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Quick Fashion Tips For Hourglass Body Types

Below are Quick Tips for Hourglass Body Types. Lucky you! You have the body shape that most women strive for. The objective of dressing your body type is to accentuate your hourglass figure. No matter what your weight is, accentuating your balanced body creates the most pleasing effect. For detailed information on your body type, how to dress your figure and a printable shopping guide, please click here.

Create Curves with Color:
Wear color of similar or identical brightness on your upper and lower body, while adding darker color around your waist to accentuate your curves.

Examples:
• Wear a light colored dress with a wide dark belt.
• Wear a shirt that is lighted colored around the bust/shoulders and dark below the bust. Pair it with light colored pants or a skirt.

Clothing Shapes:

The key to dressing an hourglass body type is to proportionally dress the top and bottom of your body while accentuating your waist. If you are comfortable doing so, you can wear form fitting clothing (such as a tube-type dress) and accentuating your waist by adding a wide, dark belt. However, to create an even more curvaceous effect add a bit of volume proportionally to your upper and lower body by mixing and matching suggested separates.

Dresses For Hourglass Body Types:

Choose dresses that accentuate your natural waist. Select dresses that are balanced. Dresses with full sleeves should also have a full skirt. Dresses with a fitted top should have a straight skirt. Stay away from boxy, shapeless dresses.
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Tops For Hourglass Body Types:

Choose tops that emphasize your waist. Stay away from shapeless cuts, baby doll tops, or tops with empire waists. The objective is to accentuate your natural waist. If you choose a top with a full sleeve (flutter sleeve, princess sleeve) or with embellishment around the bust, choose a bottom that also adds volume to your lower half. Choose jackets with a nipped-in waist and seaming that accentuates your waist. Jackets that come to the hip-bone are the most flattering on your body type.
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Bottoms For Hourglass Body Types:

Look for full skirts with details or embellishment that draws the eye to the hips. Choose boot cut or trouser cut pants that fall from the widest part of your hip. Pants with flap-pockets and jeans or whiskering at the hips to further accentuate your curvy figure.

Accessories For Hourglass Body Types:
Wide belts, body shapers that smooth your figure (like Spanx).

Your Hourglass Body Type Fashion Role Model:
Tyra Banks
She does a great job of accentuating her waist and balancing her body whether on the red carpet or in a pair of jeans. Take cues from the cuts and shapes of her clothing and create your own style.

Where to Shop for Clothing by Body Type:
We have scoured the internet and malls to find the best places to shop for clothing by body type.
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