Unlock the secrets to dressing your pear body shape with style! This comprehensive guide will help you look and feel your best. A pear- shaped body is characterised by having an upper body smaller than the lower body part. Still confused? Let me go into detail: Narrow shoulders Smaller bust size Defined waist Heavy thighs A pear-type body is typically also known as a spoon shape , sometimes. It's naturally elegant when you balance it properly with great silhouettes. Learn how to dress a pear body shape with tips, tricks and examples. Find out the best garments, colors, styles and accessories to balance your proportions and flatter your figure. The pear-shaped body is one of the 4 primary body shapes , ( the other 3 are apple shape , column shape , and hourglass shape ). Some other names for the pear-shaped body type are triangle body shape , and bottom heavy. All these names derive from the fact that this body type is larger on the bottom half than the top half. Often so much so that you wear a smaller clothing size on your upper half than your lower half (I sometimes have to go down 2 sizes on my upper half!). I like to refer to those ...