Very few GG women have a perfect shape. We just have to do the best we can with what we have. I am very lucky to be small and small boned and I have always looked quite feminine. However I do not have an hourglass shape. Hormones are helping but my hips and bottom are still too narrow. I use a waist cincher as it helps quite a bit and I pass 99.99% of the time. Just remember you are a woman inside; it will help you project to the outside world that you are female. Proper clothing helps a lot. I look far better in a skirt and top or jeans and a top than I do in a dress. GG women have many of the same problems.

Pam

I think with men, what typically happens is that the shoulders are wider than the hips - at least more significantly than in women. By wearing hip pads, a man can actually get a certain proportion between their shoulders and their hips that will make them 'curvy' looking and also less masculine.

I do like the hourglass figure but I also like the slender look as well. I think if you tend to have broad shoulders, then somehow simulating the hourglass can help you look more feminine.

Not sure about that. I think it is what you feel comfortable with. I tried different bust sizes and settled on what felt comfortable with the woman I think I want to be. I have yet to do an outing in full CrossDress.

Just this week I achieved a goal I've had for 25 years, which was to reattain my high school weight of 155, which I consider perfect for me (5'11").  I am lucky to have an ass...something no other male in my family has...and somehow, through sheer will (or fennel and fenugreek) or natural hormone change, I have gained A-cup  (bordering on B) breasts.  I am stunned how good form-fitting clothes look on me these days.  The big decision is whether or not to shave off my beard.  I've grown to like it, when I'm in guy mode, but realize I can only tell whether I'd pass...and I think I would...if (and when) it's gone.

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I also do yoga regularly...about to split for a class...and LOVE "hip openers". 

It's actually not that important. Pick up any high fashion magazine and look at the models. They're always feminine, but usually not very shapely. In fact, if you follow the looks in some of those mag features, you don't even need a bra to look feminine. It's all about putting style and femininity where it works best for you.

I only wear hip/fanny padding with certain dresses and pencil skirts, which tend to emphasize the hip curve.

Lyric

Yes. Style should differ by individual.

I usually wear a baggy tee, but accentuate my waist by tightening it with a simple, black belt.

Baggy tees are fine, but I recently realized that baggy or ordinary trousers do not match well with my upper body, and I now prefer to expose my legs or wear very tight jeans. Ordinary jeans just look so terrible for me, and my recent failed fashion item: https://www.susans.org/forums/MGalleryItem.php?id=2116
Fortunately, it costed just ca $25 at discounted price. Probably I will never wear it again...

Barbie~~

I would love to have a more hourglass shape than I do.  Unfortunately I am definately wider in the shoulders than in the hips.  I have found that if I wear a baby doll type top it really gives the illusion of great curves.

Quote from: Lyric on May 31, 2010, 09:57:54 AM
It's actually not that important. Pick up any high fashion magazine and look at the models. They're always feminine, but usually not very shapely. In fact, if you follow the looks in some of those mag features, you don't even need a bra to look feminine. It's all about putting style and femininity where it works best for you.

Meh, I disagree. High fashion magazines usually seem to be filled with masculine, rather angry looking women. Not the best standard to go by.

I'm 5'11-6'0, somewhere in there...And I weigh 145 pounds which to the BMI means I'm 19.5 which is normal weight.

For me, I don't think I'll ever get a "curvy" or "hourglass shape", to me; In my opinion, I'd rather be skinny then curvy -- It's just how MY BODY fits.

Every person is different, even people with the same height and weight; It's your internal body and your DNA...For me, I get a lot of compliments and pass even though I hardly have any hips...But surprisingly even for my weight, I have a little butt going on, haha! It's not like DAMN but it's there. 

Looking at the cis-women in some suburb here, like "Bong Gully", I would say the bowling ball is the most common shape!   Goddess help them when they are older, and their health is shot.

As  long as you can get through your day without feeling over tired, you are fit. I doubt that a stick-insect model could walk a couple of miles without collapsing either.