Are you dressing for Your Body Type?
Part 2: Dressing Each Body Type
- Tip 1: Dress for the apple body type
To dress successfully for the apple body, you need to direct attention away from your midriff and wear clothes to accentuate other parts.
- Follow your bodyline and keep details on the top and lower third of your body. With this body type, it is easy to wear shirts, blouses or dresses with slight V-necks without looking too fancy or over the top.
- Draw attention away from your waist and shoulders/arms (wear long sleeves), and draw attention to your bust and neck (e.g. v-necks).
- Choose flared pants over straight-leg or skinny pants, and to help balance out wide shoulders and/or a heavy upper body. Wear bottoms just below your hipbone to draw attention away from your midriff.
- Avoid dresses and belts that pinch at your waist. This will most likely accentuate curves that you may not wish to show off.
- Wear tops that drape over any curves if you wish.
- Enhancing a feature that is further away or you can cover it with dark colors.
Part 2: Dressing Each Body Type
- Tip 2: Dress for a pear body type
The trick to dressing this body type is to wear anything that adds to your shoulder and bust area. Keep attention to your upper body, by minimizing the lower half.
- If you’re a pear body type, there are things you can do to make your hips and butt look slimmer—or, on the flip side, you can make your butt look bigger!
- Balance your top with your bottom. Try to wear tops that accentuate your shoulders a bit more.
- Avoid pants or tights that narrow your legs.
- Wearing a bra that adds to or enhances your bust should be considered.
- Wear straight-leg or slightly flared pants with heels. Skinny pants that hug your ankles can make your lower body take on the appearance of an upside-down triangle. Flared pants can make your legs look very thick, perhaps bow-legged, in comparison to your upper body.