Some 90 percent of women are ignored of clothing

If Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield were alive and gaiting today they are rightfully among the eight percent – only, of women who actually have hourglass figure -- that well-proportioned body shape where bust and hip measurements are nearly equal along with a narrow waist, and then put on some shapely legs.

But a recent study reveals that most fashion designers and clothing manufacturers continue to create clothes intended for a fraction of 'womanity'.

All along, nobody is seem minding; not when a little of bulging fat is permissible. Even, some claustrophobic shopaholics endure their stays in fitting rooms, just for the snug.

But not for Dr. Cindy Istook, associate professor of textile and apparel technology and management at North Carolina State University, whose notice bears a notion of realization:

"Companies are recognizing that there's an issue…they just haven’t changed their sizing system to demonstrate it. Right now, the industry is serving less than 90 percent because of the sizing system that's based on the hourglass. What we're trying to do is get manufacturers and retailers to understand the idea that people really are different shapes."

Now where does that put the 'plump-chubby' rest?

Dr Istook is an ally as she hopes that the results of her research will urge the manufacturers to begin producing clothing that conforms to the shapes of women’s bodies, and “lead to a change in the clothing industry,” she opines.

Dr Istook is adamant to conduct an analysis of the body types of more than 6,300 women and subsequently identified seven general categories of body shapes for women: rectangle, the spoon or pear shape, the triangle, the inverted triangle, the hourglass, the bottom hourglass and the top hourglass.

The study disclosed that approximately 46 percent of women were 'rectangular', in which the waist is less than nine inches smaller than the hips or the bust and the bust and the hips are generally the same size.

Some 20 percent of women possessed the 'spoon or pear shape', which is marked by a hip measurement that is at least two inches larger than the bust.

Nearly 14 percent were 'inverted triangles', meaning their busts appear to be a little ample -- three or more inches larger than their hips.

If the dress fits for Marilyn wannabes, thanks to Dr Istook for 'shaping' the issue.