What Is Your Body Type?

You might have a favorite outfit, but do you know what your body type is? It’s important to dress for your body type so that you can be comfortable and look good. There are several body types and two of them are apple and pear. Even when playing games online you’d notice that the character’s body follows this figure.

If you’re unsure of what shape your body is, the best way to find out is to stand in front of a mirror and observe yourself. You’ll be able to see if you’re more apple-shaped or pear-shaped by observing how much flesh your stomach makes up compared to your hips. If you don’t know what shape your body is but want to find out, take a picture of yourself from the back with minimal clothes on and upload it on social media. Your friends will be able to help you identify what shape your body is.

The Apple Body Shape

The apple body shape is the largest body shape and has a larger bust, smaller waist, and fuller hips. This body shape looks best in clothes that are looser around the waist and have a rounded V-neckline for women and slightly flared sleeves for men.

To give an apple body shape a more professional look, consider wearing formal business attire like heels, blazers, and dress shirts. The color palette of dark navy, black, navy blue, charcoal grey, and dark purple will look great with an apple body shape.

The Pear Body Shape

The pear body shape is characterized by the waist and bust being slightly smaller than the hips. This shape can be hard to dress for because many clothing options are ill-fitted, but you can find styles that work with your body type and still look great. As you shop for clothes, keep in mind what will work best for your body type by keeping these guidelines in mind:

  • Keep belts as skinny as possible
  • High collars should be avoided or worn only occasionally
  • Avoid wearing anything too tight or too low cut on your neckline
  • Wearing dark colors provides a slimming effect

Disney’s Encanto: Overcoming Intergenerational Family Trauma

The 60th film on Disney Animation, “Encanto”, generally displays a Colombian family bound by love, complication, and drama. But, they are not the ordinary family that you think. Each member possesses a magical power except for Mirabel. She is the small awkward protagonist who is extremely sweet and emphatic. Since Mirabel is surrounded by bloodlines who have extraordinary power, she struggles a lot in connecting with them.

Who can relate to the movie?

Disney’s Encanto is composed of painful dynamics of the Madrigals family to which young Millenial Latinx viewers can generally relate. This basically portrays a multigenerational household molded with the belief that they have to fit in a particular shape. The Madrigal family’s main struggles are living into expectations that are not their own or the continuation of repeating toxic family behaviors.

These struggles were cut when Mirabel breaks the generational trauma just like many Latinx millennials want to do. She stands up to the main cause of concern – the one person that causes all the hurt and pain.

The Lesson:

The movie is actually challenging us to acknowledge the efforts in mending the bonds as the time of healing ancestral trauma is still fleeting. Just like Mirabel, maybe you are what your family really needs, they just only need to see it.