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Flatter Your Figure: Best summer dresses for pear shapes

by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts)
Posted May 15th 2008 at 11:11AM  
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One of the best things about summer is getting to wear all those summer dresses. Honestly, what's easier? You throw on a cute little dress, a hot pair of sandals, and you're out the door! However, in order to look your very best, you'll want a cute little dress that flatters your cute little (or not so little) figure.

If you're a pear shape, meaning that your excess weight tends to gather around your butt and thighs rather than your upper body, you're in luck come summer. You might not be excited about shorts, but after you try on a few of the right summer dresses, you might not want to bother with shorts ever again. Check out the gallery to see what you should be wearing, and, of course, what you should avoid.

Flatter Your Figure: Summer dresses for pear shapes

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Tags: bottom, butt, dress, dresses, flatter, flatter your figure, flattering, FlatterYourFigure, hips, legs, pear, pear shaped, PearShaped, summer, sundress, thighs
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KetchupFiend, 5-17-2008, 10:14AM

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It would be helpful to have links to the dresses.

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Kristen, 5-17-2008, 11:15AM

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All of these dresses are available at shopbop.com. Hope that helps!

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Devotchka, 7-10-2008, 5:48PM

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Devotchka

Thanks for the good info, I have bought a few dresses past month, Betsy Johnson & BCBG.
Found a few sites that helped me with some dress ideas
http://www.istorez.com/m/shop/summer-dresses
http://www.coutureinthecity.com/2008/06/26/summer-dresses/

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