Pear Shaped Trend....how do you feel?

I find them to be really unique and adorable. However, I don't think I would buy one for myself.

 

I love the Dust of dolls and Leekeworld Artbody. They are so cute.

 

My friend has a Mikhala; I call her bubble-butt.

My tastes run towards much skinnier dolls, when going for the artistic aspect. I prefer the long, lanky limbs of some Doll Chateau's other offerings. I'd love to have one of their larger dolls, but for now my two Adas and Russell satisfy my need for dolls I can mod the ever-loving crap out of.

 

I really like them! Its nice to see curvier dolls, and I find the pear shape very graceful, especially Doll Chateau's bodies

 

Being a pear shaped lady myself I personally love them. I don't have one yet, but I totally plan on getting one. It just makes me feel included somehow, I'm sure that seems silly, but my body type is very rarely represented in *anything*, so to have a doll be shaped similar to me, is just totally awesome.

 

What of Leekeworld Chloe?

I love that look for those dolls, I'm so happy that it's out there because they look like me :3
I'm 4'11 have a 30 bust a 26 waist and very large large hips. I just love the representation that comes from it

 

I really like them because they're close to my body shape - small bust, big booty, nipped in waist. I don't think I'd get one myself because making clothes for them would be a pain but I love seeing them.

 

Dollzone has a few pear shaped, though most of them are fairly proportionate. I have one msd girl from a couple years ago and I love the body. I personally wouldn't want all of my dolls to be the same shape anyways.

 

Totally agree. Love those "fat bottomed girls!" Being on the fluffy side myself, I totally dig it. The more the merrier!

 

I think it's adorable! I like how the bodies are starting to look more...realistic. Slim, modelesque bodies in everyday life aren't the norm. Everyone has different shaped bodies. But, this is also why I like Doll Chateau bodies too soooooo

 

They hit close to home. I love them. I have a tiny bust, wear a small or xsmall, flat stomach and a pinched waist and a large, size 10 hips with a huge booty... yet my calves are small too. I want a Leekeworld Rachel so bad, she reminds me of myself. Especially how from the front she has definition, but not from the side as much. I love it!

 

I prefer a mild, more realistic pear shape for my dolls (and artwork) most of the time, but the exaggerated 'I'm a juicy pear' style can be really nice too! A really fascinating thing about bjds is how many unusual body styles are around. I think it's a great way to get ideas for different cartoony art styles. I find Leeke World dolls in particular to be really inspiring...though that's also because I love the flowery way they're dressed up!

And of course, it's nice to see my body type represented- now if only clothes designers would get the message too! I have a constant war with dresses- no, my waist does not pinch in there, that just hurts, stop bunching up you're looking weird you dumb dress... I always try to do the empire-waist thing, since that's pretty much the only place my torso does pinch in, but they're harder to find!

 

I think it's cool to see variety in body type/shape across the hobby, so I definitely don't have a problem with pear shaped dolls! I agree with some earlier comments though, that Leekeworld Mikhaila's body looks very cute in dresses, but a little strange in pants. I personally think it's because of how her thighs look in relation to the hipcup pieces.

 

I personally don't see the appeal of them. But that's just me.

 

I feel like the pear-shaped thing is just becoming a larger trend in aesthetics among other groups as well. Might be a subset of the whole booty revival thing going on, but most of these pear-shaped dolls are flat-butts x'D maybe better for sitting, I suppose. Where dem bootylicious pears at?! But really, I'm not OBSESSED with the aesthetic-- I prefer hourglasses, as in broad shoulders AND broad hips -- But I think I prefer it to the reverse shape, huge chest and small hips (lots of ABJDs in the past, from what I've glanced at).

What really bothers me about it, though, is that SO MANY of these pear-shaped dolls have a considerable thigh-gap. Go ahead and google pear-shaped bodies.. I have not found ONE that has a girl whose thighs are NOT touching. So why are ALL of these pear-shaped girls having a moderate to severe thigh gap?? Normally, I wouldn't care so much about thigh gaps, but perusing the internet taught me that a lot of girls are super obsessed with the concept of it, and it can be a really unrealistic expectation for girls of different bodytypes. For instance, my sister and I both wear the same size jeans. However, I have wider hips than her, so my thigh-chafing is minor, and hers is maaajor. She usually gets tears between the thighs, and has to go buy jeans a LOT more frequently than I. There are times when she was upset and super self-conscious about it, and I know that even if she lost weight, she would still not have a thigh-gap. Having a juicy pearshape with a large thighgap is a very improbable fantasy, so I don't really like how it's on practically all these pear-shaped BJDs. I see generic-proportioned BJDs having touching thighs, so why not the pears????

 

I kinda like it tbh, but it depends on the doll. I love the look on the Doll Chateau dolls because they're already so fantastic in their limbs, that it just makes a real nice and different doll. I don't fancy it in more realistic looking dolls, where the pears shape is overly severe, but when the sculptor has found that perfect balance in making the shape work, I think it's great. I love that sculptors are starting to show more diversity in their designs. So bring on the bums!

 

I usually love the look. It's very cute in my opinion. I would love to own one at some point but I'm having trouble finding a head sculpt I like that had that body.

 

I really like the concept, and I tend to draw pear-shaped bodies, like the doll chateau-like ones. They're plain beautiful in my opinion.

 

I absolutely LOOOOVE pear shaped bodies. its even reflected in a lot of my artwork so I'm a huge fan of most sculpts in that sort of style.

 

I think the pear shape is the cutest thing ever! I think its nice to see more diverse forms in doll bodies