Medium Width | Body Matrix Categories

Medium wide body types have some width in their bone structure. This is my guide for if you might be in the medium-width category and how to dress for this feature

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Features

Width appears in the bone structure. To be medium width means you are not narrow nor wide, but appear moderate in your width. You can be wide or narrow at any weight. These are some features to look out for:

• shoulders which are neither broad nor narrow (you don’t struggle with jackets your size being too small or too big)

• ribcage is neither very narrow nor broad

• balanced look - neither lithe nor muscular at a low weight

• often apple, hourglass or rectangle shaped (but not always)

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Key style words

When thinking about the lines which work best for your silhouette, these are some key words to keep in mind:

• moderate

• balanced

• medium

• slightly open

• slightly fitted

• mid-weight

• slightly loose

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How to Style

You don’t have to include ALL of the following elements in an outfit to honour your medium width, but one to three details will help to create this impression. There are also lots of other elements I could include, but I think this is a good starting point!

Slightly open necklines

Slightly open necklines which are placed centrally between neck and shoulders are best for the width in your shoulders. Very wide necklines (like a Bardot neckline) would overwhelm your frame, and very narrow necklines (like a crew neck) can feel restrictive. This can include an round neck, boat neck, open shirt, one shoulder tops

Slightly loose/tight fabrics

A trick that people with medium width can use is to combine opposites. So, you can wear a tight neckline with a loose fabric or an open leg with a fitted tee. Otherwise, you are looking for fabrics which are moderate in weight, so they are neither heavy nor light, not floaty nor stiff - somewhere in the middle creating a balanced look.

Slightly open/fitted hems

Sleeves, hems, legs should be somewhere between flared and cinched for the best looks for types with medium width. This means they don’t get overwhelmed by very flared or open shapes, and they don’t feel restricted by shapes which are too tight. When looking for jeans you might opt for a straight or boot cut as opposed to a flared or skinny jean. Medium types can use opposites so a light fabric with a flared skirt for instance, rather than, say, a voluminous, heavy, flared skirt.

Mid-weight footwear

Finding shoes which have a little weight, that feel solid without being chunky is the best way to ground your outfit in a way which honours your width. Shoes should be neither very narrow and pointed nor very wide and chunky, but balanced and probably classic looking.

Celebrities with Medium Width

• Amy Winehouse

• Anne Hathaway

• Beyonce Knowles

• Catherine, Princess of Wales (Kate Middleton)

• Charlize Theron

• Chrissy Teigan

• Dakota Johnson

• Dianna Agron

• Emilia Clarke

• Emma Stone

• Ginnifer Goodwin

• Jamie Lee Curtis

• Jennifer Aniston

• Jordin Sparks

• Katy Perry

• Kate Winslet

• Kelly Osbourne

• Kristen Stewart

• Kirsten Dunst

• Lady Gaga

• Lisa Kudrow

• Lupita Nyong’o

• Maisie Williams

• Mayim Bialik

• Oprah Winfrey

• Phillipa Soo

• Quinta Brunson

• Reese Witherspoon

• Regina King

• Rosamund Pike

• Ruth Negga

• Sabrina Carpenter

• Sofia Vergara

• Zoë Kravitz

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