Dressing for your shape – the pear
Each one of us is different, unique and beautiful in our own way. We all have different body shapes and how good you look is partly to do with choosing the right clothes to suit your body shape. By choosing clothes that help to flatter and balance your proportions and highlight your best bits, you can ensure that you are always looking your best.
The pear shape is the most common body shape in the UK. Whilst perhaps classifying body shapes is a huge over generalisation as each person is completely different, it is a useful way to find clothes that look good. The classic pear shaped women tends to carry weight around her hips and thighs, have a narrower waist and proportionally smaller top half.
Dressing a pear shape is all about balancing the hips and thigh area with other parts of the body and drawing the attention away from these areas or cleverly disguising them. There are a number of ways that you can do this:
Boot cut trousers - the width at the bottom of the trousers balances out the hips and the thighs making them appear narrower. details such as pinstripes are also a great leg slimmer.
A line skirt - the best every day skirts for pear shapes are the a line skirt, the a line hides the hips and thighs with a cut that skims over them. The relatively wide width of the hem also cleverly balances them making them appear narrower.
Wide neck top- a scoop, slash or boat neck top helps to provide the appearance of width around the neckline, again balancing the wider hips.
Detailed necklines – The perfect way to draw attention away from larger hips is to wear a dark colour on the bottom half and bright colours or detail around the neckline.
Fitted tops or jackets – by drawing attention to your more slender upper half, you will divert attention away from your lower half. Wear fitted tops or tailored jackets that have a fitted waist that sits just above or below your natural waist. Avoid tops or jackets that finish on the widest part of your hips.
Belts – one of the best features of a pear shaped women is their slim waist. You can ensure that your waist is defined and draw attention to it by cinching in slightly baggy tops with a belt.
Heels – High or medium heeled shoes are a great way to add length to legs which in turn makes the appear thinner. If wearing a skirt wearing dark coloured tights and shoes also works well.
Jewellery or scarfs – accessories are a great way of drawing peoples attention to a particular area. Accessories on the upper half of the body such as scarves, necklaces and earrings will all draw attention upwards and away from the hips. Bracelets and bangles should be avoided as they will tend to draw attention to hip level.
Dark colours on the bottom – it is always a good idea for pear shaped woman to wear dark colours on the bottom half. This will help to slim your hips and thighs (visually) and make your overall shape appear balanced.
If you keep these points in mind when shopping for a pear shape, you will always look in proportion, no matter what your size or weight.
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