Our friends at Glamour magazine are revealing how to find figure-flattering pieces for your body shape. Like which colors and prints to wear and how to pair them with the appropriate accessories to help highlight your best features. All this could cause you to look approximately ten pounds thinner.
It's kind of like fashion magic. Let the hocus pocus begin!
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Match your separates.
"Lose" five pounds by matching your pants or skirt, stockings and shoes. You'll seem 10 pounds lighter if they're all black! Is the one-color thing too tame for your taste? Slip on a pair of bright shoes to shake things up.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Remember the number one secret of slim dressing: proportion.
Full, round shapes on top and bottom will make you look...full and round. So always accentuate your smallest part by pairing your more generously cut pieces with a snugger mate. Balance a wide leg pants with a fitted shirt, a miniskirt with a longer top, etc.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Sport the right jacket.
Jackets that are hip-length with tailored lines will look sleek; ones that are too baggy or that pull are figure-flattery disasters. Tapered jackets will always whittle your waist.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Choose shapely skirts.
The tailored cut of a pencil skirt (we love that it's not skintight through the hips) makes all bodies look sleek.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Slip on a long cardigan.
Waist-length cardigans tend to shorten your body while long, hip-grazing versions make torsos seem long.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Dress up jeans with heels (and tuck in your shirt).
Ever wonder why you see this look again and again on celebs, in ads, in magazines? Because, done right, it makes every woman look longer and leaner. Most flattering: straight-leg or boot-cut jeans that sit on your hips (as opposed to at your waist or below your hipbone) and cover your instep when you're in heels.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Use the right belt.
Try one with a little nylon stretch that comfortably pulls you in. Wider belts instead of skinny ones will actually make you look smaller.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Look for these flattering pants features:
•Flat-front styles. They're instant minimizers if you're curvy. Unlike pleats, a flat front creates an unbroken line across your stomach--making you look taller and slimmer.
•A waistband between one and two inches wide. Narrower ones can divide (and draw attention to) a tummy bulge.
•A slight flare. These have long been a top seller for a reason: They make hips look slimmer.
•A smidge of stretch. It helps pants hold on to the clean, sharp fit you bought them for.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Get yourself a wrap dress.
It's one dress everyone looks great in. They're usually constructed with darts at the bust, curve-enhancing seams and cinch in at or just above the waist--all sveltering features.
Glamour: How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner
Pick your prints wisely.
Prints aren't as slimming as solid colors, but you can make them work for you by playing up their camouflaging features. If you're bigger on the bottom, try pairing a printed A-line dress with a pair of black tights. The golden rule of prints: The smaller the print, the smaller you look.
Like what you see? Then get more figure-flattering tips right here.
