Style Your Body Shape

If you’re an hourglass then you have a classically elegant shape that is the very essence of femininity. You are lush and curvaceous and just all round sexy. Lucky you! For making the most of your curves remember:

• Don’t cover up! Accept you’re a red hot sexy woman and work with it. To cover up is to look frumpy and bigger.
• Forget clingy clothes as well. For you there’s a fine line between awesomely hot and tragically trashy. Fit is everything – you clothes should skim your shape showing your amazing silhouette.
• Accent your waist. Lift up your bust, slim down your belly and hips and keep all eyes on your waist.
• Opt for open necklines and low necklines. V-necks, scoop necks or sweetheart necklines are great – really anything that shows your collarbones will work.
• A-line dresses with fitted tops and waists will look fabulous.
• Stay away from stretchy jersey dresses as they’ll show far too many lumps and bumps.
• Wear a dress with a belt at your waist to highlight your waist.
• A wrap dress is great because it can be adjusted to fit your proportions.Avoid any pencil shape skirts or dresses that narrow at the knees – they will over emphasize your hips.
• A-line skirts with fitted waists are a good option.
• Shorts and skirts should finish at your knee line to show your sexy calves.
• When looking for tops think fitted – anything that fits below your chest. Wrap tops are particularly good, as is anything in a corset shape.
• Open neckline always. Anything high necked like a polo shirt will make you look like frumpy and bigger.
• Avoid loose, square-cut knits as they will mask your waist. For the same reason think twice before buying an empire line top.
• Belts will work great to accent your waist, BUT, be careful if you are bigger. They can make you look like a loaf of bread that’s been squished in the middle.
• Opt for high waisted, wide legged trousers. This will skim hips, hiding any unsightly bumps and lumps but emphasizing your waist.
• Avoid cropped pants – they make your legs look shorter and wider.
• Straight leg or parallel cut trousers will suit you, as will a men’s cut, but remember, fit is everything.
• Jeans should be plain and dark. Any detailing on the front will make your hips and thighs look bigger.
• Classic straight cut jeans are your best option. Aim for the waistband fitting just below your belly button to avoid ‘muffin top’.
• Jackets should be short and fitted to flatter your waist and make your legs look longer.
• Look for jackets with vertical princess seams to really flatter and make you look thinner.
  
• Avoid double breasted jackets or those that button up to the neck. Open is always better.
  
• Wear pants and jeans a little longer over your shoes so you can boost height with a heel.
• Avoid round toes ballet pumps. They will make your legs look shorter and wider. Instead opt for a pointed toe with a kitten heel. Or heels; heels will always suit your classically elegant shape.

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