4 pelvis shapes and the perfect skirts to match them

I propose to take a closer look at the female pelvic area, understand its structure, choose the perfect skirts for it, and discuss a little about the patterns of these skirts for those who sew.

Let me make a reservation right away: I am not a doctor and all observations about body structures interest me solely from a stylistic point of view. Obstetricians, for example, have their own pelvic shapes, and forensic doctors. Experts are interested in how to determine the sex of the pelvis. And here I am writing about the shape of the pelvis, so that this pelvis can be beautifully dressed up with a suitable skirt.

So, if we take only the pelvic region, then its shape depends on the relative position of two bones, the iliac crest and the protruding part of the femur, which is called the greater trochanter. These bones may contain more or less muscle and fat, but the location of all this will be subject to the location of the bones.

The relative position of these two bones form 4 types of pelvis: heart (when the trochanter is located low and far to the side of the most protruding part of the iliac crest), circle (when the trochanter is located high and to the side), square (when the trochanter is located almost under the iliac crest) and triangle ( when the trochanter is located closer to the center relative to the outer edge of the ridge)

And here are photos of real pops from the website of a plastic surgery clinic.

But I tried to find among the models different shapes of the pelvis in a slender form.

(pictures from Asos)

The Heart and Circle pelvis have a low hip (the greater trochanter protrudes strongly to the side, while the Square and Triangle have a high hip (the trochanter is hidden under the pelvic bones and this makes it seem like the leg starts from the ilium). Figures with a high hip have a more similar shape on the male pelvis.

The actual shape of the legs depends on how much the greater trochanter protrudes to the side. No matter how much weight girls with low hips lose, their hips will still taper towards their knees. And girls with high hips can pump up their muscles as much as they want, but they won’t get a smooth lateral line of the pelvis. (But both of them with equal success can pump up the gluteal muscles themselves, which will stick out beautifully back and not affect the perception of the shape of the pelvis from the front side).

According to my subjective observations, the rarest pelvis shape is a triangle (it is found in the Apple and Rectangle body types). It is followed by a circle shape (for Pear and Hourglass). The heart shape is more common (also in Pear and Hourglass), but the square pelvis is the most common and can be found in all 5 body types.

Choosing a skirt

And now we have decided on the shape of our pelvis and now we need to buy or sew the perfect cover for it - a skirt. There are very, very many models of skirts, but here I want to discuss only 1 type - the basic straight pencil skirt. Typically, such skirts are worn so that the top edge is slightly above the iliac bones, and the length is, for example, a palm above the knee.

And so I drew these skirts on all the butts and you can see that on figures with low hips such a skirt looks very massive. The butt looks wide, and the shape of the skirt does not look like a rectangle at all. On figures with high hips, such a skirt looks immediately like home.

If we imagine that this skirt is worn with tight-fitting jersey, then on figures with low hips we will observe an attempt by the T-shirt to slide up to the narrowest part of the waist and expose the stomach. In figures with high hips this will either not be present at all or will be weakly expressed.

In this picture, I redrawn the skirts so that the butts in them look as aesthetically pleasing as possible. For low-hip figures, I lengthen the hemline, raise the waist, and taper at the bottom. It’s already good for high hips, but I do it even better, shorten it and narrow it just a little for a square pelvis.

It even looks better with T-shirts.

On wide butts with a heart and a circle, to be honest, I really want to add some visual illusions to make the butts visually look slimmer. And on the triangular one, add pockets to make it at least a little wider. In fact, only the square pelvis remained with a pencil skirt, while the rest had skirts of other models.

And this is roughly what basic skirt patterns for different types of basins will look like. For those who have been sewing for a long time or know how to cut according to Zlachevskaya, there will be no surprise here. The picture shows the front halves of the skirts. The difference in the length of the skirt in the center and on the side for figures with a low hip is much greater than for skirts for figures with a high hip; the hip cap itself is of a different shape and the depth of the darts will be different.

To buy the right skirt for your butt, you also need to be guided by the pattern. Typically, straight skirts are sold designed for (and look best on) a square pelvis. And here, owners of a square pelvis can only take into account the convexity of their buttocks, which is quite simply solved by measuring the girth. But ladies with low hips need to choose such skirts more carefully and, most likely, will have to “finish them with a file.”

For example, we found a turquoise skirt in an online store. In the photo where the model is standing at full height in a beautiful pose, the skirt looks good and it seems that it is suitable for a completely round butt. But if you look at the photo from the back, you can see these creases, which indicate that the skirt was cut with a squarer pelvis in mind, and since the model’s pelvis tends to be heart-shaped, these parts on top remain empty and will always form folds and such strange ears. It makes sense to take such a skirt with a pronounced square pelvis. It won’t work with a triangular one either, all these ears will dangle freely, not filled with anything.

Or here’s an example: a young lady with rounded hips wants to find herself a simple basic skirt. And it seems like he finds such a good rounded model, the lines are smooth, the length is suitable, the skirt will sit at the narrowest point of the waist, the fabric is with elastane, which means it will tolerate fit errors. We look at the measurements, at size 46 the waist is 70-74, and the hips are 98-102. Size 48 has a waist of 74-78, hips of 102-104.

Let's imagine a really steep-hipped young lady who goes to the gym and has already managed to pump up a beautiful bulging gluteal muscle. And this young lady has a waist of 70, and a hip circumference of 105 cm. That is, if you take a skirt in the size of the hips (and this is the limit of 48, or better yet, size 50), then at the waist it will be 4-8 cm too big at size 48 and 8-12 cm at 50m. Usually ladies in such a situation take the skirt that is pulled tight at the hips and does not bulge more or less at the waist (in our case it would be size 46). And then they wonder why their skirt constantly rises and twists when walking. And this elastic fabric of the skirt contracts, creeps in the direction of least resistance and tends to gather at the waist like an accordion.

In order for such a skirt to fit well and not ride up or twist, it needs to sit a little loose at the hips and tight at the waist. Then, when you step, a small space in the hips + elastic fabric will give comfort to movements, and a tight waistband and a good fit at the top of the thigh will prevent the skirt from moving up and twisting.

In general, our young lady really needs to take a skirt size of 50, go to the tailor and ask her to fit the skirt to her figure at the waist so that when standing, the skirt does not stretch over the hips, but hangs close to the body.

On the other hand, if you buy such a skirt for a square pelvis, then the existing roundness of the skirt will wrinkle with folds on the hip, approximately as I drew.

Let's return to the first skirt and consider another fairly common situation when a girl with a heart-shaped pelvis wants to wear a simple straight skirt and a simple knitted top to look like in the photo. So, if such a skirt is not regularly adjusted on such hips, or even better, held with both hands when walking, then it will end up looking like the picture next to it. The skirt warps, the knitwear wrinkles asymmetrically. What should be done in this case? Either sew this skirt in at the waist (if there is enough width at the hips), or buy a new one.

We have now looked at only one body part and only one skirt model. It is also necessary to take into account the convexity and, in general, the very shape of the buttocks, the presence or absence of excess weight, the density and elasticity of the fabric, decorative or structural seams, thanks to which various visual illusions are created, the depth of darts, etc. Then you need to cross this skirt with the rest of the costume details and see what works together in terms of color, texture and style. And every part of the body and every detail of the costume can be disassembled in such detail.

Write, were you able to determine your pelvis shape, what is it like and what interesting stories do you have with your straight skirts?

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