Trinny And Susannah Undress The Nation: Body Shape
In programme three of Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation, the girls tackle issue of shape, in order to educate Britain’s women about the shape of their bodies. They firmly believe women need to dress for their shape and not their size.
“This is probably the most exciting show for us to do,” says Trinny, “because it’s going to prove to us that it’s not about size, it’s about your shape.”
To illustrate their point, Trinny and Susannah begin their mission in Swindon. They pack the town hall with 50 size 16 women of all ages and put them in identical white shift dresses – size 16 is now the average dress size for women in the UK.
“You might be a size 16 on your tits, you might be a size 16 on your arse,” says Susannah, “so it’s about your shape not about your size. Each dress is exactly the same and we’re going to see how it fits all of you in a different way.”
Out of the 50 women, Trinny and Susannah spot only two ladies who fit properly in to the shift dress. They all wear a size 16 but their bust measurements range from 34 to 48 inches, and their hips from 38 to 52 inches.
“It did confirm all our feelings about the fact that no woman is the same,” says Trinny.
“By doping a simple experiment like that, getting a bunch of women in a room, that point was made crystal clear – we are all different,” says Susannah.
Their mission is to educate women that their bodies always fit into one of twelve body shapes and to show women how to dress to flatter those different shapes. But before they do that, they take a 3D look at their own body shape thanks to new imaging technology. They both wear a dress size 10, but have completely different body measurements, although Trinny is astounded to learn that they have the same length legs – even though she is three inches taller than Susannah!
The 12 body shapes are broken down into 4 main groups – Apple, Hourglass, Triangle and Pear.
Apple shapes include: the Apple, the Brick and the Column
Pear shapes include: the Pear, the Skittle and the Bell
Hour glass shapes include: the Hourglass, the Cello and the Vase
Triangle shapes include: the Cornet, the Lollipop and the Goblet
100 women are invited to an art gallery with plinths exhibiting the different shapes. Trinny and Susannah find examples of each shape amongst the ladies to help illustrate them and used as a guide before the ladies head off on a mass shopping trip.
After learning the rules, the ladies are challenged to shop for their shape on Guildford high street, and those who get it right will get their money back from Trinny and Susannah.
Finally, after successfully converting their volunteers to shopping for shape, Trinny and Susannah create controversy when they decide to reshape the hillside chalk carving of the Long Man of Wilmington on the Sussex downs – thought to be a pagan war god – into a woman by forming a human sculpture.
This huge challenge involves hundreds of women from the local area reshaping the landscape into the four main body shapes alongside a fashion show. But the stunt is called to a halt when the local pagan society stages a protest. Will Trinny and Susannah manage to pull off their biggest challenge yet?
Tuesday 20 November 2007 8:00pm – 9:00pm
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can you help i missed programme about body shape and what i am and how to dress with trinny and susannah how do i go about finding the info i need as i need help thanks
i missed the beginning too, and i am not sure wheather i am in the houglass or the apple groups. please help!
I would like to ask trinny and susannah what clothes would suit me?
I am a 30HH with broad shoulders, size 10 waist, small shapely bottom,32 inch legs which are slim and curvy. I am 5ft 5inches tall.
Is it possible to see these programmes again , both about women and about men. I missed some of it and i think its exellent idea to think about the shape first!!!
My boyfriend watched your trinny & susannah undress and said that he is dead against boob jobs as he likes tnhe natural feel. I agree as my Boyfriend can not keep his hands off of them but i am ashamed of my body i do lots of things to lose weight and no results and now i don’t know what to do as i find it hard to find clothes that look good on me.
What is this obsession with getting everyone naked,….the girls programmes used to be fun and informative,..I tried never to miss one, and got the books too. Then we had the couples undressing behind the screen with the handheld camera, very squirm making,…and not in the least helpful to the rest of us. Now it seems the girls and the famous “Aunty Gwok” are both trying to see how far they can take this, with him even getting groups who know each to strip off in front of each other, …come on people,…..lets get back to what you do best, sorting us out with good advice on what to wear and how to wear it,….otherwise we will all be switching channels to watch other programmes as it appears many of my own friends have done already.
You had a lady on your show who had lost her hair, and she had a company that made wigs, would you please be able to forward the website details to me please. Many thanks x
Please help me! My sister has alopecia and when I saw the programme with the naked bodies sculpture – your average woman was a woman who is a wig maker. I can’t remember her name. My sister is desperate for a wig. Please could you give me her contact details. Thank you.
My English teacher need to get some new clothets! She wears weird Clothes. The class won’t her to get a make over she does not care what she wear for example she wears grey shoes, purple tights, green skirt and a blue top with flowers. she does not care about anything we really need to sort her out. she does nothing with her hair she just leaves frizzey she needs a good hair style. PLEASE HELP HER SHE NEEDS IT REALLY BAD! Thank you
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