While deciding on your dressing style you have to look at the combination of your body shape and your face shape. Just like your body your face shape is also divided into: Angular and Curved Shapes and based on the dominant characteristic features your dressing style can be evaluated.
Let’s first look at the characteristic features of the Angular and Curved Face Shapes:
Angular Face Shape Features:
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- Square jaw line
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- Defined Cheekbones
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- Pointed Chin
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- Straightness on sides of the face
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- Angular features
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- Straight Forehead
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- Tapered Nose
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- Chiseled Features
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- Almond shaped eyes
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- Straight Eyebrows
Curved Facial Shape Features:
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- Contoured Shape
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- Round Eyes
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- Arched Eyebrows
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- Round or full- shaped nose
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- Round or curved jawline
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- Round or full cheeks
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- Full lips
Your face might have a mix of these features, and in such a case you have to choose the most dominant shape for your face.
Different Types of Body Shapes
Defining your body shape requires looking at your body shape from a distance. You should stand back and look at your body in a full- length mirror and observe the dominant lines of your body. You might see either straightness or a defined waist and round curved hips. Your body lines might also be a mix of straight and curved lines. So, now let’s look into the different body shapes.
Straight Body Shape
A straight body shape has a little or no waist emphasis. Even if you take weight into consideration the overall appearance of the body gives a straight look. The main features of a straight body shape are:
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- Straight Shoulders
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- Prominent collarbones
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- Thick Waist
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- Long Torso
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- Straight Legs
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- Straight Stance
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- Straight walk
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- Narrow Hip
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- Flat Hips/ Stomach
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- Low hipbones
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- Waist, midriff, hip is similar in size
 Curved Body Shape
A curved body shape has a definite waist emphasis and the overall appearance of the body shape is curvy not straight. The main features of a curvy body shape are:
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- Soft Shoulder Line
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- Small or Tapered Rib Cage
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- High Hipbones
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- Small Waist (relative to hip size)
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- Tilted Hip Stance
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- Roundness of Flesh
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- Round Stomach
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- Curved Legs
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- Hip movement while walking
 Face Shapes and Body Lines
The main task revolves around combining these face shapes and body lines as this activity leaves us with different body shapes:
Straight: A straight shape is a combination of angular face shape and a straight body line. Straight shape Hollywood stars are Nicole Kidman and Hilary Swank.
Straight Body Shape
Soft- straight: A soft- straight body shape is a combination of curved face shape and straight body line. Soft- straight shape Hollywood stars are Jennifer Anniston and Jane Fonda.
Soft- straight Body Shape
Straight- soft: A straight– soft body shapeis a combination of an angular face and curved body lines. Straight- soft shape Hollywood stars are Cameron Diaz and Liv Tyler.
Curved: A curved face is a combination of a curved face shape and a curved body line. Curved shape Hollywood stars are Drew Barrymore and Kate Winslet.
Now, you know your body shape, but the task that needs your attention is ‘dressing up according to your body shape’. You just have to follow the lines of your body while dressing up.
Clothing with straight lines may be designed with strong angles, and that refers to either well- defined shoulder, closings and hemlines in your clothing.
A soft- straight line clothing is achieved by using exterior construction lines that are soft around the necklines and straighter around the body. The other way to do so is by using straight lines with a loose unconstructed fit with a soft fabric.
A Straight- soft garment would have straighter lines around the neckline and softer lines around the body.
Curved lines would be soft and would follow the shape of the body.
Dressing up becomes an easy task once you are familiar with your body shape and face shape. Match your body and face lines with the lines of your clothing and learn to dress up in style.
