silhouette

[annief88]

hi everybody,

I was writing a description and I got stuck- can you tell me which adjective can go with a word "silhouette"? (I mean a positive collocation, but I want to find something better than just good silhouette).

thanks a lot
Annie

 

[mgarizona]

a striking silhouette?

more context would help ... I would think any adjective could fit.

 

[JamesM]

slim/ominous/hulking/frozen/syphlike/tall/portly/sharp/trademark (as in Alfred Hitchcock ), voluptuous, hazy....

I agree with mgarizona. There are many adjectives that could be used in front of silhouette.

 

[annief88]

thanks a lot!
all I wanted to write is that somebody has a great figure.

 

[mgarizona]

a voluptuous silhouette ?

Or do you think Twiggy had a great figure?

 

[JamesM]

a voluptuous silhouette ?

Or do you think Twiggy had a great figure?

How did Twiggy enter into it? I was thinking more along the lines of Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, or even Jessica Rabbit (Roger Rabbit's voluptuous wife in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"). Put a strong backlight on any of these women in a dark room and you'll see a voluptuous silhouette.

all I wanted to write is that somebody has a great figure.

How about "sexy silhouette"? It has a nice alliteration to it.

 

[mgarizona]

How did Twiggy enter into it?

Just bearing in mind the subjectiveness of what makes "a great figure."

Shining a strong backlight on Twiggy ain't gonna get you a voluptuous silhouette.

 

[JamesM]

Just bearing in mind the subjectiveness of what makes "a great figure."

Shining a strong backlight on Twiggy ain't gonna get you a voluptuous silhouette.

I'm with you on that.