Last updated on September 12th, 2025 at 04:26 pm
Can You Be In Between Body Shapes?
Yes, you can be in between body shapes! And it is very common.
There are 5 main body shapes – apple, rectangle, hourglass, pear and inverted triangle.
Most women will fit into one of these categories, but it is not always the case.
This means your calculated body shape belongs to one main category, but your upper body or your lower body leans towards a secondary body shape.
How does this affect you?
When you are getting dressed or shopping, you will need to consider styling indications for both body shapes.
In Between Body Shapes – Examples:
I will give you a concrete example.
The rectangle body shape is characterized by shoulders, hips, waist and bust of the same width.
If one of these points in your body does not fit this description, you lean towards a secondary body shape.
If your rectangle body has wide hips, instead of the expected flat hips, although you have a calculated rectangle body shape, you also have a pear as a secondary body shape.
One point on the body, the hips, does not fit the description.
As you can see, the woman in the photo below has a rectangle body shape, because her bust, hips and waist have the same width.
Her calculated body shape would reveal this information.
But because her shoulders are the widest point in her body she leans toward an inverted triangle.
She has a rectangle body shape but leans towards an inverted triangle body shape.
If your body does not fit the description expected for your body shape.
Hips that are slightly broader than your shoulders are the characteristic of a pear shape.
Shoulders broader than your hips are the characteristic of an inverted triangle.
Having your bust and hips approximately the same width is the characteristic of a rectangle.
If your body includes one of these characteristics, when the description for your calculated body shape does not, then you have a secondary body shape.
Inverted Triangle Body Shape Combinations:
Hourglass Combination Body Shape (body narrows from the shoulders followed by a slight waist).
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Pear Combination Body Shape (wide shoulders that narrow down to the waist followed by wide hips).
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Hourglass Body Shape Combinations:
Inverted Triangle Combination Body Shape (shoulders and bust are slightly wider than the hips).
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Rectangle Body Shape Combinations:
Pear Combination Body Shape (equal width of bust, hips and waist and wide hips).
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Pear Body Shape Combinations:
Inverted Triangle Body Combination (Wide shoulders, but not wider than the hips).
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Apple Body Shape Combinations:
Rectangle Combination Body Shape.
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Rectangle Combination Body Shape.
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How to Determine If You Have 2 Body Shapes?
You should follow the steps to find your calculated body shape.
You can download my free guide available at the end of the page to help you.
After knowing your calculated body shape, then visually verify if you share the characteristics of another body shape at the shoulders, bust, waist or hips.
You can take a photo of your body and analyse it.
Wear skin-tight clothing or a bikini.
Take a photo of your body from the front, at eye level without making angles with your body.
Arms down and feet together.
It should be similar to the photo below.
When analyzing the photo see if the shoulders, bust, waist or hips match the expected description.
What is your body shape?
Did you know that body shape can change over time?
If you are not sure what your body shape is, download our free guide below to find out.
Take the first step to dress better today. Don’t regret it later.
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