How To Dress for Your Specific Body Shape - KR Personal Style (2024)

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How to choose clothes according to body shape? ›

Once you are done understanding your body shape, focus on highlighting your best features. For example, if you have a small waist, wear clothing that accentuates your waistline, such as a belted dress or high-waisted pants. If you have toned arms, wear sleeveless or off-the-shoulder tops to show them off.

To determine your body shape accurately, measure your bust, waist, and hips. Then, compare these to the typical characteristics of body shapes: Hourglass: Balanced bust and hips with a significantly narrower waist. Pear (Triangle): Hips wider than the bust with a well-defined waist.

Not mentioned much as a common body silhouette, however, the figure 8 body shape is quite common. It's similar to the hourglass and Oval (apple) shape, but usually refers to women with a larger bust than the typical oval, and slightly more rounded shoulders than the hourglass with the appearance of a shorter waist.

The Rectangle shape is characterized by shoulders and bust that are equal to the hips and a waist that is not well defined. In my experience, the Rectangle shape is the easiest to dress, and the hardest to give advice to. This shape is easy to dress because most clothing today is designed with this shape in mind.

Enhances Your Best Features: Knowing your body shape helps you highlight your best features and downplay any areas you're less comfortable with. This can make you feel more confident and comfortable in your clothing.

Hourglass is the rarest body type, with only estimated 8% of women having this figure.

​Top hourglass body shape

Considered to be the most attractive body shape, this is very similar to hourglass body shape, except that in this case the curves are more defined.

Reflecting the wide range of individual beliefs on what is best for physical health and what is preferred aesthetically, as well as disagreements on the social standing and purported "purpose" of women in society, there is no universally acknowledged ideal female body shape.

What style of dress is most slimming? ›

Dresses with structured fabrics will be more slimming because they hold everything in place and minimize the midsection. This is a little more difficult during the summer when we want to wear lightweight dresses, but a cotton poplin dress would be a great option for a more structured summer fabric.

To help choose the right size, you will need to measure your bust, waist and hip. Use a tape measure over your underwear or form fitting clothing and compare your body measurements with those on our size chart, choosing the size that closest matches your measurements.

I recommend buying measuring tape to measure your chest, stomach, and hip area. Then comparing your sizing to the size chart of the clothing website you want to purchase from. You'll be able to find clothes that fit you perfectly online if you check the size chart every time you shop.