Dress for your body shape!

Dress for your body shape!
"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions." Coco Chanel
"Highlight the positive and delete the negative." Donna Karan
"Accentuate your best features and disguise what you are not so happy with. Choose outfits that fit and make you look comfortable rather than those that are up-to-the-minute." Giorgio Armani

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Styling Rules are NOT generic! Matter of fact, customization is a must. Everyone comes in different sizes and shapes, we all need to learn what to wear and what to avoid in order to best flatter our individual body shape. It can be hurtful to stand in front of a mirror and look at our own body flaws trying to determine the body shape, but it is a necessary step.
No one has a perfect body, many women always know and complain on what they don't like about their bodies, even models and celebrities!
It is important to determine our body shape and type, as it helps us to visualize and chose what to wear to best suit our body shape, in order to create an illusion of a well balanced figure.
Important note here: It's to determine body SHAPE and not SIZE!
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Common body types:
Top Heavy, Bottom Heavy, both Top and Bottom Heavy, No Curves.
decide where you fit and then follow the simple styling steps to better balance the body type.

TOP HEAVY BODY:
The LOLLIPOP body shape: Big breasts, not too broad shoulders, short waist and long skinny legs.
The GOBLET body shape: Heavy and square on the top, large breasts, a big tummy and broad back sitting on slender legs.

Do's:
Pick pieces that are shaped but not tight. Direct attention to the bottom half of the body.
A well fitting bra, more than 85% of women wear the wrong size bra!
Wear top with wide v-neck halves in light material.
Dresses with strategic gathers under the breast to direct all eyes to your waist.
Skirts fitted at the top and flaring at the hemline (to balance the top and the bottom).
Bell bottom trousers balance out the breasts so you look less top heavy.
Shoes should be high and a medium to slim heel to complement the shapely legs.
Structured jackets, with one or two buttons under the breast.
Fitted, single-breasted fitted blazer, making sure it defines the waist but is roomy enough in the bust that it doesn't pull.

Don'ts:
Tops with ruffles or pastel shades, thin spaghetti straps, delicate camisole tops or complicated necklines. Avoid high neck lines. Nothing high waisted.
No boxy blazers, blazer hides a double-D bust, but it makes a waist and the rest of the body look much bigger as well.

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BOTTOM HEAVY BODY:
The SKITTLE body shape: top half long and slim and widens at the bottom with saddlebags and a big bum on short legs.
The BELL body shape: petite woman with small shoulders and breasts and a large bottom and waist.
The PEAR body shape: small at the top with small shoulders and breasts, tiny waist, big thighs, not much definition at the calves and ankles.

Do's:
Fuller leg trousers and flared skirts hide bulges.
Wear vertical pattern on the bottom half, even if it is in the seaming.
Darker colors, so go dark on the bottom half of the body and wear lighter colors on top.
Big lapels tops, color and embellishment on the neckline, even a small shoulder pad will bring balance to a wider bottom.
Flat-front trouser, boot-cut pant and jeans.
Defined waist, full skirt, strapless cut dress.
A funnel shaped coat (buttons on the top half), a coat with belt.
Cone heels on a dressy shoe.
Cone heels on a dressy shoe.

Don'ts:
Clingy skirts and tapered pants highlight the hip.
Avoid trouser with side pockets.
No super-slim jeans and pencil skirts.
Avoid Empire waist dresses
Avoid tapered cut pants.
Pleats and too-high waist lines on pants.
No ankle straps shoes.
No straight button-dress that hugs the curves at the hips.

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TOP and BOTTOM HEAVY BODY:
The APPLE body shape: all round, small shoulders, big breasts and waist, big hips and buttocks with no definition in the calves and ankles.
The HOURGLASS body shape: Big shoulders and breasts, small short waist, big hips (bottom half and top half are equal in size).
The VASE body shape: It's a stretched Hourglass, more length and flatter bottom.
The CELLO body shape: broad shoulders, large breasts, very big buttocks, hips and thighs.
Jackets with a single button

Dos:
V-neck fitted cardigans, scooped necks and pencil skirts.
Sewn down paneling on the top half of bottom-pleated skirt.
Tailored, wide legged denim trouser.
Waist defining pieces and empire-waist dresses.
Fitted trench with belt.
Small, shaped wedge sandal, and a rounded or peep toe shoe.

Don'ts:
Avoid tight, wide-cut pants, which can make the bottom look wider.
Avoid pleats around the hips and belly or anything high-waisted.
Avoid stilettos shoes.

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NO CURVES/ ATHLETIC BODY:
The BRICK body shape: masculine, broad shoulders, flat buttocks, no waist line, straight up and down short legs.
The CONE body shape: triangular, it's an athletic build with broad shoulders, little breast, no waist line, small hips and buttocks.
The COLUMN body shape: tall, statuesque build, no curves, the top half and bottom half are equal in size.

Do's:
Feminine chiffon dress.
Halter tops.
Gathering and pleating on a shirt (at the sleeves and waist) creates curves.
Waist-defining belts to wear over shirts, cardigans, coats, etc.

Don'ts:
Avoid deep Vee shirts with padded bras.
Never go bra-less under flimsy fabrics.

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