.
Where does the width and definition of your figure show up: on your shoulders, at your waist, and on your hips? Your answers and two body photos decide it.
Shape and line
The same shape gets different cuts at each line.
Take one shape, the Trapezoid, and read it at each line. For every line, two jackets and two shirts from the catalog: the pieces the shape's rules let through, sorted by how sharply or softly each one is cut.
| Jackets and layers | Shirts and tops | |
|---|---|---|
| Sharp line |
|
|
| Medium line |
|
|
| Soft line |
|
|
The catalog's own pictures and names. Sweaters and trousers are on the shape's own page.
Find your shape
Five shapes for women, five for men.
Each one is defined by where the width of your frame sits, and by whether the waist breaks that width or runs with it. Your answers and two body photos place you in one of them.
Women
- HourglassShoulders and hips level with each other and a waist that clearly narrows between them.
- PearHips carrying more width than the shoulders.
- RectangleShoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
- Inverted TriangleShoulders carrying more width than the hips.
- AppleVolume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
Men
- TriangleWaist and hips carrying more width than the shoulders.
- TrapezoidShoulders a little broader than the hips, narrowing gradually.
- RectangleShoulders, waist and hips running close to the same width, with no sharp narrowing at the waist.
- Inverted TriangleShoulders much broader than the hips, narrowing sharply to the waist.
- OvalVolume gathered around the middle, with the waist the fullest part of the frame.
Cut library
Every cut gets a verdict, with the reason.
Jackets, tops, trousers, shirts. 125+ cuts for each gender, every one scored against your shape and your line.
Jackets
Cropped jacket
A short, structured jacket keeps your line sharp.
Tops
Fitted tank
Close and simple, lets the jacket lead.
Trousers
Wide-leg trousers
Only with a defined waist on top.
Shirts
Relaxed shirt
Soft volume blurs your structure.
Learn more
Learn more about body shape and line
- The method, in the openHow your shape and your line are decided, and what photos cannot show.
- Kibbe body types, explainedKibbe without the cult. What the system measures, the ten types with their 1987 heights, how to read your own, and how it fits with apple and pear.
- Men's proportions and fit: why the same jacket looks different on two menThe five men's body shapes, a mirror test and a tape test to tell yours, and what each one changes, from the jacket to the rise of your trousers.
- The sample analysisThe shape, the cut map and the reasons of a Trapezoid with a medium line, as a paid page shows them.
FAQ
Body type questions.
Your shape says where your frame carries its width: at the shoulders, the waist or the hips. Your line says how sharp or soft the edges of that frame are, sharp, medium or soft. The shape names you and the line decides your cuts, so two people with the same shape and different lines get different cuts.
No. You describe your proportions in a few questions, and two body photos let the analysis check them. Fixed rules weigh both, so one loose shirt in one photo cannot decide your shape.
A body shape and a line. The shape, hourglass, pear, rectangle, inverted triangle or apple, says where your frame carries its width. The line, sharp, medium or soft, says whether your clothes should run structured or fluid. The cut rules underneath come from the Kibbe system, which is why this page explains it, but your page names the shape and the line, the two things you can use straight away.
Something that follows your outline rather than hiding it. Fitted clothes, not a coat, and stand square to the camera. We show you what a usable photo looks like before you upload, and the analysis tells you when one did not work instead of guessing from it.
Read the reason it gives. Your answers carry the most weight, so a disagreement usually points at one answer worth revisiting rather than at the whole result. If something on your page is clearly wrong, email us and we will regenerate it.
Find out what suits you, and why.
A short questionnaire and five photos. Your key arrives by email, usually within 10 minutes.