Tips for Dressing to Look Thinner

There are several tricks of the trade so to speak that you can do with your wardrobe to instantly look thinner.  Just by changing your wardrobe through colors, lines, and fabrics.  When you make a few of the following changes you can look ten to twenty pounds thinner instantly!

The same color from head to toe – elongates the body and makes you look taller and slimmer.  Wear pants, and skirts in the same color family.  The deeper the color the more slimming. Includes hose and shoes – match to skirt or pants or go darker. No sharp contrast. Dress in one color – dark outer silhouette

Vertical lines, narrow stripes, narrow pin stripe all have a slimming affect.  Vertical seaming – Princess style or wrap dress are good. Vertical stitching.  Horizontal lines make us look heavier.

A V neck line.  A deep V neckline is slimming. Create a deep v-neck by unbuttoning the first few buttons.  A deep V is best and it should be narrow.  Long vest with v-neck and pointed bottom especially below the hip vest are good. 

Wrap dresses and wrap blouses.  Are very slimming. Wrap around Shaw collar items are great.  

Slim skirts – with soft pleats at the waist create a slim line.  A-line skirts and dresses.  Slit at sides or on one side.  Front slit overlap.  Wear slim skirts on the short side but not boxy looking.  Avoid pleats unless Skirts with sewn down pleats, tucks or some flat gathering.  Length mid knee or just below knee is ideal.

Pants with front pleats that lie flat are best for protruding stomachs.  No zipper in the front unless they have front pleats.  Side closed pants should have front pleats or gathers. Tapered pants at bottom or straight leg.

Verticals on verticals is very slimming. Avoid those horizontal lines.

Shoulder lines on the shoulders  not falling off the shoulder.  Wear tailored set in sleeves. No shoulder pads unless sloping shoulders or small shoulders.

Basic colors for me are Black, Gray and Navy.  Have major pieces like pants, jackets and skirts in these colors. Accent colors – emerald green, sapphire blue, violet, or silver 

Fit is important.  Purchase clothes that fit well and that are well cut. Quality over quantity.  Well fitted clothing is very slimming.

Avoid shinny, stiff, or bulky fabrics.  Slimming Fabrics  – gabardines, silks, flat knits, lightweight flannels, silk crepe, and jersey. Wool, linen, silk, cottons.  Blends of natural and part synthetic make sure the higher percentage is in the natural fabric.  Orlon & Dynel are great acrylic fibers.  Avoid shinny, stiff, or bulky. Skim don’t cling. Knits need to be flat kits, jersey, double knits, anything that doesn’t hug the body too tightly. 

Jeans that fit.  Gloria Vanderbilt as well as Adolfo, Ralph Lauren, Calving Klein, Liz Clayborne, Pierre Cardin have great fitting jeans.

Make sure underwear fits and the fit that doesn’t cause bulges.  

Moving buttons over a bit if blouse or jacket gaps.  Jackets with Hidden pockets.

Avoid chunky shoes – Pump or sling back or a moccasin look can be more slimming.

Roll the sleeve of a jacket or dress a turn or two. 

Belts same color as out fit and narrow.  Wide belts draw too much attention to the middle. 

Jackets can slim if – hip length

Always accent your best features.  If you have great legs show them off.  If you have a great bust line show that off.  Great eyes - accent them. 

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