The female figure
The classic stand is a figure with relaxed and loose hang- ing arms and straight legs, fully frontal. A fashion figu- rine is an over stretched idea of a normal figure, just like catwalk models are quite far from having a normal figure. Sometimes the human body proportions are split down and counted in ‘heads’ as the smallest unit. A nor- mal Person would be his or her head around 5 times in height where as a fashion fig- ure could be up to 8 or 9. If you closely study real fash- ion models on international catwalks, you will realise that they are not necessarily very tall or anything, but the have a very small head for a person of ca. 175 cm, which makes them appear taller. In this example shoulder width and hips have the same width If the shoulders are wider the figure will look more mascu- line, where as wider hips im- ply more femininity. Elbows and waist are on the same level. Wrists are roughly a bit lower than the crotch and the hands therefore even lower. For women the lower legs are generally longer than the up- per leg portion ( thighs)
