My grandma Doonie has been a seamstress for like 70 years. Every time I go home to Minneapolis, she drops little pearls of fashion/garment/shopping related wisdom. On a recent trip home, Doonie gave me these simple instructions on finding your natural waist.
How to Find Your Natural Waist
1. Bend your body to the side (left or right, doesn’t matter).
2. Feel for a crease/indentation/fold below your breast, but above the top of your hips (for those of us with love handles, the fold closest to the the top of your hips).
3. This fold is your natural waist.
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Super helpful! Thanks =)
I agree! Now all we need to do is get the fashion designers, especially those who design jeans and pants to learn this fact. Our “natural waist” is NOT across the navel!!! Waistbands that sit across the hipbones promote “muffin tops” and look AWFUL on anyone who has feminine curves below the waist and woe to those like me who are just plain middle-aged fluffy!