The pencil body type is uniformly lean from top to bottom.  The closer your top measurements are to your hips and waist, the better this body type describes you.

Pencil body types may wonder why they need to worry about shaping and control, especially when they’re young.  After all, they’re the ones who fit into things everyone else may love but wouldn’t dream of trying on.

Still, even the slimmest bodies have places that blossom when highlighted right, and sooner or later, age can have its effect as well.  Remember, too, that fabulous clothing requires a fabulous undergarment no matter what shape you are.  Put on today’s sheerer, lightweight fabrics, any of the often unlined trousers or jackets, and even slight imperfections can show through.

And dimples, rolls and loss of tone tend to appear over the years even on the slenderest figure, while cellulite infamously makes no distinction as to body type.  Even when you’re young, all it takes is your first pregnancy to realize how quickly things can change, as clothes that showcased your finest points nine months ago suddenly betray your worst ones.

A pencil body type tends to benefit most from subtly accenting the upper torso, hips and derrière while smoothing the inevitable slight imperfections and bringing the waist in just slightly to create a more alluring curve.

Pencil body types love how CASS shaping tops raise, smooth and highlight the upper torso while CASS shaping bottoms support and define the back side, lending a more elegant curvature of form.

CASS shaping bottoms also bring out the curve through the waist, hips and thighs.  CASS shaping dresses smooth the whole figure from neck to knee, adding structure once provided by heavier linings and thicker fabrics, yet minimizing even subtle irregularities in your figure.