“A woman should be two things, classy and fabulous.” – Coco Chanel
Go by the quote and you will know that your body size and shape does not define your personality. A woman can manage to look beautiful and classy if she knows how to dress up according to her body shape. Your self- confidence inspires you to present yourself in front of others in the most preferred way, if you understand some simple techniques about what to wear according to your body shape.
Dressing up perfectly is all about creating the right proportions in your body. There are various steps to creating balance in your proportions:
Balance the top of your body with the bottom of your body through clothing techniques
Choose Hemlines that are in harmony with your comfort zone
Stay within your silhouette and use golden mean ratios when combining tops and bottoms which can be either 2:3 or 3:5
Here we will discuss about the Body Particulars, which are the features that give character to your body. You could be an hourglass shape or an Inverted triangle or a Triangle, but this does not change the fact ‘That dressing up properly can make you look beautiful and classy’.
As John Constable once said, “There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life; for let the form of an object be what it may- light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.”
Now, let’s start our journey on finding the right dresses for a Beautiful Plus- Size Woman:
The technique of dressing up a full body includes covering up creatively, and using lines that direct the eye away from the feature.
Dresses for Full Thighs
Skirts and Trousers
Wear flared skirts that fall over the thigh area. This helps you in Camouflaging the thigh area. But if you want to show your shapely curves, then you should consider wearing an oval skirt that gently follows the curved lines of the thighs.
Flared Skirt
Choose skirts that are designed with the help of ample amount of fabric, as that will give a slimming effect to your thigh area.
Skirt with Diagonal Lines and More Fabric
Try wearing a slightly full dirndl skirt, as that gives more room for the thigh.
If you have a curvy waist, then wear a skirt that falls from a gathered waistline and falls in a flare in the form of a moderately draped fabric over the thigh.
Wear loosely draped pants that taper at the bottom.
Dresses
Tight- Fitted Flared Dress
Having a full thigh doesn’t mean that you cannot wear fitted dresses. Instead, you should confidently pick up a tight- fitting dress that follows the curves of the thigh. Some amount of flare at the bottom of the dress will help in balancing the overall appearance.
Jackets
Wear a long tunic jacket that falls over the thigh area. You can either choose to highlight the waist or wear a straight line from top to bottom.
Dresses for Slight/Full Tummy
Draped Dress Over the Tummy
Most women across the world have a slight tummy but is nothing to be embarrassed about. You can easily make the best of your body shape by dressing up in an appropriate manner. If you have a slight tummy, then follow these suggestions:
Jackets/ Skirts/ Blouse/ Dresses/ Tops
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- Cover your tummy with a jacket or an overblouse.
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- Create diagonals over the tummy at the bottom of the jacket.
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- Wearing a tied overblouse over the tummy also helps in adding dimension above the tummy and changes the contour line.
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- Wear loosely draped fabric over the tummy and try to use diagonal lines in the styling detail.
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- To draw eyes away from the tummy area, try to wear gathers that fall easily over the tummy. Like a bow tied at the end of a deep V- neckline.
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- Wear a diagonally wrapped form- fitting dress or gown over the tummy. You can balance the effect with some flare at the bottom of the dress.
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- To create an illusion of a flatter tummy wear pleats on each side of the tummy.
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- Try to wear a dark top and a lighter bottom. This moves the eye away from the top part of the body.
Dresses for a Wide Waist
Form- Fitted Dress
A woman with a wide waist looks flat and quite wide at the waist from the front and back view, but from the side view the waist looks narrower in proportion to the body.
Dresses/ Tops for a Wide Waist
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- Break the width of the waist with vertical or diagonal lines in your dresses and jackets.
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- Add some width below your waist in the form of flare. This will make your waist look narrow from the front.
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- Create the effect of a narrow waist by repeating the flat horizontal lines around your waist.
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- Try extending the width of the top of your outfit, so that it looks wider than the shelf.
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- Show – off your wide waist by wearing a form- fitted dress.
You might want to show- off your full feature or you might look at camouflaging it with different clothing techniques. The only way to learn this process is by trying and practicing the new clothing techniques and then finding out what suits you best. While dressing up the most important thing to consider is carrying yourself with self- confidence and grace, and you will see for yourself that more than half your job of dressing up is done.
