There is no cookie cutter approach to fashion….
No matter what you’ve read in the magazines. The exciting thing about fashion is if it makes you look good and feel great, then anything goes! Everyone has that outfit or a particular item in their closet that is their go-to to making them feel confident. But in life in NEVER hurts to learning how to maximize your BEST self by dressing for your body type. You may be thinking to yourself OMG! this sound terrifyingly different, but I promise you with this foolproof guide, dressing up will be easy as 123.
Here is the rundown
YOU ARE AN HOURGLASS!
You are curvy with a tiny waistline. Your goal is to highlight your curves—not hide them—by emphasizing your waist. You can achieve this by belting jackets, wearing crop tops, pencil skirts, wrap dresses, or wide leg pants with a belted waist. These items will accentuate your curves by smoothing out your thighs, draw attentions to your bust area and highlight the curves between your waist and hips. Examples of celebs with similar body types include : Kim K, Salma Hayek and Jennifer Lopez
YOU ARE AN APPLE!
You have a slim lower body and carry weight around your midsection. Your goal is to minimize the focus from your midsection and draw the attention to you shoulders or legs. You can achieve this by wearing a swing coat, loose flow tops, high waisted skirts, low rise pants and shift dresses. All these styles assist in concealing the problematic area of the midsection and switching the focus to sexy legs. Examples of celebs with similar body types include: Tyra Banks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angelina Jolie
YOU ARE A RECTANGLE!
Your waist and hips are around the same size and you are not very curvy. Your goal is to highlight the smallest part of your waist , to create the illusion your hips and bust are more proportionate and larger than they appear to be. You can achieve this by wearing cropped jackets, ruffled tops, tapered pants, mini skirts and dresses with the sides cut out . These items will give the illusion of a small waistline to maximize any curves you have and moderately proportionate hips. Additional elements such as ruffles cause your bust area to appear larger than it is, and mini skirts and tailored pants draw focus to slim legs and away from anything unflattering. Examples of celebs with similar body types include: Cameron Diaz and Sheryl Crow
YOU ARE A PEAR!
Your widest part of you body is your hips. Your goal is to accentuate you top half so your figure looks balanced and elongated. You can achieve this by wearing structured jackets, off the shoulder fit and flare dresses, A line skirts, embellished tops and boot cut pants. Details such as print and embellishment draw direction to your top half of your body and makes the bottom section look smaller. While flare bottoms draw the attention away from your hips and towards a small waistline and perfectly proportioned body.Examples of celebs with similar body types include: Rihanna, Beyonce and Shakira
YOU ARE AN UPSIDE DOWN TRIANGLE!
Your hips are more narrow than your shoulders, your shape may commonly be referred to as the football player. Your goal is to accentuate your narrow hips to create curve and definition. You can achieve this with items such as bottoms with ruffles or patterns, skinny jeans, pencil skirts, belts or v neck lined shirts. These items are great at creating the illusion of being more shapely on the bottom, and drawing attention away from the shoulder area, making them look more narrow than they appear to be and towards the hips and thighs. Examples of celebs with similar body types include : Jessica Biel , Demi Moore and Naomi Campbell
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Love : Derri xo
