Shalie_123
May 22, 2008, 01:09 PM
What Not to Wear isn't about the latest fashions, it's about knowing your personal style, how to dress for your shape, and personality and learning how to make the most of their natural assets.
Body Shape
1. Flat-chested: Most women who are flat-chested have a tendency to carry their weight on their bum. So, show off those arms with a lovely sleeveless round neck top. Most importantly, don't make things that aren't there.
2. Pear-shaped: Never wear jackets that cut you across the buttocks. Either wear a jacket that ends at the waist (to show your bum off) or wear one to the knee (to cover it up).
3. Short-waisted with long legs: If you have a short body and long legs, pull up the breasts with a really good bra so they won't accentuate your short waist. Also, wear short jackets that hit the hip-bone.
4. Long body with short legs: Never wear cropped trousers; they make your legs shorter. Layer your top half. Wear a long t-shirt under a sweater to break up your long back. Don't forget to keep your trousers very long, and wear a higher heel to put yourself back in proportion.
5. Large-size: Don't tent yourself and don't be afraid to wear tighter clothes. Try a plunging neckline to show off your beautiful dècolletè.
6. Short neck: Buy deep V or low fronted tops. High necks will only make your neck look shorter.
7. Broad shoulders and slim hips: Buy flat-fronted long trousers and skirts cut on the bias.
In Your Wardrobe
1. Go through your wardrobe and ask yourself "what have I not worn for the past two years." Find those things and chuck 'em in the bin.
2. Play with your clothes. Remember when you were eight in the dressing-up box and you would rearrange your wardrobe by color? New outfits will begin to appear that you wouldn't have considered putting together before.
General Clothing Tips
1. Always wear color with color. Don't wear bright pink or turquoise with black. It cheapens the color. If your main color is plum, then you can wear red, pink, or orange with it. They all look wonderful and you will look taller, skinnier, and far more stylish.
2. Ban all panties that show through your trousers.
4. Don't wear clinging clothes, but clothes that skim the body and show off shape. No matter what size you are there is always shape there, your wrist or your neck. Whatever ever it is, show it off.
5. Shoes are very important. You can see a woman who is beautifully dressed but can be disappointed by her footwear. If you've got thick ankles never wear an ankle strap across you ankle. Likewise if you've got skinny legs, little teetering heels look like they are going to snap because your body is heavier than your legs.
6. Don't wear lots of eye make-up and lots of lipstick. You want to show off one and let the other fade into the background.
7. No woman over the age of 35 should wear skirts above the knee.
8. Trousers that are slightly too big make you look much skinnier than trousers that are a bit too tight.
Body Shape
1. Flat-chested: Most women who are flat-chested have a tendency to carry their weight on their bum. So, show off those arms with a lovely sleeveless round neck top. Most importantly, don't make things that aren't there.
2. Pear-shaped: Never wear jackets that cut you across the buttocks. Either wear a jacket that ends at the waist (to show your bum off) or wear one to the knee (to cover it up).
3. Short-waisted with long legs: If you have a short body and long legs, pull up the breasts with a really good bra so they won't accentuate your short waist. Also, wear short jackets that hit the hip-bone.
4. Long body with short legs: Never wear cropped trousers; they make your legs shorter. Layer your top half. Wear a long t-shirt under a sweater to break up your long back. Don't forget to keep your trousers very long, and wear a higher heel to put yourself back in proportion.
5. Large-size: Don't tent yourself and don't be afraid to wear tighter clothes. Try a plunging neckline to show off your beautiful dècolletè.
6. Short neck: Buy deep V or low fronted tops. High necks will only make your neck look shorter.
7. Broad shoulders and slim hips: Buy flat-fronted long trousers and skirts cut on the bias.
In Your Wardrobe
1. Go through your wardrobe and ask yourself "what have I not worn for the past two years." Find those things and chuck 'em in the bin.
2. Play with your clothes. Remember when you were eight in the dressing-up box and you would rearrange your wardrobe by color? New outfits will begin to appear that you wouldn't have considered putting together before.
General Clothing Tips
1. Always wear color with color. Don't wear bright pink or turquoise with black. It cheapens the color. If your main color is plum, then you can wear red, pink, or orange with it. They all look wonderful and you will look taller, skinnier, and far more stylish.
2. Ban all panties that show through your trousers.
4. Don't wear clinging clothes, but clothes that skim the body and show off shape. No matter what size you are there is always shape there, your wrist or your neck. Whatever ever it is, show it off.
5. Shoes are very important. You can see a woman who is beautifully dressed but can be disappointed by her footwear. If you've got thick ankles never wear an ankle strap across you ankle. Likewise if you've got skinny legs, little teetering heels look like they are going to snap because your body is heavier than your legs.
6. Don't wear lots of eye make-up and lots of lipstick. You want to show off one and let the other fade into the background.
7. No woman over the age of 35 should wear skirts above the knee.
8. Trousers that are slightly too big make you look much skinnier than trousers that are a bit too tight.